CRI英语听力2012年11月合辑（文本＋翻译）：INTERNATIONAL-COMMUNITY-CONGRATULATES-XI.doc

1、State and party leaders from around the world have been sending in notes of congratulations to Xi Jinping on his election as the CPCs new General Secretary.CRIs Su Yi has more.U.S. President Barack Obama says he is looking forward to working with Xi Jinping to continue building a cooperative partner

2、ship between the two countries.Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the new CPC leadership will serve to further the prosperity of Chinese people.Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, says he believes China will achieve the goal to build a comprehensively well-off social

3、ist society under the new leadership.At the same time, the international society also points out challenges the new leadership faces.US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner suggests the new leadership move forward with its economic reform.Theyve got a really difficult set of challenges ahead amid an

4、aged population. They are running out of room to use the past to get the economy moving in the short term. So you are gonna be looking carefully what they are gonna do to make the financial system work again to expand the scope of private investment by their initiatives; to expand opportunities for

5、consumption.Alexander Ershov, Chinese-studies expert with the Fareast Institute of Russias Academy of Science, says Chinas development needs a stronger leadership.We hope their leadership could be strengthened in the future, because we believe their leadership is the precondition of the transformati

6、on of the Chinese society and further economic development. Without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, it is difficult to imagine China could make such achievements.Some of them are specifically pointing out the issues that should be addressed.Robert Hormats is the Under Secretary of St

7、ate for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment of the United States.There is a number of things that need to be done, and I think China realizes, as a result of its own experience, that it needs to rethink some of its reforms for the next 10, 20 years, to have more harmonious, more balanced growth

8、 in China, more equitable growth in China, in terms of bringing up the income of lower-income people, and distributing the benefits of growth to central and western China.Xi Jinping has promised to meet Chinese peoples desire for a happy life as the mission of the leadership, including better educat

9、ion, more stable jobs and higher income, among several other aspects.Meantime, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura says Japan hopes to continue maintaining good relations with China.We consider Japan-China relationship to hold grave responsibility in bringing peace and stability in the region. Japan does not want to lose its perspective and will keep its calm in any future developments with China.Ruling party leaders from Vietnam, Laos and Cuba have also congratulated Xi Jinping on his election.For CRI, Im Su Yi.