CCTV9英语新闻：2015年中国或成全球最大种业市场种子

China may surpass the US to become the world's largest seed market next year as commercialization in the seed industry accelerates, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said ahead of the start of the World Seed Congress in Beijing on Monday.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang addresses the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Seed Congress in Beijing, capital of China, May 26, 2014. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

The World Seed Congress—a premier annual gathering 3 where the industry comes to exchange ideas to better crop harvesting—is in China for the first time. Organizers say that this is an opportunity to tackle food safety, an issue closely related to people’s health and quality of life.

"Getting the right seed is a crucial part for agriculture production. As people’s life quality improves, they require better-tasting vegetables and fruits. With import and technology innovation, we have been upgrading our seeds in the past few decades," Beijing Agriculture Technology Extension Centre (BATEC) senior agronomist 4 Zhang Lingjun said.

With China eager to better its food production, effort was made to upgrade seed yield, quality and expanding volume. On Sunday, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences forecast that the country’s seed market volume would surge to US$14.2 billion next year, which would make it the number one seed market globally, and more stock would likely translate into large volumes of seeds for exports.

China has been working to boost its seed industry, feed its own population and to trade overseas. With international platforms like the World Seed Congress, it hopes to learn and exchange skills and knowledge to ensure its stock growth and better food quality.

As many in the industry increasingly gain new techniques from abroad, they quickly apply that knowledge to China’s specialties 5.

"China enjoys a vast natural resource of edible 6 mushrooms in the south, so it’s very easy to breed new seed varieties. Our technology in this area is quite advanced. So far China’s mushroom export accounts for more than 20 percent of the world total," BATEC senior agronomist Wu Shangjun said.

As the industry develops, the country still faces seed production challenges. In the past three years, authorities found nearly 20,000 cases of fake or low quality seeds. Experts say that insufficient 7 innovation and loopholes in seed management still hamper 8 the seed industry’s development.

 





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1
vice

  
 


n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的


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He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。












2
premier

  
 


adj.首要的；n.总理，首相


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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
gathering

  
 


n.集会，聚会，聚集


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He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。












4
agronomist

  
 


n.农学家


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The agronomist suggested growing rice on the dried river bed.那位农学家建议在干涸的河床上种水稻。
She has elected to become an agronomist.她决心做一个农学家。












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specialties

  
 


n.专门，特性，特别；专业( specialty的名词复数 )；特性；特制品；盖印的契约


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Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句












6
edible

  
 


n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的


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Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。












7
insufficient

  
 


adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的


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There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。












8
hamper

  
 


vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子


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There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。