Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-30

 Chinese leaders to attend National Day celebrations

Party and state leaders are set to attend National Day celebrations in Tian'anmen Square in Beijing tomorrow.

Leaders of the Communist Party of China are due to present flower baskets to the Monument of the People's Heroes to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.

The National Day celebrations will be broadcast live on four CCTV channels. 

The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st, 1949.

 

China holds reception to celebrate National Day

 

Top political advisor¹ Yu Zhengsheng has already taken part in a reception marking National Day. 

Yu Zhengsheng is the chair of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Among the comments, he says the central government will continue to support Hong Kong and Macao in developing the two regions. 

He also says the Chinese government wants to enhance the political, economic, cultural and social foundations with Taiwan. 

The comments by Yu Zhengsheng were made in front of more than 28-hundred representatives from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

 

Xi to address APEC summit on China's reform

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set address the forthcoming meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum².

Xi Jinping is also due to make a stop in Malaysia before his time in Indonesia.

The summit's priorities have been set as achieving sustainable growth. 

Xi Jinping is expected to call on APEC countries to press for a more open economy globally.

Following Indonesia, China will play host to the APEC Summit next year.

 

policies to boost Shanghai FTZ capital market

 

China's top securities regulator has issued a package of policies to support the capital market in the Shanghai pilot free trade zone,which was launched on Sunday. 

The China Securities Regulatory Commission is reporting qualified³ individuals and companies operating in the free trade zone will be allowed to invest in both domestic and foreign fund markets.

The Commission has also approved a plan to build an international crude oil futures⁴ trading platform within the zone.

Foreign companies in the zone will be allowed to issue Renminbi bonds.

Meanwhile, China's Ministry⁵ of Culture has also published a couple of readjustments on policies regarding the cultural sector⁶ in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. 

Foreign-funded art troops will be allowed to set up in the zone. 

The new policies will open up the zone to foreign operators of overseas-funded recreational facilities, provided they follow the country's regulations on recreational places. 

Foreign game machine manufacturers will also be eligible⁷ to sell their products in China, via their entities⁸ registered in the zone.

 

China offers solar power tax breaks

 

The Ministry of Finance has announced plans to offer tax breaks to manufacturers of solar power products. 

The rebates⁹ are going to be offered until December 31st, 2015.

Vendors¹⁰ of self-produced power products using solar energy will receive immediate¹¹ refunds¹² of 50-percent of their value-added taxes.

The move comes as demand from major export destinations -- the European Union and the United States -- contracts due to recent trading rows. 

The government currently provides a subsidy¹³ of 0.42 yuan or 7 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour to solar power stations. 

The country's top 10 solar panel makers¹⁴ have up to 100 billion yuan in debts.

The industry suffers heavily from overcapacity and analysts¹⁵ believe many producers face elimination¹⁶ in the coming months.

 

China to send peace-keeping police to Liberia

 

The Chinese government is sending a 140-strong riot squad¹⁷ to Liberia as part of a United Nations peace-keeping mission.

The first 14-member-unit is leaving Beijing this Monday.

The squad is going to set up camps and lay the groundwork for the arrival of the rest of the peace-keeping squad. 

The rest of the Chinese contingent¹⁸ is set to leave for Liberia in a few days. 

Since 2000, the Chinese government has dispatched peace-keepers to 8 countries or regions.

They include Timore-Leste, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Liberia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Haiti, and South Sudan.

 

U.S. government faces looming¹⁹ shutdown

 

The clock is ticking toward a US federal government shutdown.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is urging the Senate to take action in a timely manner and pass a stopgap government funding bill in order to avert²⁰ the first partial government shutdown since 1996. 

If the US Congress doesn't pass a budget bill by midnight on Monday, spending power by the US goverment will come to an end.

If Congress fails to pass a new budget, as many as 800,000 federal workers would be furloughed as part of the shutdown.

 

At least 47 killed in Nigeria college attack

 

At least 47 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a college in a part of north-east Nigeria.

The victims are mostly students.

They were shot dead as they slept in their dormitory at the College of Agriculture.

Close to 30 students were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants²¹ in a pre-dawn attack on a school in June.

Boko Haram regards schools as a symbol of Western culture.

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 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。

3 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

4 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

5 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。

6 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

7 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

8 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

9 rebates   

n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 )；回扣；返还（退还的部份货价）；折扣

参考例句：

• The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点，如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
• In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句

10 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

11 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

12 refunds   

n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
• The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句

13 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

14 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

16 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

17 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

18 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

19 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

20 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

21 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。