VOA慢速英語：中國(guó)統(tǒng)領(lǐng)新成立的亞洲大學(xué)聯(lián)盟

China Heads New Alliance of Asian Universities

中國(guó)統(tǒng)領(lǐng)新成立的亞洲大學(xué)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(guó)組織了一個(gè)亞洲大學(xué)聯(lián)盟同西方教育機(jī)構(gòu)展開競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。該聯(lián)盟將共享資源并增進(jìn)學(xué)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(xué)聯(lián)盟(簡(jiǎn)稱AUA)。該聯(lián)盟于4月下旬在北京的清華大學(xué)成立。該組織囊括了來自14個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)的15所大學(xué)，清華大學(xué)當(dāng)選為主席單位。

A goal of increasing ‘Asian wisdom'

提升“亞洲智慧”的目標(biāo)

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(guó)副總理劉延?xùn)|周六在北京舉行的亞洲大學(xué)開幕式上致辭。她說這家新組織對(duì)中國(guó)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?xùn)|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(bǔ)充說，該組織將會(huì)培養(yǎng)出“具有國(guó)際視野并服務(wù)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(xué)、東京大學(xué)、香港科技大學(xué)、新加坡國(guó)立大學(xué)以及韓國(guó)國(guó)立首爾大學(xué)。

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(xué)院孟買分校、沙特國(guó)王大學(xué)、阿聯(lián)酋大學(xué)、馬來西亞的馬來亞大學(xué)、印尼大學(xué)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(xué)、斯里蘭卡的科倫坡大學(xué)、泰國(guó)的朱拉隆功大學(xué)以及哈薩克斯坦的納扎爾巴耶夫大學(xué)。

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(xué)聯(lián)盟首次理事會(huì)會(huì)議的人員確認(rèn)清華大學(xué)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(fèi)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(biāo)是幫助亞洲學(xué)校提高世界排名。世界頂尖大學(xué)主要位于美國(guó)和英國(guó)等西方發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)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(duì)吸引私企和國(guó)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(xué)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(guó)立大學(xué)副校長(zhǎng)兼教務(wù)長(zhǎng)陳永財(cái)(Tan Eng Chye)表示，“大學(xué)排名一貫是更多地基于研究，因?yàn)槿绻唇逃晒?，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(cái)表示，政府在資助研究方面應(yīng)該發(fā)揮重要作用。他說，只有5%的研究立即投入應(yīng)用，因此行業(yè)經(jīng)常不愿意支持其它95%無法立即產(chǎn)生新產(chǎn)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(xué)加入了亞洲大學(xué)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(xué)孟買分校校長(zhǎng)普拉薩那·穆俊達(dá)(Prasanna M. Mujumdar)表示，“亞洲大學(xué)聯(lián)盟將有助于我們?cè)趯W(xué)生流動(dòng)、教師交流和共同研究等諸多領(lǐng)域重新將注意力投向亞洲的大學(xué)。”

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

中國(guó)可能通過減少對(duì)西方研究機(jī)構(gòu)在高科技上的依賴而受益，它開始轉(zhuǎn)向亞洲的大學(xué)。

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(guó)2014年創(chuàng)建亞洲基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資銀行相提并論。該銀行提升了中國(guó)在亞洲的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位并擴(kuò)大了其國(guó)際影響力。

I'm Mario Ritter.

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