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)于全國代表大會，這匯聚的不僅僅是上百位律師。中華人民共和國全國代表大會匯聚了上萬名律師，每年舉行一次會議。

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.

將會有3000余名人大代表匯聚一堂，聆聽黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、方針政策以及貿(mào)易關(guān)系，關(guān)于中國南海問題的主張，同時面對美國上任的新總統(tǒng)，中國的應(yīng)對之策。

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.

中國是世界上第二大經(jīng)濟(jì)體。在人大會議上，提出了關(guān)于扶貧攻堅(jiān)的計劃。同時還有上周香港特別行政區(qū)的問題，以及堅(jiān)決反對臺灣獨(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".

全國人民代表大會將持續(xù)一到兩周的時間，沒有確定的時間安排。與美國的三權(quán)分立不同，中華人民共和國全國人大奉行“毫不動搖地堅(jiān)持中國共產(chǎn)黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)”方針。