2017年CRI ASEAN, China aim for stronger ties through Belt and Road Initiative

 

AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate¹ Affairs [Photo: Beijing Review]

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN and the 26th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations.

Relationship between China and ASEAN have been steadily² improving. While China has been the largest source of tourists for ASEAN, the number of tourists from ASEAN countries to China has surpassed 10 million last year, an increase of almost 58% than the year before.

Now that relationship is to be further boosted as ASEAN's growth blueprint³, ASEAN 2025, is poised⁴ to jive with China's Belt and Road Initiative.

For more on China-ASEAN cooperation, CRI's Zhao Ying had a conversation with Dr. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, who is in Beijing participating a seminar on ASEAN Community Building and China-ASEAN Relations.

Mochtan compared Sino-ASEAN relations to "a red string of fate", and he believes the two side will forge ahead hand-in-hand to realize shared prosperity.

"Not even mountains, not even the oceans separate close friends. While the string of fate supposedly is invisible, now that we have the opportunities with the Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN connectivity, if we work out together, the string will be more visible to both of us."

1 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

4 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。