2019年CRI Spot CDAC: Young leaders call for more investment and opportunities for youth

 

Young leaders from around the world are calling for governments to invest in their youth and give full play to their role in civilization exchanges.

Young elites¹ from various sectors² have shared their ideas on the potential for mutual³ exchanges among civilizations at a forum⁴ on the sidelines of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Beijing.

CRI's Li Yi tells us some of the big ideas being discussed at the forum.

The forum was focused on the role of young people as guardians⁵ of Asia's civilizations. It gathered nearly 300 elites from around the world working in sectors such as culture, the economy, the academy, media, and public welfare.

Yang Yang is the vice⁶ president of All-China Youth Federation⁷ and also the chair of the Athletes Committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. She calls on young people to better know how the world is connected, and understand the importance of their responsibilities towards the future.

"Young people, they are the future of the human, of the us, of the earth. For young people, they have to understand how important we have to connect to each other as community and talk to each other, help each other and work together. Young people has to be here to understand what's going on now, and what's their responsibility for the future," said Yang.

Wong Yuee Harng, a member of the city council of Penang Island in Malaysia, encourages governments to invest in their young people today in order to tap into their future potential.

"We need to grow the youth and make them understand better what is going on in this world, especially in this region, Asian and the ASEAN region. Then they can understand each other and maybe do some good business in a positive way. People like to say, if you need to grow for the future, you need to grow the people. So I think youth is the target group to be focused by the government, no matter which country they are," said Wong.

Shalina Miah, the regional manager for Asia and the Pacific with United Nations Volunteers, suggests the contributions of young people are extremely important when it comes to the realization⁸ of the UN sustainable development goals.

"We need to nurture⁹ and celebrate diversity. I think that the role of youth is really paramount¹⁰ in order to carry forward the values and civilizations, and also to contribute to their achievement of the sustainable development goal as adopted in 2015 by the United Nations. I think the task of this sustainable development goal is extremely big. We need everyone to participate," said she.

Kenneth FOK from Hong Kong says that the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations has been a great opportunity for people to come together to brainstorm¹¹, and he encouraged people from more nations to join in.

"So having this event, it's not so much (about) the agenda, but more also the situation or the location to brainstorm. I see today a lot of people, next to me is a delegate from India, we spoke¹² about our differences and similarities. So it's great that China is taking this initiative, but the key to success is more nations to join in this platform. Today is a great start. I look forward that moving on the future, more and more countries will join, maybe not just Asia," said FOK.

1 elites   

精华( elite的名词复数 )； 精锐； 上层集团； （统称）掌权人物

参考例句：

• The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
• Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。

2 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》

3 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

5 guardians   

监护人( guardian的名词复数 )； 保护者，维护者

参考例句：

• Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
• The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

8 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

9 nurture   

n.养育，照顾，教育；滋养，营养品；vt.养育，给与营养物，教养，扶持

参考例句：

• The tree grows well in his nurture.在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
• The two sisters had received very different nurture.这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育。

10 paramount   

a.最重要的，最高权力的

参考例句：

• My paramount object is to save the Union and destroy slavery.我的最高目标是拯救美国，摧毁奴隶制度。
• Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.氮对地球上的生命至关重要。

11 brainstorm   

vi.动脑筋，出主意，想办法，献计，献策

参考例句：

• The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other.她们每个月聚会两次，在一起出谋献策，为各自制定生意目标。
• We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.我们可以集体讨论，列出该公司中最有影响的人员的名单。

12 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。