China to seek closer cooperation at Asia-Europe Meeting

 China to seek closer cooperation at Asia-Europe Meeting

BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to achieve more common understanding and closer cooperation at the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Wednesday.

Ma made the comments at a press briefing prior to Premier¹ Wen Jiabao's attendance of the summit to be held in Vientiane, Laos on Nov.5-6.

Themed "Friends for Peace, Partners for Prosperity", the meeting will focus on the global economic and financial situation, social and cultural cooperation between Asian and European countries, and the future direction of the ASEM. It will also focus on global and regional issues, Ma said. < Bangladesh, Switzerland and Norway will join the group at the upcoming summit, bringing the total members of ASEM to 51.

Meanwhile, a presidential declaration of the ninth ASEM Summit and the Vientiane declaration on strengthening peace and developing partnerships³ is set to be issued during the meeting, according to Ma.

Serving as an important platform for countries in Asia and Europe to enhance understanding, expand consensus⁴, and deepen cooperation, ASEM is a high-level and broad-ranging forum⁵ among governments of different Asian and European countries, Ma added.

He expressed the hope that members of the ASEM will exchange views on current economic and financial situation, and discuss ways on enhancing mutual⁶ trust, strengthening cooperation and jointly⁷ coping with global challenges as well as new development opportunities for ASEM.

Chinese leaders have attended all the past ASEM summits and proposed almost 50 Asia-Europe cooperation initiatives. The seventh ASEM Summit was held in Beijing in October, 2008.

Ma said this year's summit will serve as a vital opportunity.

"The Chinese side hope the meeting can achieve results on the following four aspects," Ma said, "That is, firstly, to consolidate⁸ the closer Asia-Europe economic partnership² and promote the comprehensive, persistent⁹ and balanced development of the global economy and economy in Asian-European countries;

"Secondly¹⁰, to build more stable strategic mutual trust so as to lay a good foundation for Asian-European countries to deepen cooperation and tackle common challenge;

"Thirdly, to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various areas in order to increase the role and influence of the ASEM;

"Lastly, to focus on the future of the ASEM so as to lay the foundation for the ASEM of a higher level."

During the meeting, Wen will expound¹¹ on China's views on the global economic and financial situation and suggestions on strengthening Asia-Europe cooperation in a bid to boost stability of the world economy.

The premier will also meet other leaders participating in the meeting and exchange ideas on bilateral¹² relations and significant global and regional issues of common concern, Ma said.

Yang Jian, deputy director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Asian Affairs, detailed¹³ Wen's visit to Laos at the briefing.

It will be Wen's third visit to Laos during his tenure¹⁴ as premier.

During his stay in Laos, Wen is scheduled to meet with Lao leaders, including Lao President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Choummaly Sayasone and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. They will exchange views on bilateral cooperation in various areas and global and regional issues of common concerns, Yang said.

1 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。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

4 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

5 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。

6 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。

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 consolidate   

v.使加固，使加强；(把...)联为一体，合并

参考例句：

• The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
• The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。

9 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

10 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

11 expound   

v.详述；解释；阐述

参考例句：

• Why not get a diviner to expound my dream?为什么不去叫一个占卜者来解释我的梦呢？
• The speaker has an hour to expound his views to the public.讲演者有1小时时间向公众阐明他的观点。

12 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

13 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

14 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。