2018年CRI Regional coordination, key to Shanghai's Technology corridor

 

The Streaming down the Yangtze team visited Shanghai on Monday.

Science and technology have been an important factor in Shanghai's economic growth in the past two decades, helping¹ to increase productivity in manufacturing.

Songjiang district launched a Science and Tech Corridor in 2017 to boost technology development throughout the Yangtze River Delta².

Our reporter Min Rui is in Shanghai with the "Streaming down the Yangtze" team. We earlier had a conversation with her on the "Beijing Hour".

So first of all, please tell us more about this SciTech corridor.

The SciTech corridor is named after an expressway, the G60 express way, and is designed to boost technology development throughout the Yangtze River Delta, including the cities of Shanghai, Jiaxing and Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province.

It was first launched in 2017, and now it is home to many tech companies like Honeywell, Panasonic, Emerson and Quanta Computer. I witnessed on Monday the opening of a  Xiaomi’s R&D center there.

Apart from the tech firms, the corridor can link up nine industrial parks, creating new industrial chains.

Songjiang district’s first campaign is to change the slogan “made in Songjiang” to “high-tech Songjiang”.

The local officials proudly introduced me a robot center in Dongjing Town, called the CSG Robot Base.

The site aims to manufacture robots for industrial use, medical services and artificial intelligence systems.

In the future CSG robots will be able to do remote-control medical diagnosis³ via the Internet and offer home nursing services to the elderly.

As you mentioned earlier, the corridor linked up several cities in the area. How does that work?

To enhance regional cooperation in all areas, an integration⁴ office was set up to earlier this year to help all 26 cities in the region to work together under one umbrella.

It is high time for the regional cooperation of the Yangtze River Delta region to be deepened in a comprehensive way.

As what I said yesterday, the Yangtze River Delta is China’s richest region, we are talking about 20 percent of China's GDP and 10 percent of its population, which equals to the size of a small European country.

So how to effectively allocate⁵ resources and optimize⁶ cooperation, while balancing the development and keeping up the growth momentum⁷ is what both the local enterprises and the government going to find out.

From what I learned, Shanghai will still play a strategic role as a world-class core city, sharing its researches and experiences to facilitate the production of more cutting-edge technological⁸ achievements in the area.

Speaking of Shanghai, a big import expo is slated⁹ in November this year. So is there anything new on that front?

China will present the world business community a first-rate international import expo in Shanghai, which will be held from Nov 5 to 10.

This will be the first Import Expo which combines country exhibitions, enterprise exhibitions and many forums¹⁰ too.

In Shanghai, people from all walks of life have geared up for the preparation work.

Major projects are mostly finished, with a few remains¹¹ the construction state, but at a fast pace with steady progress.

This is not the first time for Shanghai to host such large scale international event. In 2010, Shanghai hosed the world expo.

So far, many heads of states and governments have confirmed attendance.

Over 2,800 companies from 130 countries and regions have also confirmed participation¹².

As reflected in the blue-and-yellow scarf worn by expo mascot¹³ Jinbao, the event embodies¹⁴ the Belt & Road Initiative, representing China's new round of reform and opening-up for a shared future with the world.

That was CRI's Min Rui in Shanghai.

1 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。

2 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

3 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

4 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

5 allocate   

vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归

参考例句：

• You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
• They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

6 optimize   

v.使优化 [=optimise]

参考例句：

• We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
• We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构，着重引进先进技术和关键设备。

7 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

8 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

9 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

10 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

13 mascot   

n.福神，吉祥的东西

参考例句：

• The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
• We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。

14 embodies   

v.表现( embody的第三人称单数 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This document embodies the concern of the government for the deformity. 这个文件体现了政府对残疾人的关怀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》