2018年CRI Mnangawa: China visit a huge success

 

Zimbabwea's President is back in Harare, suggesting his trip to Chins this past week has been an overwhelming success.

CRI's correspondent Gao Junya with more from Harare.

In a brief exchange with the media after arriving in Harare from his first state visit to China, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has lauded¹ the visit as a success story.

"The trip was a huge, massive success. We were able to go over our relations. We have since now escalated² from all-weather friendship status to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership³ and cooperation. This is the highest level which China has with other nations."

Unlocking substantial Chinese investment has been one of the priorities during his five-day visit. 

Mnangagwa himself held two economic conferences, introducing the economic policies of his new government to Chinese investors⁴.

Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Sibusiso Moyo, who was part of the delegation⁵ to China, notes a number of Chinese-invested projects are going to be implemented⁶ soon. 

"Specifically, projects which were rejuvenated⁷ included the key economic enablers like 7 and 8 (units of the Hwange) Thermal⁸ Power Station. The construction of the new Parliament of Zimbabwe, the rejuvenation⁹ of Robert Mugabe International airport and the expansion of phase 3 of NetOne programs."

Mnangawa: China visit a huge success

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Sibusiso Moyo, briefs reporters at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Moyo is among the Zimbabwean delegation which concludes a visit to China. [Photo: China Plus/Gao Junya]

Aside from cooperation on an intergovernmental level, the private sectors¹¹ of the two countries also actively¹² participated in bilateral¹³ exchanges.

Mike Bimha, head of Zimbabwe's Ministry¹⁴ of Industry and Commerce, suggests the unprecedented¹⁵ support from private sectors will contribute to Zimbabwe's development.

He says the Zimbabwe government is determined¹⁶ back them.

"For the first time there is overwhelming support for our private sector¹⁰. 75 members leaving Harare to Beijing and Guangzhou using their own resources this has never happened. so there have been a lot of agreements that have been signed by the private sector in China, in our private sector which I think is very good news for us and we are going to continue to facilitate that."

Chinese investors are also set to put money into the construction of a pharmaceutical¹⁷ warehouse¹⁸ in Harare.

The same investors have also offered scholarships to local students.

Despite the interest and action from outside investors to Zimbabwe, Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, suggests Zimbabwe needs time to get its economy back on track.

"Any investment is not an overnight thing. These investors are serious in looking for opportunities but it takes time for them to identify a sector they want to participate and it takes time to produce feasibility study on the best of which they can then pour their money into that project."

Chinamasa says the ball is now in Zimbabwe's court.

He says he's confident the new government has the capacity to revive the economy.

1 lauded   

v.称赞，赞美( laud的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They lauded the former president as a hero. 他们颂扬前总统为英雄。 来自辞典例句
• The nervy feats of the mountaineers were lauded. 登山者有勇气的壮举受到赞美。 来自辞典例句

2 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

3 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

4 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

5 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

6 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

7 rejuvenated   

更生的

参考例句：

• He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
• She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。

8 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

9 rejuvenation   

n. 复原，再生, 更新, 嫩化, 恢复

参考例句：

• Prolonged starvation and aging might lead to rejuvenation of embryogenic potential. 长期的饥饿和衰老可以导致胚胎发生能力的复壮。
• All this signs rejuvenation of agriculture. 所有这些都预示着农业将复苏。

10 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

11 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 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。

13 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

14 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。

15 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

16 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

17 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

18 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。