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Together with the opening of China, more and more foreign corporations are investing there. However, some 90% of foreign investment companies are located in east China and so the Chinese Government is now encouraging foreign companies to go to west China. I would, therefore, like to offer you some new sentences about this topic and hope it will be of some help to you in learning the Chinese language.

NEW WORDS:

Please click on any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then follow me to read it.


No.168: -- 中国计划将在未来的三年中，鼓励大约１０，０００家外国公司进入西部地区。
               -- China plans to encourage about １０,０００ foreign companies to go west in the next three years.

No.169:   -- 政府希望外国投资者向高科技、节省能源和环境保护部门注入更多的资金。
                 --the government hopes foreign investors to pour more funds into the high-tech, energy-saving and environmental protection sectors.

No.170: -- 分析家表示，大约９０％的外国投资企业坐落于中国的东部，加剧了东、西部发展的不平衡。
               -- Analysts say that some ９０ percent of the foreign investment enterprises are located in east China, which worsens the unbalanced development between the west and the east.

Note: The English news cover is from People's Daily

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--Shirley
Written and Recorded On Sun, Nov 12, 2006