中国推动建立亚太自由贸易区

 　　Chinese officials are planning to press for the establishment of an Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area at the upcoming APEC meetings in Beijing.

　　There are currently 56 different FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region.

　　Zhang Shaogang with the Chinese Ministry¹ of Commerce says they'd like to see those deals integrated.

　　"In terms of promoting regional economic integration², we advocate the start of the construction of the Asia-Pacific FTA and treat this as our priority task. This has gained a wide range of responses among APEC members."Meantime, the first series of APEC meetings are set to begin tomorrow.

　　中国推动建立亚太自由贸易区Authorities in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei have taken steps to try to ensure the air quality is reasonable.

　　Major polluting operations have been forced to cut production.

　　A number of construction sites have also been shut down.

　　Authorities hope this will knock down pollution levels by around 30-percent.

　　A significant number of new police checkpoints have also been set up around Beijing.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。