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  • China Targets Income Tax Concern
  • 中國考慮提高個人所得稅起徵點
  •   China's State Council Wednesday announced plans to ease the tax burden on lower and middle-income workers by raising the minimum threshold.
  • 中國國務院星期三宣佈了通過提高個人所得稅起徵點來減輕中低收入者的稅務負擔的計劃。

  •   The plan would also result in other changes to the country's nine income tax brackets.
  • 這個計劃還會對中國 9 個所得稅的稅率帶來其他的改變。

  •   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.
  • 這些變動需要得到全國人大常委會的批准,但是中國官方的新華社說,這樣做的目的是要鼓勵更多的人自己創業。

  •   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.
  • 新華社說,中國上一次提高個人所得稅起徵點是在 2008 年 3 月,但是一些經濟學家當時表示,個稅起徵點上調的力度不夠。

  •   Also Wednesday, China's central bank published plans calling for the increased use of Chinese currency in cross-border trade.
  • 中國央行星期三也公佈了要求在跨境貿易中增加使用人民幣的計劃。

  •   The bank said it will expand the use of the yuan by importers and exporters.
  • 中國人民銀行說,它將擴大進出口商對人民幣的使用。

  •   China has been trying to encourage use of the yuan to make it a more prominent currency in global finances.
  • 中國一直試圖鼓勵人民幣的使用,使之成為國際金融中一個更加重要的貨幣。

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  • Shuttle Discovery Astronauts Making Final Spacewalk
  • “發現號” 宇航員進行最後一次太空漫步
  •   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.
  • 美國 “發現號” 太空梭的宇航員史蒂夫‧鮑文和阿爾文‧德魯正在進行兩次太空漫步中的第二次,也是最後一次;正在執行最後一次使命的“發現號” 太空梭目前停靠在國際太空站。

  •   The two men are working on a broken pump and doing other maintenance work on an outside storage area.
  • 兩位宇航員正在修理一個損壞的泵,並進行存儲區域外的其他維護工作。

  •   They completed a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk on Tuesday.
  • 他們星期二完成了 6 個半小時的太空漫步。

  •   Discovery undocks from the space station Sunday for the two-day journey home.
  • “發現號” 將於星期日脫離空間站踏上兩天的歸途。

  •   First launched in 1984, this is Discovery's 39th and final mission.
  • 自從 “發現號” 1984 年首次升空後,這是它的第 39 次,也是最後一次使命。

  •   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.
  • “發現號” 退役後預計將被安放在美國首都華盛頓的史密森國家航空航太博物館或在首都以外的其他地方展出。

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