国内英语资讯:Interview: Chinese-built railway pushes forward Kenyas modernization drive
<p><span word="NAIROBI">NAIROBI</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 29-- <span word="The">The</span> 480 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="linking">linking</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="Mombasa">Mombasa</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span>, <span word="slated">slated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="officially">officially</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="May">May</span> 31, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="push">push</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="modernization">modernization</span> <span word="drive">drive</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="gauge">gauge</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> (<span word="SGR">SGR</span>) <span word="will">will</span> <span word="undoubtedly">undoubtedly</span> <span word="contribute">contribute</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="livelihoods">livelihoods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prosperity">prosperity</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="Yun">Yun</span>, <span word="Vice">Vice</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Communications">Communications</span> <span word="Construction">Construction</span> <span word="Company">Company</span>, <span word="parent">parent</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span> <span word="Corporation">Corporation</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mega">mega</span>-<span word="project">project</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sidelines">sidelines</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="regarding">regarding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="SGR">SGR</span> <span word="project">project</span>, <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="endeavored">endeavored</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span> <span word="SGR">SGR</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="endure">endure</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Mombasa">Mombasa</span>-<span word="Nairobi">Nairobi</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span>, <span word="mutual">mutual</span> <span word="benefits">benefits</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="prosperity">prosperity</span>," <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="SGR">SGR</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 46,000 <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="locals">locals</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="training">training</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> 45,000, <span word="gaining">gaining</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="much">much</span>-<span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="knowhow">knowhow</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="grow">grow</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="SGR">SGR</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="adding">adding</span> 1.5 <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Kenya">Kenya</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="GDP">GDP</span> <span word="growth">growth</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kenyan">Kenyan</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="reckons">reckons</span> <span word="with">with</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="strives">strives</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="integration">integration</span>, <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="railway">railway</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="continent">continent</span>.</p>
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