2016年CRI Canadian Ambassador Cares about Coming NPC Session

 

In about two weeks, nearly 3,000 national legislators representing all regions, the armed forces, and other groups will discuss major state policies to be implemented¹ this year, and a development roadmap for the next five years.

Canadian ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques notes that this upcoming session of the NPC is very significant.

"I think this year will be a very important year, because the Congress will be asked to adopt the next Five-Year-Plan."

The proposal for the 13th Five-year Plan will be submitted to the legislature for deliberation before it is formalized.

The upcoming session comes against the backdrop of slowing economic growth here in China, which makes the meetings noteworthy.

Premier² Li Keqiang will deliver the government work report to the NPC, which will summarize the government's work last year and outline tasks for the year ahead.

The report normally sets a target for the GDP growth rate, as well as other indices including the ones for consumer prices and employment.

Ambassador Guy Saint-Jacques says this is something he will not miss.

"And of course, I will be following very closely everything that will be set with regard to the economic reforms and how the Chinese government intends to improve the economic situation. And I hope that we will hear very interesting proposals to address the main economic challenges that China faces right now."

Official statistics showed that China's economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015 from the previous year. 

The growth, the slowest pace of expansion in a quarter of a century, was hard won amid a sluggish³ global recovery.

The lower growth rate is partly due to the fact that China no longer uses GDP as the leading index to evaluate development.

As it undergoes major economic structural⁴ reform, China is moving its economy away from its former reliance on major investment projects to one driven by consumer spending.

The Canadian ambassador says he is optimistic about his host country.

"Over all, I remain quite optimistic about the situation in China. I look forward to the opening of the National People's Congress."

China's military budget this year and its foreign policies will also be discussed by the law makers⁵ in the coming days.

1 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 sluggish   

adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的

参考例句：

• This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
• Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。

4 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• 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。

5 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》