Part
One: General
1 和谐社会 A harmonious society
A new priority formally
declared by President Hu Jintao in 2006, with
emphasising on environment and humanity
instead of economic growth and GDP figures.
2 社会主义新农村 New
socialist countryside
In an attempt to reduce the
widening gap in living standards between
China’s urban and rural areas, since 2006,
a series of new policies were released, which
include collecting zero farming tax, offering
free schooling for 150 million rural kids,
providing subsidies for health services and
initiating clear drinking water programs.
3 青藏铁路 Qinghai-Tibet Railway
The
world's highest railway which stretches 1956
kilometers from Xining to Lhasa was complete
in the late 2005 and started operating in the
middle of 2006.
4 自主创新 Being self-reliant
and creative
It is a new national strategy
striving for reviving the spirits of creation
and innovation lost since the collapse of the
Ming dynasty.
5 社会主义荣辱观(八荣八耻) The socialist
outlook of honour and disgrace (eight
honours vs eight disgraces)
It is a sort of moral code
promoted by President Hu Jintao in 2006,
aiming at tackling a destructive
psychological makeup derived from the
reckless materialism and unmitigated
individualism wide spread since the 90s.
6 中非合作论坛 The Forum on
China-Africa Cooperation
The Beijing Summit of the
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held in
November with 48 African countries attending
the two-day gathering.
7 长征精神 The Spirits of Long
March
In October 2006, China held a
series of activities to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Long March, a turning point in
the contemporary Chinese history.
8 消费税 GST
China announced, for the first
time since it introduced the GST in the
context of overall tax reform 12 years ago,
the new rates of GST, taken effect April 1,
2006.
9 非物质文化遗产 Intangible
cultural heritage
Beijing
Opera, one of China's cultural heritage
in 2006, China began to
embrace the idea of intangible cultural
heritage and listed over 500 cultural
heritage items, including folklores,
festivities, traditional music, operas, arts
and crafts.
10 倒扁 Dao
Bian, which literally
means down with Bian
It is a mass movement in
Taiwan calling for its leader Chen Shui-bian
to step down amidst the accusations of
corruption against his family and his close
associates.
Part
Two: National
News
1 《江泽民文选》The Selected
Work of Jiang Zemin
Jiang was the head of China
during the time when the country experienced
phenomenal growth in economy and alarming
increase in corruption.
2 创新型国家 The innovative nation
It is a broad effort to make
China’s economic growth sustainable through
technology innovation.
3 公民道德建设 Promotion of
the code of ethics
A campaign urges the public to
observe the basic code of ethics, including
not to run red light and not to spit in
public.
4 两岸经贸论坛 The Trade
Forum between the Mainland and Taiwan
5 农村义务教育 Free
education for rural students
Students
at a village school
After much talk in 2006, from
the 2007, all children
living in China’s rural area are eligible to
receive nine-year compulsory education for
free.
6 两岸农业合作 Agriculture
co-operation between the mainland and Taiwan
7 俄罗斯年 Russian Year
A culture-exchange feast to
promote Russia in China was held in 2006.
8 丛飞精神 Spirit of Cong Fei
A young Chinese pop singer
called Cong Fei has touched the heart of
millions with his devotion to helping the
poor children finish their education at the
time he was suffering terminal illness. He
died in 2006.
9 软实力 Soft power
Since the reform started
decades ago, China’s translators become
probably the world’s most enthusiastic and
devoted introducers of everything Western to
their own people, while having bothered to do
little in helping the world to understand
China and Chinese culture. The year 2006 sees
China begin to take more initiatives to
address the cross-cultural exchange
imbalance.
10 反腐倡廉 Fight against
corruption and advocate the uprightness
In 2006, China undertook
strong measures against corruption at the
very top levels, including the purge
of the former chiefs of Shanghai and Qingdao.
1 哈马斯 Hamas
As it constantly made its way
onto the front pages of newspapers around the
world in 2006, so does it in China.
2 潘基文 Ban Ki-moon
As the former South Korean
foreign minister is the second Asian
diplomats to be elected as the head of the
United Nations organisation, the appointment
has generated quite a lot of interest in
China.
3 六方会谈 The Six-party Talks
The on and off Six-party Talks
concerning the North Korea’s nuclear
program repeatedly made headlines in China.
4 卡斯特罗 Fidel Castro Ruz
The health states of Cuba’s
President Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz made big
news in China.
5 陈冯富珍 Margaret Chan
Dr. Chan is the first Chinese
to head a UN agency and has been formally
appointed as the new head of the World Health
Organization early 2007, understandably,
Chinese are excited.
6 伊朗核问题 Iran nuclear program
7 泰国政变 Thailand’s military
coup
8 联合军演 joint military
exercise
There are quite a few joint
military exercises in 2006 that drew the
media attention in China, including the ones
by China and Russia, by China and America, by
China and Vietnam, Lao, Pakistan and India
and by America and Japan.
