海上丝绸之路国际博览会开幕

 　　DONGGUAN, Guangdong, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The first international expo for the 21st Century Maritime¹ Silk Road closed Sunday with 174.7 billion yuan (28.6 billion U.S. dollars) in business deals signed.

　　The three-day China-Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo in the southern city of Dongguan had nearly equal the amount of contracts as those signed at the 21-day Canton Fair this spring. The Canton Fair saw a total of 31.05 billion U.S. dollars worth of contracts signed.

　　According to the organizing committee of the expo, 80,000 businessmen, scholars and visitors from 42 countries and regions attended the three-day expo, including those from 25 countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

　　Rosewood from Laos, shrimp² chips from Indonesia, fruits from Thailand and decorations from India were among the commodities exhibited.

　　China Focus: Maritime Silk Road expo inaugurated, brings businessesLast October, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road during his visit to Indonesia. The concept was written into the country's government work report this March.

　　"I know Chinese President Xi Jiping has said that China wants to rebuild this route. So I think this exhibition is part of that. We really like this idea," said Chamara Udugama, a tea dealer³ from Sri Lanka.

　　He said he decided⁴ to attend the expo after Chinese dealers⁵ e-mailed him orders after he distributed thousands of free tea samples at the China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, last June.

　　"If you give very high quality products, very high quality Ceylon tea, then the Chinese people are very knowledgeable⁶. They will buy your tea," he said.

　　Former Malaysian Minister of Tourism Ng Yen⁷ Yen said the concept of a 21st Maritime Silk Road could help their country increase the number of tourists from 25 million to 60 million.

　　She advised involved countries to work together to help build a top-level cruise tourism industry in Asia, which would bring billions of U.S. dollars in income and provide thousands of new jobs in Asia.

　　Cruise industry revenues in the Asian market reached 2 billion U.S. dollars last year. The number could increase tenfold using the idea of a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, she said.

　　Former chief economist⁸ of the World Bank Lin Yifu said countries along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road were mostly regions with abundant natural resources, huge market potential, low labor⁹ cost and numerous tourism destinations.

　　Lin said that since 2008, when traditional industrialized countries in north America and the Europe encountered economic slowdown, new markets have been emerging in developing regions.

　　Long Yongtu, China's former chief negotiator for WTO entry, said China could strengthen the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road concept by shortening the expression to "MSR," and promote organized structure in the scheme.

　　"To build a regional development strategic mechanism¹⁰, for example, we could form a cooperation committee of MSR before establishing a secretariat so that the concept would turn into a practice and keep running," he said.

1 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

2 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

3 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

6 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。

7 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

8 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

9 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

10 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。