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  • China Targets Income Tax Concern
  • 中国考虑提高个人所得税起徵点
  •   China's State Council Wednesday announced plans to ease the tax burden on lower and middle-income workers by raising the minimum threshold.
  • 中国国务院星期叁宣佈了通过提高个人所得税起徵点来减轻中低收入者的税务负担的计划。

  •   The plan would also result in other changes to the country's nine income tax brackets.
  • 这个计划还会对中国 9 个所得税的税率带来其他的改变。

  •   The changes will need to be approved by the legislature's Standing Committee, but China's official news agency says the goal is to encourage more people to start their own businesses.
  • 这些变动需要得到全国人大常委会的批准,但是中国官方的新华社说,这样做的目的是要鼓励更多的人自己创业。

  •   Xinhua says China last raised the minimum threshold for income taxes in March 2008, but that some economists said at the time that the increase was not enough.
  • 新华社说,中国上一次提高个人所得税起徵点是在 2008 年 3 月,但是一些经济学家当时表示,个税起徵点上调的力度不够。

  •   Also Wednesday, China's central bank published plans calling for the increased use of Chinese currency in cross-border trade.
  • 中国央行星期叁也公佈了要求在跨境贸易中增加使用人民币的计划。

  •   The bank said it will expand the use of the yuan by importers and exporters.
  • 中国人民银行说,它将扩大进出口商对人民币的使用。

  •   China has been trying to encourage use of the yuan to make it a more prominent currency in global finances.
  • 中国一直试图鼓励人民币的使用,使之成為国际金融中一个更加重要的货币。

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  • Shuttle Discovery Astronauts Making Final Spacewalk
  • “发现号” 宇航员进行最后一次太空漫步
  •   American astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew are taking the last of two spacewalks of the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, which is docked at the International Space Station.
  • 美国 “发现号” 太空梭的宇航员史蒂夫‧鲍文和阿尔文‧德鲁正在进行两次太空漫步中的第二次,也是最后一次;正在执行最后一次使命的“发现号” 太空梭目前停靠在国际太空站。

  •   The two men are working on a broken pump and doing other maintenance work on an outside storage area.
  • 两位宇航员正在修理一个损坏的泵,并进行存储区域外的其他维护工作。

  •   They completed a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk on Tuesday.
  • 他们星期二完成了 6 个半小时的太空漫步。

  •   Discovery undocks from the space station Sunday for the two-day journey home.
  • “发现号” 将於星期日脱离空间站踏上两天的归途。

  •   First launched in 1984, this is Discovery's 39th and final mission.
  • 自从 “发现号” 1984 年首次升空后,这是它的第 39 次,也是最后一次使命。

  •   When it is retired,Discovery is expected to be placed on exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, or at its annex location just outside the U.S. capital.
  • “发现号” 退役后预计将被安放在美国首都华盛顿的史密森国家航空航太博物馆或在首都以外的其他地方展出。

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