2016年CRI CRI Director-General Wang Gengnian's 2016 New Year Message

 

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year! - to all of our listeners overseas, on behalf of the staff at CRI. Best wishes for 2016.

The past year was eventful, both for China and the world. It marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the world's anti-fascist war and the founding of the United Nations. Also, the global effort for coping with climate change has stepped into a new era. China has conveyed to the globe the message of "Chinese Confidence" with a new blueprint¹ for development.

Great progress has been made towards establishing the community of human destiny. The theme remains² and will never cease to be "peace, development, and cooperation," despite some local differences and conflicts. Here, please allow me to quote a letter from CRI Spanish listener Juan Dias. "The world cannot survive without peace," he says "conflicts can only lead to destruction." We firmly believe that dialogue helps deepen understanding and friendship.

CRI, in the past year, held an array of interactive³ activities in the hope of promoting understanding among peoples around the world, including "Hello, China"; the "China, ASEAN Friendship Concert" and "I Say China." All of these events were aimed at presenting a real and vivid China to the listeners. A listener from India named Suresh inspired us a lot. He says in his letter that "CRI has made great contributions in disseminating⁴ cultural values of different countries and reducing conflicts caused by cultural differences, and these efforts will help, a great deal, bring the world together."

My dear friends, your attention to CRI will always be the motivation of our work. In this past year, CRI has received more than 14 million pieces of audience feedback via letter, email and social networking from 161 countries. And the number of followers⁵ of CRI's multilingual social network accounts has exceeded 56 million. I would like to take this opportunity to send my thanks to all those who are always with us.

As the Chinese saying goes--"keep the original intention in mind; get to know who you are,"--CRI will never deviate⁶ from its course of introducing China to the world and bringing the world to China. In the coming new year, you will see even better services from China Radio International.

Happy New Year and best wishes to our friends!

Thank you!

That was the Director General of China Radio International Wang Gengnian delivering his 2016 New Year message.

1 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

4 disseminating   

散布，传播( disseminate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Our comrades in propaganda work have the task of disseminating Marxism. 我们作宣传工作的同志有一个宣传马克思主义的任务。
• Disseminating indecent photographs on the internet a distasteful act. 在因特网上发布不雅照片是卑劣的行径。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 deviate   

v.(from)背离，偏离

参考例句：

• Don't deviate from major issues.不要偏离主要问题。
• I will never deviate from what I believe to be right.我绝不背离我自信正确的道路。