China has established 12 free trade zones

时间：2007-12-29 08:02:39

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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 27 – China has set up 12 free trade zones where it can hold trade talks with 29 countries and regions. In 2006, the trade volume generated in these free trade zones accounted for one-fourth of the total trade volume in China, said Zhang Kening, head of the International Economic and Trade Relations Department under the Ministry1 of Commerce.

 

China has signed the Closer Economic Partnership2 Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong SAR and the Mainland and that between Macao SAR and the Mainland, as well as four supplementary3 agreements related with these two documents. China has signed the Agreement on Trade in Goods and the Agreement on Trade in Service with ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, China has initiated4 talks on setting up a free trade zone with Pakistan and Chile. Negotiations5 on establishing a free trade zone with New Zealand has made a major breakthrough.

 

China is pushing forward talks with the Gulf6 Cooperation Council, Singapore, Peru, Iceland, Australia and the Southern African Customs Union in an effort to set up free trade zones with these countries or organizations.

 

China has completed the joint7 research on arrangement of regional trade with India and Norway with regard to the establishment of free trade zones and the related joint research with countries such as South Korea and Costa Rica is well under way.

 

The free trade zones, which have emerged in China after it jointed8 the WTO, have set up a new platform and new mode for China to promote reform and development through opening-up, Zhang noted9.

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
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。
2 partnership NmfzPy     
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
参考例句：
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
3 supplementary 0r6ws     
adj.补充的，附加的
参考例句：
  • There is a supplementary water supply in case the rain supply fails.万一主水源断了，我们另外有供水的地方。
  • A supplementary volume has been published containing the index.附有索引的增补卷已经出版。
4 initiated 9cd5622f36ab9090359c3cf3ca4ddda3     
n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入
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  • He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
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5 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
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  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
6 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
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  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
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7 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
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  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
8 jointed 0e57ef22df02be1a8b7c6abdfd98c54f     
有接缝的
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  • To embrace her was like embracing a jointed wooden image. 若是拥抱她，那感觉活像拥抱一块木疙瘩。 来自英汉文学
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  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

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