政府将简政放权提振市场

 　　The state of the Chinese economy dominated the Q&A session when Premier¹ Li Keqiang met the press after the annual NPC session.

　　This year's GDP growth target has been set to around 7 percent. Last year the country registered the lowest rate of growth since 1990.

　　The premier admitted the downward pressure and risks facing the economy, but stressed that the government has ample room for policy adjustments.

　　"In the past couple of years we did not resort to massive stimulus² measures for economic growth. And that makes it possible for us to make fairly ample room to exercise macro-economic policies. And we still have a host of policy instruments at our disposal."

　　李克强总理:政府将简政放权提振市场

　　Premier Li said one key way to prop³ up the downward pressure is to press ahead with streamlining the government administration and delegate more powers to local authorities in order to further vitalize the market.

　　But he also cautioned that such a move is by no means easy.

　　"This is a reform the government has taken on itself and during the course vested interests will be upset. This is not nail clipping, it's like taking a knife to one's own flesh."

　　At the same time, Premier Li stressed that restraining the power exercised by public authorities is essential to clean up the breeding grounds for corruption⁴. This is one of the central themes of this year's political sessions.

　　He also warned sloppy⁵ officials who failed to carry out their duties efficiently⁶ should be dealt with.

　　"Officials must be punished for acting⁷ irresponsibly. At the same time they will also be held responsible for inaction. There is no room for incompetence⁸ or indolence. We also need to improve the accountability system."

　　On fighting pollution, Premier Li said the focus for this year is to fully⁹ implement¹⁰ the newly-revised Environmental Protection Law, that promises to make polluters pay a heavy price for their illegal acts.

　　"The law must work as a powerful, effective tool to control pollution instead of being 'as soft as cotton candy.'"

　　One foreign policy question was raised concerning this year's 70th anniversary celebration of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. In response, Premier Li urged Japanese leaders to face history squarely.

　　"Should Japanese leaders correct their stance on history and maintain it that way, there would be new opportunities for China and Japan to improve their relations. As a result, that would lay a firm foundation for the development of bilateral¹¹ trade and economic cooperation."

　　The premier also answered questions on the real estate market, financial risks, the easing of China's one-child policy, Hong Kong's political reforms as well as Ukraine and Myanmar.

　　For CRI, I'm Qi Zhi.

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 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

3 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。

6 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

9 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

10 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

11 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。