【双语社评】中国进博会堪称全球贸易的大事件
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The China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world's first import-themed national expo, kicks off on Monday. More than 3,000 enterprises from some 130 countries and regions will exhibit their products, taking this as a premier opportunity to enter or expand their presence on the Chinese market.
首届中国国际进口博览会定于星期一在上海开幕，这也是全世界首次举办的大型国家级进口博览会。共有130多个国家和地区的3000多家企业参会展览自己的产品，对那些企业来说，这是打进或扩大中国市场的绝好机会。
But there are still fault-finding reports about the event. Some say sarcastically that no state leader or government head from the G7 will attend the expo. Some even link the CIIE with the China-US trade war in spite of the fact that China announced the CIIE in May 2017 at the Belt and Road Initiative on International Cooperation, before the trade war hadn't started.
对这么好的事情，有的西方媒体还是找茬说了一些风凉话，意识形态之墙有多高，足以令人感叹。比如称进博会是中国“作秀”，因七国集团没有领导人前来捧场进博会被“冷落”，云云。甚至有的糊里糊涂地把进博会与中美贸易战挂钩，而举办进博会是2017年5月在“一带一路”高峰论坛上就宣布了的，当时中美还没有贸易战。
Why do these media always want to dig out some political ends from the CIIE, which is in any way a good thing for global trade as well as the exports of Western countries?
进博会无论如何都是中国为促进全球贸易积极做出的举措，就是放开想象力，恐怕也想不出这对西方国家的出口有啥不好。又何必非善意地揣测中国有何“政治目的”呢？
CIIE is being held to serve enterprises and exporters worldwide, not Western leaders. Japan ranks first in terms of the number of participating companies, followed by South Korea, the US, Australia, Germany and Italy. This fully demonstrates how much passion companies from developed countries hold toward the expo and heralds the expo's success.
重要事实还是要讲清的，进博会显然不是为西方领导人办的，而是办给包括西方企业在内全世界的企业以及出口商的。参展的日本企业数量排第一，排第二到第六的分别是韩、美、澳、德、意企业，这足以显示出发达国家企业对进博会所抱以的热情，预示了进博会成功的高概率。
If more countries and regions with a trade surplus can host import expos, that will promote global trade balance. Those with a trade deficit should not blame others, but encourage their enterprises to grasp every opportunity to promote their products. Sometimes the problem lies in information asymmetry and an import expo can provide a platform for suppliers and buyers to communicate at a low cost.
如果有更多贸易盈余国家和地区尝试举办进口博览会，只会促进国际贸易平衡。有贸易赤字的国家不应怨天尤人，而要推动本国企业积极抓住每一个机会对外推销自己的产品。有些时候就是信息不均衡，而进博会为供销双方实现低成本沟通提供了平台。
China has long had a trade surplus and too much of it is not helpful for the country. More imports of high-quality products can help Chinese to upgrade their consumption and advance the production. The inherent drive for hosting CIIE is to translate part of China's foreign exchange reserve into social progress.
中国长期贸易盈余，而盈余太多对中国并不有利，这个道理已是我们全社会的共识。无论从助力中国人消费升级，还是从推动生产进步的角度看，扩大高质量产品的进口都有益无害。把中国的一部分外汇储备转变成社会的综合进步，这样的现实需求是中国进口博览会终于登场的内在动力。
China started very early by holding trade fairs in Guangzhou and later became a leading exporter in the world. Now we are holding the import expo in the hope of promoting our imports.
中国很早就开始在广州举办国家级的出口博览会，后来中国真的成了世界首屈一指的出口大国。现在我们又举办进口博览会，中国人普遍相信，它一定会促进进口的扩大。
Tangled in a trade war with the US, China could have shut US companies out of the expo as a way of pressuring, but it has acted the other way around. By contrast, the US now thinks everything about the Chinese economy is wrong and whatever China does is a trick. The two countries differ in their visions.
中美的做事方式不太一致。两国处于全面贸易战中，中国完全可以把所有美国企业排除在这次进博会之外，以向对方施压，但中国的选择是贸易战归贸易战，对美开放归对美开放，进博会仍向美企敞开大门。美方的态度则是，既然打贸易战，中国经济的方方面面就都是错的，中国做什么都可以质疑是“诡计”。哪一种态度更有胸怀呢？
We believe that the CIIE, if held regularly, will help China enhance the quality of its imports and balance its imports and exports. China doesn't need to care what the outside world thinks of the expo, nor should it intentionally enhance the volume of transactions as a proof of kindness.
我们坚决支持举办首届中国进口博览会，也很相信进博会长期办下去将对促进中国的高质量进口产生效果，有助于中国的进出口平衡。我们倒是想在此建议，中方不必在意外界怎么看进博会，更不必为了证明我方的善意而人为扩大首届进博会的成交额。
As long as the Chinese market grows larger, CIIE will attract more attention and will be remembered in world trade history as a positive event.
只要中国的市场越来越大，进博会注定“一发而不可收”。中国的这项创举一定会作为非常正面的大事件载入世界贸易史。
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