2016年CRI Tianjin Face New Opportunities and Challenges in Summer Davos

 

Convenient railway transportation, a busy airport, smiling volunteers and a modern city, these are the sights you can catch if you are in Tianjin attending this year's Summer Davos.

The Tianjin Municipal Government says it has actively¹ used the platform to reach out for new opportunities since the forum² landed the city in 2008.

Vice³ mayor of Tianjin Zhao Haishan says this year, 8 outstanding small and medium sized companies will be representing local business at the forum.

Dubbed⁴ 'little giants', Zhao says these high tech companies have great potential.

"Our 'little giant' enterprises from Tianjin will engage in talks with scholars, politicians and entrepreneurs from all over the world to find out the way to future growth. The theme this year is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its Transformational impact, and we will see how Tianjin integrates with it, from a Chinese perspective."

Topics related to transformation⁵ are highlighted in this year's forum. People from outside China get to see Tianjin's efforts as a testing ground for industrial upgrades and innovation in the country.

Local companies can also be seen demonstrating their upgraded products, and some events feature fortune 500 executives discussing ways to realize industrial transformation.

The city is also making efforts to facilitate enterprises transforming and incubating new innovations.

Jia Di, deputy of the Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission says the government launched an innovation zone last year and is trying to provide an eco-system to let local business have more impetus⁶ for growth.

The zone has so far attracted more than 24-thouand companies to sign up for the project and they are encouraged to upgrade their equipment and technology through financing and leasing.

"In the second half of this year, we'll focus on setting up a league for leading innovation business players. Though this league, we hope to link universities with companies, and link technologies with the market. We aim to bring out ace⁷ products through innovation and enter a market worth tens of billions."

Tianjin's gross domestic product grew 12.4 percent annually⁸ on average during the past five years.

The city government is also pushing forward structural⁹ reform and helping¹⁰ businesses cut costs.

China has been active in global cooperation efforts to fight drug smuggling¹¹.

A global customs enforcement operation, codenamed "SKY-NET" organized in 2012 by the World Customs Organization in close cooperation with the GAC, had resulted in the discovery of 18.6 tonnes of illicit¹² goods by the end of 2015.

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking has been observed globally on June 26 since 1987.

1 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

6 impetus   

n.推动，促进，刺激；推动力

参考例句：

• This is the primary impetus behind the economic recovery.这是促使经济复苏的主要动力。
• Her speech gave an impetus to my ideas.她的讲话激发了我的思绪。

7 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

8 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

9 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

10 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

11 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

12 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。