VOA慢速英語：中國統(tǒng)領新成立的亞洲大學聯(lián)盟

China Heads New Alliance of Asian Universities

中國統(tǒng)領新成立的亞洲大學聯(lián)盟

China has organized an alliance of Asian universities to compete with western educational institutions. The alliance will share resources and increase exchanges of students and teachers.

中國組織了一個亞洲大學聯(lián)盟同西方教育機構展開競爭。該聯(lián)盟將共享資源并增進學生和教師交流。

The new organization is called the Asian University Alliance (AUA). It was launched in late April at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Chinese university was elected as chair of the group that includes a total of 15 universities from 14 countries and areas.

這家新組織被稱之為亞洲大學聯(lián)盟(簡稱AUA)。該聯(lián)盟于4月下旬在北京的清華大學成立。該組織囊括了來自14個國家和地區(qū)的15所大學，清華大學當選為主席單位。

A goal of increasing ‘Asian wisdom'

提升“亞洲智慧”的目標

China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong spoke at opening ceremonies at of the AUA on Saturday in Beijing. She said the new organization was important to China.

中國副總理劉延東周六在北京舉行的亞洲大學開幕式上致辭。她說這家新組織對中國很重要。

Liu said the educational alliance will provide "Asian wisdom to resolve regional and global problems. She added that the group will combine "outstanding global talents with an international perspective and to serve regional development."

劉延東表示，這家教育聯(lián)盟“將為解決地區(qū)和全球性問題提供亞洲智慧。”她補充說，該組織將會培養(yǎng)出“具有國際視野并服務區(qū)域發(fā)展的全球杰出人才。”

Other universities included in the alliance are Peking University, the University of Tokyo, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the National University of Singapore, and Seoul National University in South Korea.

該聯(lián)盟包括北京大學、東京大學、香港科技大學、新加坡國立大學以及韓國國立首爾大學。

The Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, King Saudi University in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates University, Malaysia's University of Malaya and the University of Indonesia are also in the group.

印度理工學院孟買分校、沙特國王大學、阿聯(lián)酋大學、馬來西亞的馬來亞大學、印尼大學也位居其列。

Others members of the alliance are the University of Yangon in Myanmar, the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, Chulalongkorn University of Thailand, and Nazarbayev University of Kazakhstan.

其它成員還包括緬甸的仰光大學、斯里蘭卡的科倫坡大學、泰國的朱拉隆功大學以及哈薩克斯坦的納扎爾巴耶夫大學。

People who attended the first board meeting of the AUA confirmed that Tsinghua University has offered to fund the organization with $1.5 million dollars. Members currently pay a fee of $5,000.

參加亞洲大學聯(lián)盟首次理事會會議的人員確認清華大學為該組織提供了150萬美元資金。成員目前需繳納5000美元的費用。

Rankings and research seen as very important

排名和研究被視為非常重要

The goal of the group is to help Asian schools rise in the world rankings. The top universities in the world are mainly in western developed nations like the United States and Britain.

該組織的目標是幫助亞洲學校提高世界排名。世界頂尖大學主要位于美國和英國等西方發(fā)達國家。

High rankings are important to attract research money from private business and international organizations. Rankings also help in attracting the best teachers and students from around the world.

高排名對吸引私企和國際組織的研究資金來說非常重要。排名也有助于吸引世界各地的優(yōu)秀教師和學生。

Tan Eng Chye is Deputy President and Provost of the National University of Singapore. He said, "Ranking is invariably based more on research because, if you look at educational outcomes, it is harder to gauge."

新加坡國立大學副校長兼教務長陳永財(Tan Eng Chye)表示，“大學排名一貫是更多地基于研究，因為如果要看教育成果，那就更難衡量了。”

He also said research spending is important. "And if you pool in a lot of money into research, then, I think, you will go up quite quickly (in the rankings)."

他還表示，研究支出非常重要。“如果在研究上投入很多資金，排名就能迅速上升。”

Tan said that governments should play an important part in funding research. Only five percent of the research has an immediate application, he said. So industry often does not want to support the other 95 percent that does not lead to new products immediately.

陳永財表示，政府在資助研究方面應該發(fā)揮重要作用。他說，只有5%的研究立即投入應用，因此行業(yè)經常不愿意支持其它95%無法立即產生新產品的研究。

The desire to pool research and develop a greater exchange of students and teachers caused several Asian universities to join the AUA.

集中研究資源和加大師生交流的意愿促使數(shù)家亞洲的大學加入了亞洲大學聯(lián)盟。

"This alliance will help us refocus on Asian universities in a lot of areas like student mobility, faculty exchange, and joint research," said Prasanna M. Mujumdar, director of IIT, Bombay.

印度理工大學孟買分校校長普拉薩那·穆俊達(Prasanna M. Mujumdar)表示，“亞洲大學聯(lián)盟將有助于我們在學生流動、教師交流和共同研究等諸多領域重新將注意力投向亞洲的大學。”

China could gain from reducing its dependence on western institutions for high technology and it is looking towards Asian universities.

中國可能通過減少對西方研究機構在高科技上的依賴而受益，它開始轉向亞洲的大學。

Some observers compare the move to China's creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in 2014. The bank has increased China's leadership position in Asia and expanded its international influence.

一些觀察人士將此舉同中國2014年創(chuàng)建亞洲基礎設施投資銀行相提并論。該銀行提升了中國在亞洲的領導地位并擴大了其國際影響力。

I'm Mario Ritter.

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