CNN News: 3000多名人大代表匯聚一堂

A congressional meeting leads off this week’s coverage, but it’s not a gathering of just a few hundred lawmakers. The National People’s Congress has thousands. It happens every year in China, the world’s most populous country.

本周頭條新聞，是關(guān)于全國(guó)代表大會(huì)，這匯聚的不僅僅是上百位律師。中華人民共和國(guó)全國(guó)代表大會(huì)匯聚了上萬(wàn)名律師，每年舉行一次會(huì)議。

The 3,000 politicians who will be under one roof will be hearing about the communist government’s priorities, its policies, its trade relationships, its territorial claims in the South China Sea, its plans for dealing with a new U.S. president.

將會(huì)有3000余名人大代表匯聚一堂，聆聽(tīng)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、方針政策以及貿(mào)易關(guān)系，關(guān)于中國(guó)南海問(wèn)題的主張，同時(shí)面對(duì)美國(guó)上任的新總統(tǒng)，中國(guó)的應(yīng)對(duì)之策。

China has the world’s second largest economy. The congress will hear the government’s plans for growing it and reducing poverty. Another topic, which we talked about last week, the calls for independence in the special autonomous region of Hong Kong. China’s highest ranking politician said they would go nowhere. He also spoke out against independence calls in Taiwan.

中國(guó)是世界上第二大經(jīng)濟(jì)體。在人大會(huì)議上，提出了關(guān)于扶貧攻堅(jiān)的計(jì)劃。同時(shí)還有上周香港特別行政區(qū)的問(wèn)題，以及堅(jiān)決反對(duì)臺(tái)灣獨(dú)立的主張。

The National People’s Congress usually lasts a week or two. It doesn’t have a specific schedule. And unlike the U.S. Congress, which is responsible for America’s legislation, the Chinese Congress has less governmental power. It is required to, quote, "unswervingly adhere to the leaders of the Communist Party of China".

全國(guó)人民代表大會(huì)將持續(xù)一到兩周的時(shí)間，沒(méi)有確定的時(shí)間安排。與美國(guó)的三權(quán)分立不同，中華人民共和國(guó)全國(guó)人大奉行“毫不動(dòng)搖地堅(jiān)持中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)”方針。