Senior leader launches high-end automobile production base

 Senior leader launches high-end automobile¹ production base

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior leader Jia Qinglin has officially launched a high-end production base for Beijing Automotive's Chinese branded automobiles².

Jia, a member of the Standing³ Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, also visited the research and development (R&D) center of the BAIC Group (Beijing Automotive) as well as the national automotive testing center.

Jia said the automobile industry R&D center, was a platform for the BAIC Group (Beijing Automotive) to develop its own brands and would boost the group's R&D and innovation capacity.

Jia said it will also attract high-caliber scientists and technicians to Beijing, thereby⁴ promoting technological⁵ innovation of the capital city.

Jia also encouraged the center to play a bigger role in making the city a technological innovation hub with worldwide influence.

In the national automotive testing center, Jia learned about the operation's preparation works for launching bumper⁶ tests and third-party examinations.

Beijing's production base for high-end automobiles of indigenous⁷ brands, with a total investment of 6.018 billion yuan (963.6 million U.S.dollars) is the base for medium-and-high end cars and SUVs of the BAIC Group.

Located in Beijing Tianzhu Airport Economic Development Zone, the production base covers 1.06 million square meters.

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 automobiles   

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

5 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。

6 bumper   

n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的

参考例句：

• The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
• This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。

7 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。