英闻天下——402 NPC Adopts Cabinet Reshuffle Plan

 　　The National People's Congress - that's the Chinese parliament, has adopted a cabinet reshuffle plan at a plenary meeting in Beijing to improve overall efficiency.

 

　　The endorsement¹ of the plan will bring down the number of ministries² under the State Council to 25 from the previous 27.

 

　　This includes splitting the Ministry³ of Railways into commercial and administrative⁴ units.

 

　　It will also see several other government departments merging⁵, including the media regulators - the General Administration of Press and Publication and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, combine into a single unit.

 

　　Xiao Dong - the Executive Editor of the US based newspaper China Press says these moves make way for further changes.

 

　　"The restructuring is not only intended to downsize or merge⁶ government organs, it also means the change of their functions, which will lay a foundation for further political reform. It also helps to balance the social interest relations and improve the supervisory mechanism⁷."

 

　　The institutional restructuring is a continuation of the previous six major government reshuffles over the past 30 years.

1 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

2 ministries   

（政府的）部( ministry的名词复数 )； 神职； 牧师职位； 神职任期

参考例句：

• Local authorities must refer everything to the central ministries. 地方管理机构应请示中央主管部门。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. 部委的数量已经减少了1/3。

3 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。

4 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

5 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

6 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

7 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。