2018年CRI IMUSE in Bejing: Innovation is the future

 

The opening ceremony of a China-US student exchange program has been held in Beijing at Tsinghua University. Those addressing the meetinng have encouraged the students to keep innovating¹ and embrace the world with an open mind.

The student exchange program is dubbed² IMUSE, or Initiating³ Mutual⁴ Understanding through Student Exchange. Innovation, inspiration and imagination were the key words being heard at this year's IMUSE conference.

A number of influential⁵ speakers were part of Tuesday's opening ceremony, sharing their perspectives on youth and innovation with the students from China and the United States. Wu Wei, Deputy Secretary-General of China's National Youth Federation⁶, says friendship among the young people is key to helping⁷ forge stronger ties.

"A good relationship between the young people is a foundation of a good relationship of the two countries. The friendship young people build together gives hope to the future of the two countries. With their foresight⁸, courage and wisdom, the young people of China and the United States are able to create and develop a new type of relationship between great powers."

Other speakers at the event shared their experience as the developers of start-ups in China, including their thoughts on innovation. Cao Shenshen, Director of Tencent's Product Policy Department, says Tencent continues to recruit from China and the US to keep their innovation pipeline⁹ fresh.

"Since last year, we have launched our projects on artificial intelligence, quantum, driverless technology, Internet of Vehicles and Internet of Things. In our laboratories, we work with the world's top scientists, including a number of North American professors and experts."

The opening of the IMUSE conference also included a number of American students listening in.

Matthew Baldwin from MIT says he's been impressed with how China has been embracing techological advancement¹⁰.

"I didn't expect so much to be paid...paid by the systems here. It's all very advanced technologically¹¹. Like in the U.S.,it's still very much cash based, or using a debit¹² or credit card system, where here is all using the apps like WeChat. That was a big shock."

IMUSE is a Chinese-American fellowship founded in 2007 by Harvard University, Peking University, and Tsinghua University. The program recruits students from both sides, with a goal of trying to facilitate mutual understanding through cross-cultural communication and friendship. The Massachusets Institute of Technology, MIT, has later joined the program.

1 innovating   

v.改革，创新( innovate的现在分词 )；引入（新事物、思想或方法），

参考例句：

• In this new century, the company keeps innovating and developing new products. 新世纪伊始，公司全面实施形象工程及整合营销，不断改革创新，开发高新产品。 来自互联网
• Beijing is backward most prime cause is innovating at system lack. 北京落后的最根本原因在于制度缺乏创新。 来自互联网

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 initiating   

v.开始( initiate的现在分词 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything. 他善于创建项目，但难得坚持完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties. 只有高氯酸盐表现有显著的感度和可能具有起爆性能。 来自辞典例句

4 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

5 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

6 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

8 foresight   

n.先见之明，深谋远虑

参考例句：

• The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。
• It required a statesman's foresight and sagacity to make the decision.作出这个决定需要政治家的远见卓识。

9 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

10 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

11 technologically   

ad.技术上地

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a technologically advanced city. 上海是中国的一个技术先进的城市。
• Many senior managers are technologically illiterate. 许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。

12 debit   

n.借方，借项，记人借方的款项

参考例句：

• To whom shall I debit this sum?此款应记入谁的账户的借方？
• We undercharge Mr.Smith and have to send him a debit note for the extra amount.我们少收了史密斯先生的钱，只得给他寄去一张借条所要欠款。