英语时政短语系列七

　　(对弱势群体给予特殊的就业援助。Special employment assistance should be given to members of disadvantaged groups.)

　　西电东送 transmission of electricity from the western to the eastern region

　　加快经济结构调整 to accelerate economic restructuring

　　购买力 purchasing power

　　城镇社会保障体系 urban social security system

　　下岗职工基本生活费subsistence allowances for laid-off workers

　　离退休人员基本养老金 basic pensions for retirees

　　特困行业和企业industries and enterprises in dire¹ straits

　　试点项目 pilot project

　　抵抗全球经济衰退 to combat the global economic slump²

　　医疗改革 health care reform

　　农村剩余劳动力 surplus rural labor³ force

　　年度国家预算annual state budge⁴

　　扩大内需，刺激消费 to expand domestic demand and stimulate⁵ consumption

　　生计问题 bread-and-butter issue

　　乡镇企业 township enterprises

　　生态建筑 ecological⁶ construction

　　国有企业 state-owned enterprises (SOE)

　　人均国内生产总值 per-capita gross domestic product (GDP)

　　国民生产总值 gross national product (GNP)

　　经济房 low-cost housing

　　不良贷款 non-performing loans

　　起草社会治安法 to draft a social security law

　　制定反贪法规 anti-corruption legislation

　　资源丰富的内陆地区 （指中国西部）the resource-rich hinterland

　　长江流域的生态掩体 an ecological shelter along the Yangtze River Valley

　　海峡两岸关系 cross-Strait relations

　　基层监督 grass-roots supervision⁷

　　西部大开发战略 develop-the-west strategy

　　不进则退no progress simply means regression

　　使大多数亏损企业扭亏为盈 to bring the majority of money-losing firms into the black

　　亏损企业 loss-generating enterprises

　　国有企业重组 to regroup SOEs

　　成长型企业市场 （指二板市场）growing enterprise market (GEM)

　　下岗工人基本生活津贴 the basic living allowance for laid-off workers

　　隐形就业 hidden employment

　　网络公司 a web-based economy

　　国家发展计划委员会 the State Development Planning Commission

　　费改税改革 tax-for-fees reform

　　国库券 treasury⁸ bonds

　　扩大住房贷款，助学贷款和大件消费品贷款 to expand housing loans, student loans and major commodity loans

　　债转股 debt-to-equity swap⁹

　　剪彩仪式 ribbon-cutting ceremonies

　　社会化服务体系commercialized/outsourced services

　　经营性社会事业项目public services; profit-making public services

　　政府投资项目代建制to serve as an agent for government-invested projects

　　盘活基础设施存量资产activate the existing infrastructure¹¹ assets activate¹⁰ the existing assets in stock

　　中央在京高等教育资源优势the concentration of high education resources under the central authorities located in Beijing

　　光机电一体化optomechatronics (the integration¹² of optics, mechanics and electronics)

　　加大对收受回扣、“红包”和乱收费等问题的治理力度redouble efforts to prevent kickbacks¹³, “red envelope” bribes¹⁴ and other improper¹⁵ charges in medical service

　　反省侵略历史reproach itself for its past aggression¹⁶

　　台湾当局the Taiwan authorities

　　采用非和平方式employ/resort to/use/adopt non-peaceful means

　　台湾海峡the Taiwan Straits/Strait

　　经济适用房affordable¹⁷ housing; government subsidized housing(apartments/flats)

　　尊重人才value competent/professional people

　　思想道德建设moral/ethical education

　　现在达到的小康还是低水平的、不全面的、发展很不平衡的小康The kind of “xiaokang”(moderate  prosperity) obtained so far is still a low-level, incomplete and unbalanced one.

　　社会主义民主政治建设improve socialist democracy

　　党和国家的集中统一the centralization and unity of the Party as well as the state

　　加强党性修养cultivate their Party spirit

　　政治优势political advantage

　　人文交流cultural  and  educational  exchanges