China-Arab Forum to Boost Trade Ties, Opens in Northwest China

The second China-Arab States Economic and Trade Forum¹ has opened in northwest China with the aim of further strengthening economic and trade ties between China and Arabic states.

Jia Qinglin, China's top political advisor², opened the forum in Yinchuan, capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous³ Region. The region is home to more than 10 percent of China's 20 million Muslims.

Alongside the forum, a trade fair will feature halal food, Muslim commodities and energy and chemical engineering products.

More than 7,000 delegates, including 1,200 from 76 other countries and regions, are attending this year's forum and trade fair.

The five-day forum will focus on economic and trade cooperation in the areas of agriculture, science and technology, energy, finance, tourism and the publishing sector⁴.

For more on the forum, earlier I spoke⁵ with Wu Bingbing, head of the Department of Arabic Language and Culture at Peking University.

1 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。

2 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。

3 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

4 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。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。