2015年CRI China and Germany Call for Strengthening Bilateral Ties

 

During her last day of stay her in China, the German Chancellor¹, accompanied by Chinese Premier² Li Keqiang, has visited the central Chinese province of Anhui.

The two leaders attended a seminar with business leaders from both countries.

Premier Li assured participants that China still has huge market potential for investment.

"Despite the slowdown of China's economic growth, the country still boasts great potential in domestic demand, especially in central and western regions. The visit of the China-Germany economic advisory³ committee to central China's Anhui province has a special meaning. We welcome major enterprises like Siemens and Volkswagen from Germany to invest here."

The German Chancellor also stressed her country want to maintain a strong partner with China in the field of economy and trade.

"We want to participate into the readjustment of China's economic structure and we want to be a good investment partner for China. We welcome companies from China to invest in Germany. And we will also make a contribution to the process. We will support China by our experience in the economic structural⁴ readjustment, especially in the areas of the development of western regions and technical expertise⁵."

The two leaders have already witnessed the signing of 13 deals in Beijing.

One of them will see China buying 130 jets from Airbus Group SE.

China and Germany also pledged to set up a Sino-European stock exchange joint⁶ venture to promote the internationalization of the Renminbi.

Apart from trade and investment, the two leaders also called for more exchanges in education.

They made the pledge while attending a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of Hefei University, which was jointly⁷ built by China and Germany.

Premier Li Keqiang said there is a great potential for the two countries to cooperate in vocational education.

"The chancellor and I choose to come here, and we hope the cooperation between the two countries in the next thirty years would be more successful. Chinese government will set up a Sino-German education cooperation demonstration⁸ base and a fund as well at Hefei University."

Chancellor Merkel said the German government would encourage more local educational departments build collaborations here in China.

She said she also expected there would be more student exchanges in the future.

"When I see so many motivated young people here, the ones we can see inside here, who are experiencing learning, and the ones who were standing⁹ outside and greeting us, then Mr Premier I have no concerns as to whether it was a good idea to promote the Germany-China youth exchange, student exchange."

Chancellor Merkel left Hefei on Friday night, concluding her two-day official visit.

For CRI, I'm Guo Yan.

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

4 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• 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。

5 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

8 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

9 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。