China pledges well prepared AfDB Annual Meetings

时间：2007-01-12 07:07:34

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Jan.11 - China has said it will make every effort to prepare for the 42nd African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings to be held in Shanghai from May 13 to 18, Xinhua new agency reports.

 

Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, who is also president of the board of governors of the AfDB Group, made the remarks on Wednesday during his visit to the bank's headquarters in Tunis.

 

While meeting bank president Donald Kaberuka, Zhou spoke1 extensively about the challenges of economic development and his country's relations with Africa, as well as China's experience in achieving rocketing economic growth.

 

Kaberuka underscored the timeliness of the visit and the offer by China to host the next annual meetings.

 

Before leaving Tunis, Zhou Xiaochuan held a joint2 press conference with President Donald Kaberuka where he stressed that through the Bank, China could do a lot to support African development efforts, especially in the area of infrastructure3 development.

 

He also pointed4 to the consensus5 that emerged in the November 2006 China-Africa Summit on strengthening economic and political relations between China and Africa. The Summit brought together over forty African Heads of State and Government in Beijing.

 

The AfDB annual meetings are the most important gathering6 of Africa's senior finance and development policymakers and experts.

 

The Shanghai session will be the second time the meetings have been held outside the African continent.

 

Each year, the event brings together about 1,500 private and public sector7 managers, including finance ministers of the banking8 group's 77 member countries.

 

China is one of 24 non-regional members of the African Development Bank Group and has always supported the AfDB in its bid to play a broader role in achieving the Millennium9 Development Goals in Africa, according to an article on the official website of the AfDB.

 

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1 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
2 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • 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。
3 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。
4 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
5 consensus epMzA     
n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识
参考例句：
  • Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
  • What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？
6 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
7 sector yjczYn     
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
参考例句：
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
8 banking aySz20     
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
参考例句：
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
9 millennium x7DzO     
n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世
参考例句：
  • The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
  • We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

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