【正文】 stem enables farmers to use land through longterm contracts and keep the produce after paying taxes. It raised productivity and increased agricultural output, both of which were preconditions for nurturing the economic takeoff, and prehensive industrialization and urbanization. The start of this system is widely accepted as a milestone in the economic opening up.假日經(jīng)濟(jì) Holiday EconomyA popular term to describe the huge public spending during holidays which contributes significantly to economic growth and structural upgrade.In 1999, the State Council decided to extend the public holidays for May Day, National Day and Spring Festival to one week. The holidays became good opportunities for people to travel, shop and generally enjoy themselves.Since then, the massive consumption has boosted tourism, retail, transportation, cinemas, exhibitions, sports and other related industries, thereby benefiting the people and the country.財產(chǎn)性收入 Property IneEarnings from bank deposits, securities, houses and other personal or family properties.In his report to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2007, General Secretary Hu Jintao stressed, for the first time, that conditions should be created to enable citizens to earn ine from their property. Hu’s remarks sent the message that China would advance the development of its capital market, enabling investors to share the economic Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that per capita property ine in China averaged 240 yuan in 2006, or about 2 percent of people’s total ine, while 70 percent of people’s average ine came from salaries and 28 percent from pensions, subsidies and other benefits.“三步走”戰(zhàn)略 ThreeStep Development StrategyA plan for boosting the economy by hitting three major targets over three different time spans.Originally floated by the central government in 1987, the first step was to double the GDP of 1980 by 1990 and to ensure that most of the population had enough food and clothing. The second step was to double the annual GDP of 1990 by 2000 and ensure that most people were living prosperous lives. The third step is to quadruple the GDP of 2000 by 2020, ensure that most people are living welloff lives and have a fully operational market economy in China.The first two steps have been taken. At the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in December 2007, the third step was revised to quadrupling the per capita GDP of 2000 by 2020.金稅工程 Golden Tax ProjectThe establishment of a uniform puter network across the country through which taxation authorities at all levels can better serve taxpayers.Started in 1994, the project aims to improve the transparency and efficiency of tax collection and supervision. By turning invoices, one of the most important taxation documents, into electronic data, it facilitates both taxpayers and taxation authorities.The project’s first two stages were pleted in 2000 and 2003 respectively. The third stage, begun last year, will cover almost all matters of taxation.改革開放30年經(jīng)典熱詞英語翻譯－時政類一國兩制 One Country, Two SystemsAn idea formally put forward by Deng Xiaoping, then leader of China, in the early 1980s to reunify the country.Deng suggested that there should only be one China, but the regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, once reunified with the rest of the country, could retain their original economic and political systems while other parts keep pursuing socialism.This arrangement was observed when the country resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macao in 1997 and 1999 respectively. The two cities are now the special administrative regions of the country with a high degree of autonomy.The central government has also proposed the idea to the Taiwan authorities to speed up the reunification of China.三通Three Direct LinksShorthand for direct links in post, transportation and trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. Direct munication across the Taiwan Straits in most social and economical terms virtually stopped after the Kuomintang forces retreated to Taiwan in 1949. And the contacts, if any, were routed through intermediate places, mainly Hong Kong and Macao.In the early 1980s, the central government appealed to the Taiwan authorities for opening “three links”. The latter has consistently refused, but had to make concessions in the face of growing crossStraits exchanges. “Three minilinks” was opened in 2001 between Fujian Province and the islands of Jinmen and Matsu in Taiwan. CrossStraits charter flights were approved in 2003 for the Lunar New Year and the flights were arranged in 2006 for three other traditional Chinese festivals.和諧社會A Harmonious societyA blueprint for social development featuring decent living standards for the majority of people, a tolerant society and peaceful coexistence between the human society and nature.The concept was first floated in 2004 and then amplified in October 2006, when the Party set specific goals for building a harmonious society by 2020. The goals range from fostering the rule of law, substantial protection for private property, developed public services to foster creativity and more efficient use of resources.Stemming from ancient Chinese ideas about harmony, the blueprint underlines the need to fine tune relations between different social entities. The idea also appears in the country’s foreign policy, particularly its call for “a harmonious world”.大部制 SuperMinistry SystemA very recent idea to restructure central government offices so that ministries, missions and departments of the State Council with similar or overlapping functions can be merged into superministries. This scheme has been introduced in a reshuffle of the State Council approved by the National People’s Congress in March to improve efficiency, reduce the cost of policy making and its execution, and straighten out problematic chains of mand. Five superministries respectively overse