Big waste may prevent China from becoming a well-off nation

时间：2007-04-25 00:42:16

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Apr. 24 – A German scholar once said, “ China is the largest poor country in the world. Yet it is also a country that wastes heavily.” The Shanghai Securities Journal recently carried an article claiming that the saying does reflect some of the bad habits of the Chinese people.

 

In restaurants, one can easily see that many diners order far more dishes than necessary. Some Chinese like to vie with each other to show off their wealth or their dignity by ordering large, expensive dishes. When they leave, unfinished meals are left on tables, with some dishes thrown away untouched. No wonder that in the past 15 years, Chinese catering1 business has grown at an annual rate of 10%!

 

However, such waste is rather "tiny" if compared with the unnecessary, huge public expenditure2. In 2004, Chinese public institutions paid 408.5 billion yuan for the use of cars, 300 billion yuan were thrown away in dining with public money, and another 300 billion yuan paid by government departments or institutions for sending their staffs abroad. The three items accounted for one-third of the country's fiscal3 expenditure that year.

 

In China, many buildings can be used for only 30 years on average. Some buildings are frequently rebuilt or renovated4, leading to a huge waste of construction materials.

 

Chinese are considered as the most diligent5 people in the world. However, such diligence can not make China become a prosperous nation if such waste remains6 unchecked; on the contrary, it will prevent China from becoming rich.

 
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1 catering WwtztU     
n. 给养
参考例句：
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？
2 expenditure XPbzM     
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
参考例句：
  • The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
  • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
3 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
4 renovated 0623303c5ec2d1938425e76e30682277     
翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
  • The house has been renovated three years earlier. 这所房子三年前就已翻新。
5 diligent al6ze     
adj.勤勉的，勤奋的
参考例句：
  • He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
  • She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。
6 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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