China to Accelerate the Opening-up of Western Inland Region

The first China-Eurasia Expo is coming to a close in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Some 50,000 officials and business people from China and about 30 countries, regions and international organizations attended the five-day t

美国有线新闻 CNN 港回归以来首位女特首——林郑月娥

An election committee chose the region`s first female leader, a former chief secretary named Carrie Lam. She received 777 of the 1,063 votes that were cast and she said the first thing she`d do is repair Hong Kong`s divided society so the people ther

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普亲切会见日本首相安倍晋三

President Donald Trump recently welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the White House, stressing that the United States is an important and steadfast ally of Japan. 近日，美国总统特朗普接待了到访白宫的日本首相安倍晋三

英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0627 - 《哈利波特》20岁啦！

Topic1-The Culture of Tutoring in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese Mainland They strike glamorous poses in posters in shopping malls and on the sides of buses in Hong Kong. But they are not movie stars or supermodels: they are Hong Kong's A-list tutor k

China provides dictionaries for rural students

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Press and Publication has urged further efforts to ensure the accessibility of dictionaries for the students in the country's rural and less-developed areas. The administration's appeal cam

2016年CRI China decides to add 7 new free trade zones

The new FTZs will be located in the provinces of Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi, as well as in the Municipality of Chongqing. The expansion comes 3 years after the first FTZ was launched in Shanghai. That program was meant to t

China further cuts administrative approval items

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, has decided to remove or modify 314 administrative examination and approval items in order to further clear systematic obstacles for its social and economic development and curb corrupt

2018年CRI Environmental cleanup in Gannan region benefit local people

The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Gansu province is the location of major tributaries of both the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. In recent years, local governments have been working to restore the local environment to protect the h

VOA常速英语2008年-Missile Strike in Pakistan Destroys Suspected M

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 16 March 2008 A missile strike against a suspected militant hideout in a Pakistan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Sunday is said to have killed at least 18 people. From Islamabad, Ayaz Gul reports. The attack took place i

CCTV9英语新闻：China's top legislator hears briefing by HK officials

Full coverage: Chinas Leaders China's top legislator is in Hong Kong, where he has visited the government offices of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress,

CCTV9英语新闻：蛟河:通向过去的窗口

Speaking of political and cultural significance, the Silk Road has been in the spotlight since its application to UNESCO last year to become a world cultural heritage. Some of the ancient sites involved in the application include the Jiaohe Ancient C

4S phone fever hits China

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirty-year-old Chen Liang acquired his iPhone 4S in a relatively straightforward way without visiting the gray market. He typed Looking for an iPhone 4S through weibo on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter at 9 am on Oc

Premier Wen meets HK chief executive-elect

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao met with Leung Chun-ying, chief executive-elect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Tuesday in Beijing. Wen, on behalf of the State Council, awarded the official certificate of appo

中国计划京津冀发展高新技术产业

Many Beijing-based hi-tech companies specializing in energy efficiency and environmental protection have set up their manufacturing plants in Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province. They are said to be eyeing sufficient bio-fuels and low-cost transp

Asia-Pacific Region Critical to US Economic Recovery

In the Pacific state of Hawaii, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday told leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation economies that the region will be key to U.S. economic recovery. With much of the formal summit activity, including a worki

2007年VOA标准英语-Senegalese Presidential Contenders Tour Country

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 05 February 2007 On the second day of campaigning for presidential elections in Senegal, incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade took his campaign to the southern Casamance region, the site of a long-running separatist movement. Ot

VOA双语新闻 --- ADB Forecasts Solid Growth for Asia in 20

The Asian Development Bank says while Asia will not be immune to the global slowdown, economies in the region will continue to see solid growth in 2008. But the bank warns in its annual outlook that inflation in the region will jump this year. 亚洲开

VOA双语新闻 --- 导弹摧毁巴基斯坦激进分子藏身处

A missile strike against a suspected militant hideout in a Pakistan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Sunday is said to have killed at least 18 people. 在巴基斯坦接近阿富汗的边境地区，星期天早上对一个部落地区内的疑似

2018年CRI Tibet to have universal fibre-optical broadband service

China's Tibet Autonomous Region is about to achieve a universal coverage of fibre-optical broadband service ahead of its schedule. As China further rolled out its universal broadband project, Tibet's broadband service is looking to reach 98% of admin

2015年CRI 中央政府将继续支持香港对外交往与合作

Chinese netizens and even media have been used to using Internet slang words in daily life, but recently China's network watchdog asked media to say no to vulgar language online. What's the definition of dirty words online? How often do we use them?