2018年CRI China to seek breakthroughs in core technologies: official

 

China's Ministry¹ of Industry and Information Technology says the country will further enhance its cooperation with other countries in relation to cutting-edge technologies, such as integrated circuits.

Chen Yin, Chief Engineer at the ministry, says that China's integrated circuit industry has been booming in recent years.

His comments at a press conference come days after the United States announced a ban on exports to Chinese telecommunications equipment maker² ZTE.

"The market for China's information technology products has great potential. China will stick to innovation-driven development, remain open for cooperation, seek major breakthroughs concerning core technology and deepen cooperation with relevant industries abroad. We have the confidence to make shared progress that will benefit people all around the world," says Chen.

The chief engineer adds that China is now raising funds to establish a foundation that will boost the development of the country's integrated circuit industry.

He says that in the meantime, China is working on a substantial reduction in tariffs³ for imported cars, as part of its efforts to further open up the country's domestic markets.

"We will scrap⁴ caps on foreign shares of new energy vehicle producers in 2018 and in makers⁵ of commercial and passenger vehicles in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Foreign investors⁶ will also be allowed to set up more than two joint⁷ ventures in China," says Chen.

Figures released at the press briefing show that China's value-added industrial output expanded by 6.8% year-on-year in the first quarter.

Manufacturing output grew by 7% in the first three months, meaning that the slowdown of profit growth since March last year has been reversed.

Production in the high-tech⁸ manufacturing industries rose by 11.9% on a yearly basis.

There are now 1.05 billion 4G users in China, accounting⁹ for 72.2% of mobile phone users.

Revenues for the telecommunications industry in China rose by 5.1% year-on-year.

According to the Government Work Report released in March, the cost of mobile Internet services will be cut by at least 30% this year. 

Measures are also being taken to abolish domestic data roaming fees.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 tariffs   

关税制度； 关税( tariff的名词复数 )； 关税表； （旅馆或饭店等的）收费表； 量刑标准

参考例句：

• British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
• The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。

4 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

9 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。