CCTV9英语新闻：在三大领域进行新的改革

By CCTV reporter Zhang Yilei

How will the reforms under consideration likely affect the way things are done? The groundwork was laid at a key economic policy meeting last month. The new reforms are expected to take place in three major areas.

Since the 1980s, the role of China’s state-owned enterprises has been shifted from simply being part of the government machinery¹ to commercial entities². At the CPC’s major policy meeting in November--the central committee’s third plenum--the role of SOEs was further clarified. This will shape future reforms.

"State-owned enterprises are supposed to preserve and increase the value of state assets. That’s their economic responsibility. They should also shoulder social and political responsibilities since it is the people of China that their property rights belong to." said Zhang Chunxiao, Expert, SOE Supervision³ and Admin. Commission.

China will tighten⁴ control over key areas known as "lifeline industries. But in other sectors⁵, non-state investment in SOE’s will be encouraged.

"The SOEs are going to diversify⁶ their investment resources. And I think some SOEs may go with relative state-holding...So it is an excellent opportunity for private and mixed-ownership enterprises to access more market resources. And for SOEs, this would help them modernize⁷ their management and promote management transparency." said Zhang Wenkui, Dev’t Research Center, State Council.

And with the SOA and SOEs embracing reforms, the role of their supervisor⁸, the SOE Supervision and Administration Commission, is also subject to changes. In the party’s plenary session last month, the leadership stressed that the MARKET should play a decisive role in resource allocation.

"In the past, the Commission was in charge of the management of assets, human resources and businesses. But in the future.. the management role of state-owned assets will be gradually taken over by those who really run the business, the SOEs." said Zhang Chunxiao, Expert, SOE Supervision and Admin. Commission.

Experts say this will allow the supervisory body to concentrate on supervising, which in turn would ensure the preservation⁹ and growth of state assets.

1 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

2 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• 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。

3 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

4 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

5 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》

6 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

7 modernize   

vt.使现代化，使适应现代的需要

参考例句：

• It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
• There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。

8 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

9 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。