Wen to address African Development Bank meeting

时间：2007-05-09 05:58:23

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BEIJING, May 8 - Chinese Premier1 Wen Jiabao will address the annual board meeting of the African Development Bank (ADB) in Shanghai next week, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry2 spokeswoman.

 

"Premier Wen will attend the ADB board meeting to be held in Shanghai from May 16 to 17 and deliver a speech," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular briefing.

 

It will be the first time the annual board meeting of the ADB has been held in Asia, and the second time outside Africa. In 2001,the bank's annual board meeting was held in Spain.

 

It is another significant Africa-related event hosted by China, following the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum3 held in November 2006.

 

Themed "African and Asia: Partners in Development", the meeting will focus on infrastructure4 development in Africa, regional integrity and poverty relief.

 

People's Bank of China president Zhou Xiaochuan will chair the meeting. About 2,000 people are expected to attend the meeting, including finance ministers and governors of the central banks of member states, representatives of the World Bank, the International Monetary5 Fund and other regional development finance organizations and non-governmental organizations.

 

A series of business seminars will be held on the sidelines of the ADB board meeting, which are aimed at further tapping the potential of cooperation between China and Africa.

 

Founded in 1964, the ADB has 77 members from Africa, America, Europe and Asia. China became a member in 1985.

 
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1 premier R19z3     
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
  • 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。
2 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。
3 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
4 infrastructure UbBz5     
n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施
参考例句：
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
5 monetary pEkxb     
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
参考例句：
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

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