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.
