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婴幼儿照护个人所得税专项附加扣除政策正式发布｜New tax breaks set to boost consumption

The recent move to include care expenses for children under the age of 3 as part of the special additional deductions for individual income tax is expected to reduce the financial burden on families, increase their consumption capacity, and is conducive to the long-term improvement of the nation's overall demographic structure, experts say.

专家指出，3岁以下婴幼儿照护个人所得税专项附加扣除政策体现了国家对人民群众生育养育的鼓励和照顾，有利于减轻人民群众抚养子女的负担，是促进人口长期均衡发展、推动高质量发展的重大举措。

The State Council said on Monday in a document that starting from Jan 1, the individual taxable income of such parents can be reduced by a total of 1,000 yuan ($156) per month for each baby.

3月28日，国务院发布《关于设立3岁以下婴幼儿照护个人所得税专项附加扣除的通知》（以下简称《通知》），明确自2022年1月1日起，纳税人照护3岁以下婴幼儿子女的相关支出，按照每个婴幼儿每月1000元的标准定额扣除。

The deduction can be applied in full by one parent or can be split evenly, added the document.

按照《通知》，父母可以选择由其中一方按扣除标准的100%扣除，也可以选择由双方分别按扣除标准的50%扣除。

The move was hinted in this year's Government Work Report made in March at the annual session of the National People's Congress, the nation's top legislative body.

今年政府工作报告明确，“将3岁以下婴幼儿照护费用纳入个人所得税专项附加扣除”。

Experts see the new tax break policy as important and inclusive in relieving the financial burden of families with infants and it is likely to boost overall consumption. They also believe it will work as part of a holistic approach in encouraging China's population growth.

专家认为，将婴幼儿照护费纳入个税抵扣，会在一定程度上缓解家庭婴幼儿抚育成本，对鼓励生育、促进优育产生积极效应。

The decision to introduce tax breaks for families taking care of children under the age of 3 was made in light of overall demographic changes in China in recent years. It will not only be conducive to balanced population growth in the long run and better tap into China's demographic potential, but will also help lay a solid foundation for accumulating human capital and promote high-quality development," said Li Xuhong, director of the Institute of Finance and Taxation Policy and Application at Beijing National Accounting Institute.

北京国家会计学院财税政策与应用研究所所长李旭红分析，“这是根据我国人口发展变化形势作出的重大决策，是促进人口长期均衡发展、推动高质量发展的重大举措。”

"Also, such tax breaks will increase the disposable income of households, and boost their willingness to consume," she said.

李旭红称，“政策有利于增加可支配收入，养育人口的意愿将有可能增强。”

"China's income tax system is in the process of improvement, and it will eventually adequately bring down the income tax level of middle and low-income earners. This will bring about tangible social welfare and boost consumption.

“这项政策发布后，我国个税制度进一步完善优化。我国个税专项附加扣除政策有助于减轻广大百姓尤其是中低收入人群的税收负担，有助于进一步改善民生。”

Consumption is widely regarded as a key factor in driving economic growth this year. The Government Work Report this year noted the need to expand domestic demand and keep boosting the recovery in consumption.

消费被普遍认为是推动今年经济增长的一个关键因素。今年的政府工作报告指出，要促进消费、扩大内需。

Shi Yinghua, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, said that the new tax breaks "will not only help relieve the burden for families with children under 3", but will also help to positively shape the consumption and income expectations of couples planning to have children, she said.

中国财政科学研究院教授石英华说，新的个税专项附加扣除政策不仅会减轻育有3岁以下孩子的家庭的负担，还将对有生育计划的家庭的消费和收入预期产生积极影响。

She added that the new tax deduction policy will be well-aligned with the current individual tax breaks in other areas such as expenses related to preschool and compulsory education. Families with children under the age of 3 had previously been unable to enjoy such individual tax deductions.

她补充说，新的税收减免政策将与目前其他领域的个人税收减免政策保持一致，例如与学前教育和义务教育相关的费用。有3岁以下子女的家庭此前无法享受此类个人税收减免。

holistic

英[həˈlɪstɪk]；美[hoʊˈlɪstɪk]

adj. 全盘的，整体的; 功能整体性的

conducive

英[kənˈdjuːsɪv]；美[kənˈduːsɪv]

adj.有助于…的; 有益于…的

tap

英[tæp]；美[tæp]

v.利用，开发; 轻敲/拍/叩

tangible

英[ˈtændʒəbl]；美[ˈtændʒəbl]

adj.可触知的; 确实的，真实的; 实际的; [法]有形的

新时代基础教育强师计划印发︱Plan issued to improve education workforce

China's Ministry of Education, in collaboration with seven other authorities, has issued a plan to build a stronger workforce for the country's basic education system.
教育部等八部门日前联合印发《新时代基础教育强师计划》。

The plan aims to expand the number and improve the quality of teachers, and meet demands for China's basic education development by 2035.
计划提出，加强基础教育高质量教师队伍建设，到2035年，教师数量和质量基本满足基础教育发展需求。

China will further improve teachers' professional ethics and competence by introducing talent nurturing programs and reforming targeted training.
提升教师能力素质，实施高素质教师人才培育计划、深化精准培训改革。

Teacher resources will be more balanced, as special teacher cultivation plans for undeveloped areas in China's central and western regions will be put into practice.
推动优质师资均衡，实施中西部欠发达地区优秀教师定向培养计划。

National-levelpedagogical bases and coordinated innovation platforms will also be built to strengthen the education system for teachers.
加强教师教育体系建设，建设国家师范教育基地、建立教师教育协同创新平台。

3月份全国累计办理缓缴税费2567亿元︱China defers 256B yuan in taxes

China's tax authorities havedeferred 256.7 billion yuan of taxes for micro, small and medium manufacturing enterprises in March, according to the State Taxation Administration. A total of 2.57 million enterprises benefited from the delay, the administration said.
国家税务局表示，今年3月份，全国税务部门共办理制造业中小微企业缓缴税费2567亿元，共惠及257万户企业。

China deferred payments for the fourth quarter of 2021 to ease the impact of rising costs. The delay will be extended by six months.
为减轻企业生产经营负担，制造业中小微企业2021年第四季度已缓缴的部分税费再延缓6个月。

In addition, the administration plans to improve the tax management information system andoptimize payment delay service procedures while implementing tax and fee cuts and issuing refunds.
为推动缓缴税费政策直达快享，税务总局将及时升级税收征管信息系统，持续优化办理流程。

美国去年死亡人数超346万创新高︱US hits highest annual death toll

2021 was the deadliest year in US history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
2021是美国历史上最致命的一年，新的数据和研究让我们进一步了解究竟发生了什么。

The main reason for the increase in deaths?
美国去年死亡人数增加的主要原因是什么？

COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work on death statistics.
美疾控中心相关数据统计负责官员罗伯特•安德森认为，是新冠。

The agency this month quietly updated its provisional death tally.
该机构本月更新了死亡人数数据。

It showed there were 3.465 million deaths last year, or about 80,000 more than 2020’s record-setting total.
报告显示，全美去年共有346.5万人死亡，比2020年创下的纪录增加了约8万人。

COVID-19 deaths rose in 2021 to more than 415,000—up from 351,000 the year before—as new coronavirus variants emerged and an unexpectedly large number of Americans refused to get vaccinated or wear masks, experts said.
专家表示，新冠死亡人数从351000人上升到415000，病毒出现了新的变异毒株，而大批美国人拒绝接种疫苗、不愿佩戴口罩。

The coronavirus is not solely to blame.
新冠病毒不是唯一的罪魁祸首。

Preliminary CDC data also shows the crude death rate for cancer rose slightly, and rates continued to increase for diabetes,chronic liver disease and stroke.
美疾控中心的初步数据还显示，癌症的粗死亡率略有上升，糖尿病、慢性肝病和中风的粗死亡率持续上升。

Drug overdose deaths also continued to rise.
吸毒过量死亡人数也在持续上升。

pedagogical

英 [ˌpɛdəˈgɒdʒɪkəll]；美 [ˌpɛdəˈgɑdʒɪkəl]

adj.教育学的；教学法的

defer

英 [dɪˈfɜː(r)]；美 [dɪˈfɜːr]

v.延期，推迟

optimize

英[ˈɒptɪmaɪz]；美[ˈɑːptɪmaɪz]

v.优化，充分利用（形势，机会，资源）

chronic

英 [ˈkrɒnɪk]；美 [ˈkrɑːnɪk]

adj.（疾病）慢性的，长期的

英语新闻︱Xi to make key speech at Boao Forum for Asia

President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022 via video link on Thursday and deliver a keynote speech, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Wednesday.

It will be the sixth time Xi has delivered a keynote speech at the event, held in Boao, Hainan province.

This year's forum opened on Wednesday with the publication of its annual report on the economic outlook for Asia and progress in integration.

It said that Asia's economic growth this year is likely to be lower than the International Monetary Fund's forecast of 5.2 percent and higher than the predicted global output growth rate of 4.4 percent.

The report said the Asian economy will remain in the process of recovery this year, and there will be moderate growth amid mounting pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, monetary policy adjustments in the United States and Europe, and rising commodity prices.

Zhang Yuyan, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of World Economics and Politics, said on Wednesday that the Asian economy isprojected to sustain its recovery, and its annual growth rate may reach 4.8 percent this year, mainly aided by the growth of China's economy.

Despite the resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising commodity prices clouding Asia's economic outlook, East and South Asian economies, such as those in China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India, are estimated to see a faster pace of economic recovery than the global level, said Li Baodong, secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia.

Asian economies will remain the ballast for the world economy and a "booster" for multilateral cooperation, Li added.

"With the recovery of the global economy, international trade and investment resumed their growth in 2021," the report said.

"Trade and investment in Asia achieved a bigger rebound in the year, and its share in global trade and investment further increased."

Citing the IMF's（speak clearer please） calculation, the report said the weighted real GDP growth of Asian economies in 2021 was 6.3 percent, significantly higher than the negative 1.3 percent growth in 2020 and also higher than the global level. In addition, Asian economies' share of global GDP will continue to grow to（pay attention to the preposition, not”at”） 47.7 percent in 2022.

The report said Asian economic integration will be accelerated by the coming into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which is the world's largest trade agreement, involving 15 economies－all 10 members of ASEAN, as well as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

In addition, it said that China and South Korea's applications to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will accelerate regional economic integration in Asia, which will greatly boost the global economic recovery of trade and investment in the post-COVID-19 era.

Fueled by continued liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment, trade and investment in Asia are expected to maintain their growth momentum in 2022.

In Asia, China is seen as a "stabilizer" in regional trade, contributing significantly to the recovery of the Asian economy, the report said.

Sang Baichuan, an economics professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, highlighted China's faster-than-expected 4.8 percent year-on-year growth in the first quarter of 2022 despite a weakening in economic activities in March amid resurgent domestic COVID-19 cases, saying that this demonstrates the strongresilience of China's economy.

However, he warned of the gap between first-quarter growth and China's annual growth target of around 5.5 percent for 2022, and called for measures to step up macroeconomic policy support.

Themed "The World in COVID-19&Beyond: Working Together for Global Development and a Shared Future", the Boao Forum for Asia is expected to focus on international unity and global cooperation, with a key focus on post-pandemic development.

project

英 [ˈprɒdʒekl]；美 [ˈprɑːdʒekt]

v.预计，推算

resurgence

英 [rɪˈsɜːdʒəns]；美 [rɪˈsɜːrdʒəns]

n.复兴，复苏，再次兴起

booster

英[ˈbuːstə(r)]；美[ˈbuːstər]

n.起促进或激励作用的事物

resilience

英 [rɪˈzɪliəns]；美 [rɪˈzɪliəns]

n.恢复力，复原力，抗逆力，弹性

 日本研发可“增强咸味”的电子筷︱

Japan researchers develop electric chopsticks to enhance salty taste

Japanese researchers have developed computerized chopsticks that enhance salty tastes, potentially helping those who need to reducesodium in their diets.
日本研究人员研发了一种可以增强咸味的电子筷子，有可能帮助到那些需要低钠饮食的人。

Co-developed by Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita and beverage maker Kirin Holdings Co., the chopsticks enhance tastes using electrical stimulation and a mini-computer worn on awristband.
这种电子筷由明治大学教授宫下和美（音译）和饮品制造商麒麟控股有限公司共同开发，通过电流刺激和佩戴在腕带上的微型计算机来增强味道。

The device uses a weak electrical current to transmit sodium ions from food, through the chopsticks, to the mouth where they create a sense of saltiness, said Miyashita.
宫下称，这种装置利用微电流将食物中的钠离子通过筷子传递到口腔，从而产生咸味。

"As a result, the salty taste enhances 1.5 times," he said.
他表示：“这样可以将咸味放大1.5倍。”

Miyashita and his lab have explored various ways that technology can interact with and stimulate human sensory experiences. He's also developed a lickable TV screen that canimitate various food flavours.
宫下和他的实验室一直在人类感官互动与刺激的体验上进行科学探索。他还研发了一个可品尝味道的电视屏，屏幕可以模拟各种食物的味道。

The taste-enhancing chopsticks may have particular relevance in Japan, where the traditional diet favours salty tastes. The average Japanese adult consumes about 10 grams of salt per day, double the amount recommended by the World Health Organization.
增强咸味的筷子在日本可能会很有市场，因为日本的传统饮食偏咸。日本成年人平均每天摄入约10克盐，是世界卫生组织推荐摄入量的两倍。

Excess sodium intake is related to increased incidence of high blood pressure, strokes and otherailments.
过量摄入钠与高血压、中风和其他疾病的发病率增加有关。

"To prevent these diseases, we need to reduce the amount of salt we take," said Kirin researcher Ai Sato.
麒麟公司研究员佐藤爱（音译）称：“为了预防这些疾病，我们需要减少盐的摄入量。”

"If we try to avoid taking less salt in a conventional way, we would need to endure the pain of cutting our favourite food from our diet, or endure eating bland food."
“传统的减盐饮食需要我们忍受清淡饮食，让我们无法大快朵颐。”

Miyashita and Kirin are refining their chopsticks prototype and hope to commercialize them as early as next year.
宫下和麒麟公司正在改进产品原型，并希望最早在明年将其商业化。

神舟十三号载人飞船返回︱Shenzhou-13 crew returns to Earth

Three Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-13 manned space mission have completed their six-month sojourn and returned to Earth safely on Saturday. Completion of the mission shows China has completed theverification of key technologies of its space station, and also sets a record for Chinese astronauts' time in orbit, the China Manned Space Agency said. Shenzhou-13's return capsule, carrying astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region at 9:56 a.m. (Beijing Time).
据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，北京时间2022年4月16日9时56分，神舟十三号载人飞船返回舱在内蒙古自治区东风着陆场成功着陆，航天员翟志刚、王亚平、叶光富安全返回。中国载人航天工程办公室表示，神舟十三号载人飞行任务取得圆满成功，空间站关键技术验证阶段任务圆满完成。神舟十三号乘组在轨驻留共6个月,创造了中国航天员在轨驻留时长的新纪录。

sodium

英 [ˈsəʊdiəm]；美 [ˈsoʊdiəm]

n.钠（一种化学元素，符号为Na）

wristband

英 [ˈrɪstbænd]；美 [ˈrɪstbænd]

n.腕套，腕带

imitate

英[ˈɪmɪteɪt]；美[ˈɪmɪteɪt]

v.模仿，仿效

ailment

英 [ˈeɪlmənt]；美 [ˈeɪlmənt]

n.疾病，小病

verification

英 [ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]；美 [ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.证实，证明，核实

英语新闻︱加强数字政府建设

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called on Tuesday for the extensive use of digital technologies in administration and public services to further modernize the nation's governance system and capacity.

4月19日，中共中央总书记习近平强调，要把数字技术广泛应用于政府管理服务中，为进一步推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化提供有力支撑。

While presiding over a meeting of the Central Committee for Deepening Overall Reform, Xi, the head of the committee, stressed the need to promote the digital and smart operations of the government and fully carry out the strategy to build up the nation's capacity in cyberspace.

中央全面深化改革委员会主任习近平主持召开中央全面深化改革委员会第二十五次会议，同时指出，要推动政府数字化、智能化运行，全面贯彻网络强国战略。

Policymakers reviewed and adopted five policy documents at the meeting, including one to reform China's fiscal system below the provincial level, a plan to enable the financial sector to better support the nation's innovation and a guideline to improve the incentive mechanism for science and technology.

会议审议通过了《关于进一步推进省以下财政体制改革工作的指导意见》、《“十四五”时期完善金融支持创新体系工作方案》、《关于完善科技激励机制的若干意见》等五项意见。

In stepping up efforts to build a digital government, the policymakers pledged to uphold and strengthen the Party's leadership across the board and meet the people's aspirations for a better life.

会议强调要把坚持和加强党的全面领导贯穿数字政府建设各领域各环节，要把满足人民对美好生活的向往作为数字政府建设的出发点和落脚点。

It is important to develop a system of digitalizedservices that aremore accessible, convenient, fair and inclusive, and to ensure the public can make fewer trips when accessing administrative services with the enhanced sharing of data between departments, they said.

要打造泛在可及、智慧便捷、公平普惠的数字化服务体系，让百姓少跑腿、数据多跑路。

Digitalization should serve as a key factorunderpinning the government's functions in economic regulation, market oversight, social management, public services and the protection of the ecology and the environment, they said.

要发挥数字化在政府履行经济调节、市场监管、社会管理、公共服务、生态环境保护等方面职能的重要支撑作用。

The meeting called for coordinated steps to promote integration in technology, services and data and to enable more coordinated management and services across different levels, regions, systems, departments and service providers.

要统筹推进技术融合、业务融合、数据融合，提升跨层级、跨地域、跨系统、跨部门、跨业务的协同管理和服务水平。

It stressedunremitting efforts in guaranteeing the security of data, including the development of a system that ensures data security for digital government.

要始终绷紧数据安全这根弦，加快构建数字政府全方位安全保障体系。

In reforming China's fiscal system below the provincial level, the policymakers highlighted the necessity to clearly define the fiscal power and responsibilities in terms of expenditures of governments below the provincial level, improve the mechanism for transfer payments and enable more standardized fiscal management.

同时要清晰界定省以下财政事权和支出责任，持续深化财政转移支付制度改革，规范财政管理。

They said reform in the fiscal system should serve as a catalyst for breaking regional protectionism, eliminating market barriers and providing moreequitable basic public services.

要通过完善财政制度，破除地方保护主义、消除市场壁垒，健全持续推进基本公共服务均等化的保障制度和标准体系。

It is important to build a long-term mechanism that guarantees the fiscal strength of county-level governments and to guarantee that authorities at various levels assume their duties in risk prevention and containment, the policymakers said.

要推动建立县级财力长效保障机制，压实地方各级政府风险防控责任。

The long-term mechanism to prevent and defuse hiddendebts must be refined to curb the growth of such debts, and officials taking action that raises debts in violation of laws and regulations must be held accountable, they said.

完善防范化解隐性债务风险长效机制，坚决遏制隐性债务增量，从严查处违法违规举债融资行为。

China's outstanding local government debts totaled 30.47 trillion yuan ($4.77 trillion) by the end of December, according to the Ministry of Finance.

财政部数据显示，截至2021年12月末，全国地方政府债务余额30.47万亿元(合4.77万亿美元)。

The meeting called for quicker steps to develop a system for the financial sector to support innovation, highlighting the development of core technologies, the commercialization of research outcomes and support for smaller high-tech and innovative businesses as key targets.

会议强调，加快构建金融支持创新体系建设，要聚焦关键核心技术攻关、科技成果转化、科技型和创新型中小企业、高新技术企业等重点领域。

The meeting also called for the banking sector toscale up its capability in serving businesses committed to the nation's major innovation projects and the capital market to improve their direct financing functions.

要增强银行业金融机构为承担国家重大科技创新任务企业服务能力，提升多层次资本市场直接融资功能。

In improving theincentive mechanism for science and technology, the policymakers said China will prioritize teams and researchers focusing on the nation's most pressing and long-term demands and those making major contributions to scientific and technological progress, socioeconomic growth and the nation's strategic security.

会议指出，要加快推进科技激励，重点奖励那些从国家急迫需要和长远需求出发，为科学技术进步、经济社会发展、国家战略安全等作出重大贡献的科技团队和人员。

It is important to step up institutional reform to guarantee that science workers have sufficient time for research and to free them from unnecessary duties, they said, adding that greater incentives must be offered to young researchers to encourage them to take major responsibilities.

要创新科研项目组织管理机制，保障科技人员科研工作时间，心无旁骛创新创造。要加大对青年科技人员的激励，敢于给年轻人担纲大任的机会，创造有利于青年人才脱颖而出的环境。

The meeting also pledged to offer stable funding support to researchers devoted to fundamental science and research on public welfare, and take steps to improve the research funding mechanism.

要健全科研经费稳定支持机制，持之以恒支持科研人员在基础性、公益性研究方向上“十年磨一剑”。

underpin

英 [ˌʌndəˈpɪn]；美 [ˌʌndərˈpɪn]

v.支持，巩固，构成……的基础

unremitting

英 [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ]；美 [ˌʌnrɪˈmɪtɪŋ]

adj.不停的，不懈的，持续不断的

equitable

英[ˈekwɪtəb(ə)l]；美[ˈekwɪtəbl]

adj.公平合理的，公正的

scale up

英 [skeɪl ʌp]；美 [skeɪl ʌp]

增加，放大

incentive

英 [ɪnˈsentɪv]；美 [ɪnˈsentɪv]

n.激励，刺激

乘务员告诉你：坐飞机这么花钱最亏！︱

Things you should never buy on planes, according to flight attendant

If you fly business class, you can usually save by waiting to upgrade at the airport

如果你要坐商务舱，你可以先定经济舱，到了机场再升舱，这样通常更省钱

I know it might sound strange, but I always advise everybody to purchase an economy ticket at home and upgrade it at the airport. Opting for an upgrade willdrastically reduce the price of the ticket.

我知道这听起来可能有点奇怪，但我总是建议所有人在家先购买经济舱机票，到了机场再升舱。选择升舱会大幅降低机票价格。

As soon as you purchase your economy seat, you may start receiving email deals to upgrade your ticket but don't rush. Wait until you get to the airport and ask for an upgrade at the counter.

一旦你购买了经济舱机票，你可能会收到让你升舱的电子邮件，但是不要着急。等到了机场再去前台请求升舱。

Sometimes, if the plane is empty or you have a loyalty program with the airline, the gate agent can upgrade you to business class at no additional cost. But even if you have to pay, it's still going to be much cheaper than buying online.

有时候，如果飞机上座率低，或者你是该航空公司的会员，检票员会免费给你升商务舱。不过即使你需要付费升舱，也比网上购买商务舱机票要便宜得多。

Just be extremely nice to the staff and arrive early so business seats are still available. But don't wait until you get on the plane—flight attendants don't usually have that much power.

你只需要对工作人员彬彬有礼并提早到达，以免商务舱被订完。但是不要等上了飞机才要求升舱，乘务员通常没有这么高的权限。 

Never waste money on bottled water at the airport

不要浪费钱在机场买瓶装水

You can't take liquids through security, but no one said you can't take an empty bottle.

你不能带液体过安检，但是你完全可以带空瓶子。

Most airports are full ofwater fountains, and many even have a special pump to refill bottles quickly.

大多数机场都有饮水器，有些机场甚至有快速将水瓶装满的直饮水龙头。

The same rule applies to airport food

在机场买食品也很浪费钱

For some reason, people have a fear of bringing food through TSA security. But it's a great way to save money, as long as it's solid, like a sandwich.

出于某种原因，人们总是害怕带食品过安检，但是自带食品是省钱的一种好办法，像三明治这种固体食物都可以过安检。

If you're flying internationally, it's best to finish any food from your first destination before landing since some countries don't allow fresh foods through customs.

如果你乘坐的是国际航班，最好在飞机着陆前将你从出发地带来的食物吃完，因为有些国家不允许生鲜食品过海关。

You can find better deals online than at the duty-free shop

在免税店购物没有网购便宜

Duty-free always attracts passengers at the airport, but the savings aren't as good as they seem. Some airlines also have duty-free catalogs onboard where you can shop in the skies. But those prices are even worse.

机场的免税店总是能吸引不少乘客，但是免税商品并不像看上去那么合算。有些航空公司甚至在飞机上出售免税商品，但是这些免税商品的价格更加高昂。

You can find much better deals online if you take the time to look.

如果你花时间慢慢找，你完全可以在网上用便宜得多的价格买到同样的东西。

It's almost never worth it to exchange money at the airport

在机场换外币非常不合算

Too often, people land at an international airport and realize they don't have the right currency. But the airport is the worst place to exchange if you want a good rate.

人们在到达国际机场时往往会意识到自己没带外币，但是机场是兑换外币最不合算的地方。

Most banks or shopping malls have currency exchanges with steadier rates if you remember before your flight. And if you forget, just get enough money for a taxi into the city and go to a local bank.

如果你在乘机前记得换外币，大多数银行或商场的外币兑换点汇率都更稳定。如果你真忘了，你可以先兑换一点外币足够你打车到市里，然后再去当地银行兑换。

科学家首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料︱Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people

Microplastic pollution has been discovered lodged deep in the lungs of living people for the first time.
科学家首次在活人肺部深处发现微塑料污染。

The particles were found in almost all the samples analyzed.
这些微塑料颗粒出现在几乎所有接受分析的样本中。

The scientists said microplastic pollution was now ubiquitous across the planet, making human exposure unavoidable and meaning“there is an increasing concern regarding thehazards”to health.
科学家指出，微塑料污染如今在地球上无所不在，不可避免地会殃及人类，这意味着微塑料造成的健康风险“引发的担忧与日俱增”。

Samples were taken from tissue removed from 13 patients undergoing surgery, and microplastics were found in 11 cases.
科学家从13名接受手术的患者体内切下的组织中获取了样本，并在其中11例样本中发现了微塑料。

The most common particles werepolypropylene, used in plastic packaging and pipes, and polyethylene terephthalate, used in bottles.
最常见的微塑料是用于塑料包装和管道的聚丙烯以及用于制作塑料瓶的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯。

People were already known to breathe in the tiny particles, as well as consuming them via food and water.
众所周知，人们会吸入小颗粒物，并会通过食物和水摄入微塑料。

Workers exposed to high levels of microplastics are also known to have developed disease.
据悉，暴露在大量微塑料环境中的工人会因此而得病。

drastically

英 [ˈdræstɪkli; ˈdrɑːstɪkli]；美 [ˈdræstɪkli]

adv.（动作或变化）猛烈地，力度大地

water fountain

英 [ˈwɔːtə faʊntən]；美 [ˈwɔːtər faʊntn]

n.饮水器，供应饮用水之处

microplastic

英[ˈmaɪkrəʊplæstɪk]；美[ˈmaɪkroʊplæstɪk]

n.微塑料，塑料微粒

hazard

英 [ˈhæzəd]；美 [ˈhæzərd]

n.危险，危害

polypropylene

英 [ˌpɒliˈprəʊpəliːn]；美 [ˌpɑːliˈproʊpəliːn]

n. [高分子]聚丙烯

英语新闻︱上海复工复产拉开帷幕，保障物流畅通

Shanghai is on track to resume production and ensure smoothlogistics following a COVID-related citywide lockdown since April 1, as the city moves to safeguard its industrial and supply chains.

自4月1日上海因疫情实施全城封控管理以来，近日重点企业正有序开展复工复产工作，确保物流畅通，同时该城也在发力保障产业链供应链稳定。

A series of policies and measures, including a national directive to ensure smooth logistics and stabilize industrial and supply chains, are seen as key in reviving production and expediting recovery in China's commercialhub.

相关企业需遵循出台政策、措施和指引，保障物流畅通、产业链供应链安全稳定，推进复工复产。

The country will identify a list of key industries and enterprises engaged in foreign trade in fields such as automobiles, integrated circuits, consumer electronics, equipment manufacturing, agricultural supplies, food and medicine, said the 10-point circular published following the national teleconference on keeping industrial and supply chains stable, which was attended by Vice-Premier Liu He.

国务院副总理刘鹤出席全国保障物流畅通促进产业链供应链稳定电视电话会议，并部署十项重要举措。会议要求，建立汽车、集成电路、消费电子、装备制造、农用物资、食品、医药等重点产业和外贸企业白名单。

To overcome logistical barriers and boost traffic flow, the country will issue sufficient travel permits that can be recognized across the nation and make sure that nucleic acid test results within 48 hours can be used in different regions, the Ministry of Transport said on Monday after the directive's release.

4月18日，交通运输部贯彻前述会议精神，疏通“堵点”，保障物流运输通畅，足量发放使用全国统一通行证，确保核酸检测结果48小时内全国互认。

More targeted measures have been issued in Shanghai over the weekend, with local authorities publishing detailed plans to help restore operations in keymanufacturing sites.

4月16日起，更多有针对性的措施陆续出台，上海细化实化各项举措，确保重点产业企业正常生产经营。

Major enterprises in integrated circuits, automobiles, equipment manufacturing andbiomedicines must submit plans regarding prevention of the spread of the virus before they are given the green light to resume operations in closed-loop management, the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization said on Saturday.

4月16日，上海市经济和信息化委员会表示，压实主体责任，确保集成电路、汽车制造、装备制造、生物医药等重点行业在风险可控的前提下实施闭环管理。

Regarding logistics management and the storage of epidemic prevention materials, the guidelines proposed that special routes and fixed sites be set up for production and living materials to enter the factory area, and they should be isolated from other areas.

在物流管理和防疫物资储备方面，上海市经信委指出，对生产生活物资进入厂区，要设置专用路线和固定场所，并与其他区域相隔离。

Supply vehicle drivers and passengers are required to enter the factory area in strict accordance with epidemic prevention requirements.

要求供应商车辆司乘人员严格按照防疫要求进入厂区。

The notice identified 666 manufacturers to resume production, in line with an early directive from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to help key industries get back to work.

据工业和信息化部介绍，经对受疫情影响较大的重点企业和外资项目进行摸排，集中资源优先保障666家重点企业复工复产。

SAIC Groupkicked off "stress testing" for work and production resumption on Monday, targeting personnel, supply chain and logistics provisions, closed-loop production management, and epidemic prevention measures.

4月18日，上汽集团积极响应复工复产，启动“压力测试”，重点对人员保障、供应链保障、物流保障、封闭生产管理、防疫措施等领域进行压力测试。

Multinational manufacturers, including 3M, BASF and Bosch said some of their production sites remained operational even at the beginning of the lockdown, with closed-loop management already in place to ensure orderly and virus-free manufacturing.

包括3M、巴斯夫和博世在内的外企表示，自封控以来，生产活动未曾中断，在上海的生产基地均在进行闭环运营，以确保有序、安全生产。

"With the support of government, we are also making preparations for other production resumption, developing a comprehensive plan to resume work and production," United States conglomerate 3M said in a statement on Monday.

4月18日，3M集团宣称：“在政府支持下，我们正在积极筹备其它生产线的复工，着手制定和实施全面的复工复产计划。”

German chemicals giant BASF said it is "actively organizing transportation capacity with logistics service providers for early recovery".

德国化工巨头巴斯夫回应表示，他们正在“与物流服务供应商积极组织运力，争取早日恢复供货”。

"We have been making every effort to overcome challenges, including raw material supply issues, logistic disruptions and labor shortages, to maintain supply and business continuity for our customers," said Jeffrey Lou, president and chairman of BASF Greater China.

巴斯夫大中华区总裁兼董事长楼剑锋表示：“我们一直在竭力克服各种困难，如原材料供应、物流中断和劳动力短缺问题，以保障客户的供应确定性和业务连续性。”

Ai Zhouping, president of Heraeus Greater China, called for smoother inner-city andintercity transportation of products and raw materials, as well as daily supplies. He suggested the orderly flow of personnel, with employees fulfilling health requirements, being free to travel between plants and their homes.

贺利氏大中华区总裁艾周平呼吁，在城市内部及城市之间，我们应保障产品、原材料以及日用品的运输顺畅。人员可有序流动，在符合防疫要求前提下，员工可返岗通勤。

"We are already on course to complete several key projects, but the sudden lockdown has hindered progress," Ai said. "We hope the government can greenlight these cases and allow us to wrap up the projects as soon as possible."

艾周平称：“受突然的疫情封控管理影响，我们正在进行的几个关键项目无法推进，希望政府批准这些措施，我们可以早日完成项目。

logistic

英 [lɒˈdʒɪstɪk]；美 [loˈdʒɪstɪk]

adj.后勤上的，安排协调方面的

hub

英 [hʌb]；美 [hʌb]

n.（活动的）中心；枢纽机场，枢纽城市

manfacturing

英[ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ]；美[ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ]

n.制造，制造业

biomedicine

英 [ˌbaɪəʊˈmedɪsɪn]；美 [ˌbaɪoˈmedɪsɪn]

n.生物医学

kick off

英 [ˈkɪk ɒf]；美 [ˈkɪkɔːf]

（口）开始

“摘星星的妈妈”回来了！

After orbiting Earth for six months, the three crew members of China's Shenzhou XIII mission departed from the Tiangong space station and returned to the mother planet on Saturday morning, finishing the nation's longest manned spaceflight.

在围绕地球飞行六个月后，神舟十三号载人飞船搭载的三名航天员于4月16日早晨从天宫空间站返回地球，完成了国内时间最长的载人航天飞行。

Major General Zhai Zhigang, who was the mission commander, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu breathed fresh air for the first time after the half-year space journey as ground recovery personnel opened the hatch of their reentry capsule at 10:03 am.

上午10时03分，地面救援人员打开了返回舱的舱门，在长达半年的太空之旅完成后，指令长翟志刚少将、王亚平大校和叶光富大校呼吸到了第一口新鲜的空气。

The capsule touched down on Earth at the Dongfeng Landing Site in northwestern China's Gobi Desert at 9:56 am after flying nine hours in a reentry trajectory.

返回舱经过9小时的返回飞行，于上午9点56分降落在位于西北戈壁沙漠上的东风着陆点。

They were then carried out one by one by ground workers and placed onto chairs in front of the capsule.

三名航天员被地面人员一一抬出，坐上放在返回舱前的专用座椅。

"I am feeling very good. We want to report to the motherland and the people that we have successfully completed the Shenzhou XIII mission. We wish to thank President Xi for his care and attention. We thank all the Chinese people for their support and encouragement. Our gratitude also goes to all of those involved in our mission who accompanied us day and night," Zhai, the mission commander, told China Central Television in a live program on the State broadcaster.

指令长翟志刚在国家广播电台的直播节目中说道：“感觉非常良好，向祖国和人民报告！我们圆满完成任务，现在已返回地面。感谢习主席对我们的关心关爱，感谢全国人民对我们的支持和鼓励，感谢工程全线人员日夜陪护和相伴。”

"It is the power and strength of our country that built the high-flying space station. I am proud of my great motherland," he said.

他说，“这是我们国家强大，才为我们搭建了这么高的工作平台。我为我们伟大的祖国感到骄傲。”

Wang, the first Chinese woman to live in the Tiangong station and also the first female Chinese spacewalker, told the State broadcaster that she is very happy to return to the motherland and wants to tell her little daughter that "mom has returned after reaching for the stars".

作为中国首位进驻空间站的女航天员，同时也是中国女性太空行走第一人，王亚平表示，回到祖国怀抱真的很开心，想告诉她的女儿，“摘星星的妈妈回来了”。

Carrying the mission crew, the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft undocked from the Tiangong station at 12:44 am on Saturday.

周六（16日）凌晨12时44分，神舟十三号载人飞船与空间站天和核心舱成功分离。

In the last hours of their stay inside the Tiangong, the astronauts worked with ground controllers to configure the station, transmit some experimental data back to Earth and sort out materials, according to the agency.

在天宫空间站停留的最后几个小时，航天员与地面控制人员一起对空间站进行状态设置，将一些实验数据传回地球并进行资料整理。

Zhai and his crewmates spent 183 days in an orbit about 400 kilometers above the Earth since their Shenzhou XIII spacecraft was launched on Oct 16 by a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They were the second inhabitants of China's permanent space station named Tiangong, also known as Heavenly Palace.

自2021年10月16日长征二号F运载火箭在内蒙古自治区酒泉卫星发射中心发射神舟十三号飞船以来，翟志刚等三名航天员已经距离地球400公里的轨道上度过了183天，成为入住中国空间站天宫的第二批航天员。

The crew has set a new record for China's longest spaceflight, almost doubling the previous record of 92 days created by their peers in the Shenzhou XII mission who travelled with Tiangong from mid-June to mid-September last year.

三名航天员创造了中国航天员连续在轨飞行时间的最长纪录，几乎是神州十二号92天飞行纪录的两倍。

During the Shenzhou XIII mission, the astronauts carried out two spacewalks that totaled more than 12 hours. They mounted components on the station's robotic arm and used it to practice extravehicular maneuvers, verified the arm's capabilities and its compatibility with the crew's needs, examined the safety and performance of support devices for extravehicular activity and also tested the functions of their extravehicular suits.

神舟十三号任务期间，航天员进行了两次太空行走，总时长超过12小时。航天员在空间站的机械臂上安装了组件，利用机械臂操作空间站舱段转位的可行性和有效性，验证了机械臂大负载操控技术及其与机组人员需求的兼容性，检查出舱活动支持装置的安全性和性能，并测试出舱服的功能。

Wang took part in the first spacewalk on Nov 7, becoming the first female Chinese spacewalker.

王亚平于2021年11月7日首次进行太空行走，成为中国女性太空行走第一人。

The crew members also carried out two science lectures for Chinese students. In those lectures, which were livestreamed worldwide by China Media Group, the astronauts showed viewers how they live and work inside the gigantic space station and showed physical phenomena only possible in microgravity such as "disappearing buoyancy" and a "water ball".

乘组还为中国学生进行了两次“太空授课”。在中央广播电视总台为全球直播的讲座中，乘组向观众展示了他们在巨大的空间站内的生活和工作，并展示了浮力消失实验、水球光学实验等只有在微重力下才有可能出现的物理现象。

In one experiment, Wang used a Bing Dwen Dwen toy, the popular mascot of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, to display how objects fly in weightless environment.

在其中一项实验中，王亚平通过北京2022年冬奥会吉祥物冰墩墩演示了物体在失重环境下的飞行轨迹。

The Shenzhou XIII's space-based lessons marked the start of the Tiangong Class series, China's first extraterrestrial lecture series that aims to popularize space science and inspire youngsters to pursue their "science and space dreams", according to the manned space agency.

中国载人航天工程办公室称，神舟十三号的“太空授课”标志着“天宫课堂”开始，它将成为中国首个太空科普系列，并激励年轻人追求他们的“科学和太空梦想”。

The classes were also special to Wang as it was her who carried out the nation's first space-based lecture inside an experimental space station module to more than 60 million Chinese students during the Shenzhou X mission in June 2013. That lecture made China the second country, following the United States, to have delivered a lesson to schoolchildren from space.

“天宫课堂”对王亚平也具有特殊意义。2013年6月神舟十号飞行任务期间，正是她在实验空间站舱内为超过6000万中国学生成功进行中国首次太空授课，使中国成为继美国之后第二个完成太空授课的国家。

In early February, the astronauts spent Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, inside the orbiting station, becoming the first Chinese people to celebrate the country's most important traditional festival in outer space. They appeared in a live broadcast gala and sent their best wishes to Chinese people.

今年2月初，乘组在空间站度过了中国的农历春节，成为第一个在太空过年的乘组，他们现身春晚直播现场，向中国人民送上最美好的祝福。

Several days before their return, Zhai and his crewmates recorded a video in which they answered questions solicited from students across the United States who were curious about their life and tasks.

在返回前几天，翟志刚等三人录制了一段视频，与多名美国孩子进行视频通话，回答了美国孩子对空间站生活和工作的好奇问题。

Before the end of 2022, China will send six astronauts in the Shenzhou XIV and XV missions with two space lab components as well as two robotic cargo spaceships to dock with Tiangong, completing the massive orbiting outpost, the largest space-based infrastructure the nation has ever built.

2022年底前，中国将派出六名航天员参与神舟十四号、十五号任务，搭载两个空间实验室部件和两个大型太空实验室，与核心舱对接，完成天宫空间站的建造。

Upon its completion, Tiangong will be manned regularly by groups of three astronauts in periods lasting several months. During handovers to new three-astronaut groups, the station will accommodate up to six astronauts.

天宫建成后，将由三名宇航员组成的乘组定期在轨飞行数月。在向新的三名宇航员小组移交期间，该站最多可容纳六名宇航员。

双语新闻︱集体减龄：韩国拟统一年龄计算方式以后都按周岁算

集体减龄：韩国拟统一年龄计算方式以后都按周岁算︱South Korea's population may become one year 'younger' as its president-elect plans to do away with the concept of 'Korean age'

South Korea's population may become a year younger on paper if the country's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol succeeds in abolishing the concept of the "Korean age."

如果韩国总统当选人尹锡悦成功废除“韩国年龄”概念，韩国人口可能将在名义上集体年轻一岁。

Lee Yong-ho, chief of Yoon's transition team's political, judicial, and administrativesubcommittee, said during a press conference on Monday that they are pushing to standardize the way age is counted in South Korea, per Yonhap News. The change is being pursued for practical reasons, Lee noted.

据韩联社报道，交接委政务司法行政分科干事李容镐在4月11日的新闻发布会上称，他们将推动韩国年龄计算方式的标准化。李容镐表示，这一改动是出于实际原因。

"Due to the different calculations of legal and social age, we have experienced unnecessary social and economic costs from persistent confusion and disputes over calculating age when receiving social, welfare and other administrative services or signing or interpreting various contracts," he said.

李容镐称：“由于法律上和社会上的年龄计算方法不统一，国民在接受社会福利和其他行政服务或签订解释各种合同时纠纷不断，产生了不必要的社会经济费用。”

South Korea currently has several ways of counting one's age.

韩国当前有好几种年龄计算方式。

One of them is the "Korean age" system that Yoon's government is looking to do away with, which involves South Koreans being labeled as one year old at birth and adding another year upon the New Year. This is because the nine months a child spends in thewomb —rounded up to one year—is counted as the first year of the child's life, per the system.

其中一种是尹锡悦政府打算废除的“韩国年龄”体系，按照旧的计算方法，韩国人刚出生就是一岁，过了新年又加一岁。这是因为孩子在子宫里度过的九个月被粗略算成一年，所以按照这一体制这段时间就是孩子生命的第一年。

Besides the "Korean age" system and the internationally recognized means of tabulating one's age according to birthdays, South Korea also has a third method for calculating age. The process involves adding another year to a person's age on New Year's Day, regardless of their actual birthday, while also considering a person to be "zero years old" at birth.

除了“韩国年龄”计算体系和国际公认的根据生日来计算年龄的方法，韩国人还有第三种计算年龄的方式。按照这种计算方式，一个人无论何时过生日，在新年第一天就会增加一岁，但是出生时算作“0岁”。

These three systems essentially mean that someone born in December 2020 could technically have three different ages—the person would be three years old according to "Korean age," aged one according to the international age system, and two years old per the third way of counting one's age in South Korea.

这三种体系并存在本质上意味着一个在2020年12月出生的人从严格意义上来讲将有三种不同年龄。根据“韩国年龄”体系这个人现在是3岁，按照国际年龄计算体系这个人是1岁，而按照韩国的第三种年龄计算方法这个人是2岁。

According to reporting from The Korea Herald, there were calls for legal age counting to be standardized this January when health authorities used the international age and Korean agesinterchangeably to set guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine guidelines and policies.

据《韩国先驱报》报道，今年1月当韩国卫生部门交互使用国际年龄和韩国年龄来制定新冠疫苗指导方针和政策时，有人呼吁将法定年龄计算方式标准化。

The three co-existing age-counting systems led to an administrativedebacle in which people who did not meet the required age to get their COVID-19 jabs were still required to show proof of vaccination.

这三种并存的年龄计算方式引发了行政管理危机，有一些没有达到接种新冠疫苗年龄标准的人仍被要求出示疫苗接种证明。

"There would be much less confusion if we could have the same idea of what it means to be how old we actually are," Lee said, adding that his team would push for this change to be implemented by early 2023.

李容镐称：“如果我们对自己的实际年龄有统一的认知方式，就不会造成这么多混乱。”他补充道，他的团队将会在2023年初前推动实现这一改动。

Lee added that the process would involve amending the existing law, not proposing new legislation.

李容镐还表示，在这一过程中将需要修改现行法律，但不会提出新法案。

subcommittee

英 [ˈsʌbkəmɪti]；美 [ˈsʌbkəmɪti]

n.小组委员会；委员会的附属委员会

womb

英 [wuːm]；美 [wuːm]

n. [解剖]子宫

interchangeably

英[ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒəbli]；美[ˌɪntərˈtʃeɪndʒəbli]

adv. [数]可交换地

debacle

英 [dɪˈbɑːk(ə)l]；美 [dɪˈbɑːkl]

n.崩溃；灾害

英语新闻丨收网！为电信诈骗搭建固话语音专线，610人被抓

The rising trend of telecom fraud in recent years has been effectively curbed, but an intensified crackdown will remain along with comprehensive governance and prevention, authorities said on Thursday.

近年来，电信网络诈骗犯罪持续上升势头得到有效遏制。在国新办4月14日举行的新闻发布会上，公安机关表示随着全面治理和预防的深入，将继续加大打击力度。

The number of registered fraud cases has decreased for nine consecutive months. Police nationwide have resolved 394,000 such cases, and arrested 634,000 suspects, up 28.5 percent and 76.6 percent year-on-year, respectively, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

一年来，共破获电信网络诈骗案件39.4万起，抓获犯罪嫌疑人63.4万名，同比分别上升28.5%和76.6%。根据最新统计，电信网络诈骗立案数连续9个月同比下降。

The ministry has worked with other judicial and administrative departments to target all aspects of fraud crimes, including people who leave the country to commit crimes and who use phone cards and bank cards to carry out fraud activities, said Du Hangwei, vice-minister of public security.

公安部副部长杜航伟表示，公安部已经与其他司法和行政部门合作，打击包括境外犯罪，涉诈电话卡、银行卡等各类电信诈骗。

"Big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technological means have been deeply integrated with prevention measures and management to prevent the public from being cheated," Du said.

杜航伟表示：“大数据、云计算、人工智能等科技手段与防范治理深度融合，全力构筑防止群众被骗的‘防火墙’。”

Authorities helped 61.7 million people avoid being deceived by potential telecom fraud attempts during the past year. They also intensified the countermeasures and established a rapid and dynamic mechanism that blocked 1.95 billion fraudulent calls, 2.14 billion text messages, 2.1 million fraudulent domain names and websites, and stopped 329 billion yuan ($51.6 billion) in payments that may have involved fraud.

一年来，各地利用公安大数据产出预警线索，成功避免6178万名群众受骗。会同相关部门升级优化拦截系统，建立快速动态封堵机制，成功拦截诈骗电话19.5亿次、短信21.4亿条，封堵涉诈域名网址210.6万个，紧急止付涉案资金3291亿元。

Du said public security organs have vigorously promoted source control and education, and persuaded 210,000 people involved in fraud to return from abroad during the past year. The number of people who committed crimes against Chinese people from abroad has significantly decreased.

杜航伟表示，一年来，公安部强力推进源头管控和教育劝返等工作，从境外教育劝返涉诈人员21万名，赴境外针对我国内实施犯罪的人员大幅减少。

Strict exit control measures have also been implemented, effectively cutting off border smuggling channels, and preventing a large number of people involved in fraud from attempting to leave China to engage in fraud, he said.

公安部会同国家移民局严格落实出境管控措施，严密证件签发管理，加强重点方向口岸拦查劝阻，有效切断边境偷渡通道，阻止了大批涉诈人员企图出境从事违法犯罪活动。

Liu Zhongyi, head of the criminal investigation bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said the rapid rise in cases has been effectively curbed, but the telecom fraud crime situation remains grim and complex, and the intensified crackdown and comprehensive governance should remain.

公安部刑事侦查局局长刘忠义表示，一年来，尽管电信网络诈骗打击治理工作取得了明显成效，案件快速上升的势头得到了有效遏制，但犯罪形势依然严峻复杂，应继续加大全面打击力度。

Telecom network fraud has become a mainstream crime in recent years, and is a global problem.

近年来，新型网络犯罪已成为主流犯罪，电信网络诈骗犯罪已成为全球性的打击治理难题。

Fraud gangs use tailored scripts based on collected personal information to target different groups, covering areas such as fake investment and financial management, fake online loans and fake customer service, Liu said.

刘忠义表示，诈骗集团针对不同群体，根据非法获取的精准个人信息，量身定制诈骗剧本，实施精准诈骗，诈骗类型包括虚假投资理财、虚假网络贷款、冒充客服等。

Liu said fraud gangs are well organized and have a clear division of labor, with group leaders often hiding abroad and using the guise of high-salary recruitment to lure and recruit inexperienced young people to engage in fraud activities.

诈骗集团组织严密、分工明确，集团头目和骨干往往躲在境外，打着高薪招聘的幌子，诱骗招募涉世未深的年轻人赴境外从事诈骗活动。

"There are still a large number of criminal gangs in Cambodia, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, northern Myanmar and other countries and regions, committing fraud targeting Chinese citizens," Liu said.

刘忠义表示：“目前在柬埔寨、菲律宾、阿联酋、土耳其、缅北等国家和地区，仍有大量犯罪团伙向我公民实施诈骗活动。”

Through overseas chat software, the group leaders guide people on the Chinese mainland to engage in various crimes involving schemes concerned with things like mobile app production and development, promotion, trading information, money transfer and laundering. Such crimes have the obvious characteristics of transnational organized crimes, he said.

集团头目通过境外聊天软件，指挥境内人员从事APP制作开发、引流推广、买卖信息、转账洗钱等各类违法犯罪，境内境外衔接紧密，跨国有组织犯罪特征日趋明显。

Last year, the ministry sent multiple working groups to Cambodia, United Arab Emirates, northern Myanmar and other key countries and regions, to carry out international law enforcement cooperation. More than 610 suspects have been repatriated to China from abroad, Liu said.

刘忠义表示，2021年，我们努力克服疫情困难，先后向柬埔寨、阿联酋、缅北等重点国家和地区，派出多个工作组积极开展国际执法合作，先后将610余名犯罪嫌疑人从境外遣返国内，有力震慑了诈骗团伙。

Li Ruiyi, deputy chief judge of the Supreme People's Court No 3 Criminal Division, said the courts combine recovering people's losses with advancing the trial while handling such cases to ensure the funds involved are returned to the victims in a timely manner.

最高人民法院刑三庭负责人李睿懿表示，人民法院把尽力挽回被骗群众财产损失与案件审理同步推进，确保涉案资金优先返还被害人。

Li said the top court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the ministry have continuously improved and clarified standards for the application of laws to meet the needs of case handling.

李睿懿表示，最高人民法院会同最高人民检察院、公安部针不断完善和明确法律适用标准，适应现实斗争需要，进一步规范和指引执法办案。

"We will research and formulate evidence norms adapted to the characteristics and laws of telecom fraud cases, and further solve difficulties in investigation and evidence collection and identification of such cases," Li said.

“我们将抓紧研究制定适应电信网络诈骗特点和规律的证据规范，进一步解决此类案件侦查取证难、认定难的问题。”

To provide legal support, the Legislative Working Committee of the National People's Congress is accelerating the legislation of the Anti-Telecom and Internet Fraud Law.

为提供法律支撑，全国人大法工委正在加快推进《反电信网络诈骗法》立法工作。

smuggle

英 [ˈsmʌɡl]；美 [ˈsmʌɡl]

v.走私；私运；偷运

gang

英[ɡæŋ]；美[ɡæŋ]

n.一帮，一伙

lure

英[lʊə(r)]；美[lʊr]

v.引诱；诱惑；哄骗

laundering

英['lɔ:ndərɪŋ]；美['lɔndərɪŋ]

n.洗钱

procuratorate

英['prɒkjʊəreɪtərɪt]；美['prɒkjʊəreɪtərɪt]

n. 检察院