NEWS ON 01/04

1. ASTRONAUTS HOLD PAINTING EXHIBITION ON SPACE STATION

中国空间站首次！天宫画展拉开序幕

2. CENTRAL BANK LAUNCHES DIGITAL YUAN APP TRIALS

数字人民币试点版App来了！

3. 5 NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES AGREE TO NO ARMS RACE

核武器五国发表联合声明，拒绝军备竞赛

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1. ASTRONAUTS HOLD PAINTING EXHIBITION ON SPACE STATION

中国空间站首次！天宫画展拉开序幕

Around 20 paintings were displayed in an exhibition held by three astronauts on the country’s space station during a video chat with students in Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao last Saturday. Zhang Yue has more.

上周六（1月1日），天宫画展在中国空间站正式拉开帷幕，共展出20余幅画作。三名宇航员主持了画展，并与来自北京、香港和澳门的学生们进行了视频交流。

The paintings featured【以...为特征】students’ thoughts about life in space.

展出的画作里满载着学生们对太空生活的憧憬。

Wang Yaping

Astronaut

王亚平，航天员

“This is the first time our space station has held an exhibition. The paintings, which are a new year’s gift to us, were drawn by teenagers from 11 central and western cities. We can see their hopes and dreams about space, and we believe their dreams will finally come true.”这是中国空间站第一次举办太空画展。这些画作出自11个中西部省市区的青少年朋友们之手，是他们送我们的新年礼物。我们从这些画中看到了青少年们对太空无限遐想与憧憬，也坚信他们的梦想终有一天会变成现实。

Students expressed excitement about having their painting selected for the exhibition.

看到自己的画作入选展览，学生们都兴奋不已。

Xu Botao

Student, Dongguan Primary School, Shaanxi

徐博涛，陕西省东关小学学生

“I am so excited because my painting was chosen. I hope it will be able to stay with astronauts in the space station.”我的画出现在空间站了，我非常激动。我希望我的画能陪航天员在空间站中一起生活，一起工作。

Eliminur Yomar Abrah,

Student, Bash Qiaoda Primary School, Xinjiang

伊丽米努尔·约麦尔阿卜拉，新疆维吾尔自治区巴什乔达小学学生

“I am very glad to see my painting on television. I will work hard and try to be an excellent astronaut like Miss Wang.”我在电视里看到我画的画，特别高兴。我一定要好好学习，以后也要像亚平老师一样，成为一名优秀的航天员。

The China Manned Space Engineering Office【中国载人航天工程办公室】 worked with 208 scientific institutions like the China Aerospace Foundation【中国航天基金会】to arrange the live chat between the astronauts and students.

中国载人航天工程办公室联合中国航天基金会等208所单位组织开展了这次中西部青少年与空间站航天员的线上交流活动。

2. CENTRAL BANK LAUNCHES DIGITAL YUAN APP TRIALS

数字人民币试点版App来了！

China today released pilot versions【试点版本】of its digital yuan wallet application, another step in the central bank’s drive to push development of its own digital currency.

今日（1月4日），中央银行发布数字人民币钱包应用的试点版本——数字人民币（试点版）APP。这是央行推动发展数字货币的又一步。

The app was developed by the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute, and is now available for download on Android and Apple app stores in China. According to an in-app notice, the pilot app is open for registration【注册】 in 12 regions of the country, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiong-An New Area and Winter Olympics sites in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.

数字人民币（试点版）App的开发者为中国人民银行数字货币研究所，现已在各大安卓应用商店和苹果AppStore上架。应用内显示，该试点版本已在全国12个地区开放注册，试点区域包括上海、深圳、雄安新区以及北京和河北省张家口的冬奥会场馆。

3. 5 NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES AGREE TO NO ARMS RACE

核武器五国发表联合声明，拒绝军备竞赛

Leaders of the five Nuclear-Weapon States, namely China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States have issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races【军备竞赛】. This is the first time the five countries have issued a joint statement on nuclear weapons. Sun Siqi has more.

昨日（1月3日），五个核武器国家（中国、法国、俄罗斯、英国、美国）共同发表《关于防止核战争与避免军备竞赛的联合声明》。这是五国首次就核武器问题发声声明。

The statement affirms that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. As the use of nuclear weapons would have far-reaching【影响深远的】consequences, the countries also affirmed that nuclear weapons should serve only defensive purposes, deter【威慑】aggression, and prevent war. The further spread of such weapons must be prevented.

五国申明，核战争打不赢也打不得。鉴于核武器使用将造成影响深远的后果，只要核武器继续存在，就应该服务于防御目的、慑止侵略和防止战争，必须防止核武器进一步扩散。

The countries said they would continue seeking bilateral and multilateral diplomatic approaches to avoid military confrontations, strengthen stability and predictability, increase mutual understanding and confidence, and prevent an arms race that would benefit none and endanger all. The five countries also voiced their intention to maintain and further strengthen their national measures to prevent unauthorized or unintended use of nuclear weapons, reaffirming that none of their nuclear weapons are targeted at each other or at any other State.

五国重申应对核威胁的重要性，强调维护和遵守双、多边不扩散、裁军和军控协议和承诺的重要性，并将继续遵守《不扩散核武器条约》各项义务，同时表明愿与各国一道努力，创造更有利于促进裁军的安全环境，最终目标是以各国安全不受减损的原则，建立一个无核武器世界，防止一场危及各方的军备竞赛。

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed the nuclear-weapon states’ joint statement on the prevention of nuclear war and avoidance of arms races. Guterres said he’s looking forward to further details about future initiatives.

联合国秘书长古特雷斯通过发言人对声明表示欢迎。他指出，核武器国家承诺采取措施防止核战争，符合他为此目的进行对话与合作的长期呼吁。他期待进一步了解未来举措的细节。

Also on Monday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said that China will continue to contribute its wisdom and proposals to global nuclear governance, and is ready to carry out cooperation with all peace-loving countries.

中国外交部副部长马朝旭当日表示，中方愿与所有热爱和平的国家进行合作，未来将继续为推动核领域全球治理贡献中国智慧。

Ma Zhaoxu

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister

马朝旭，中国外交部副部长

“China has always maintained a nuclear strategy that is defensive in nature, pursued a policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, and maintained its nuclear force at the minimum level required for safeguarding national security. This in itself is an important contribution to global strategic stability. ”中国始终坚持自卫防御的核战略，奉行不首先使用核武器政策，将核力量维持在维护国家安全需要的最低水平。这本身就是对全球战略稳定的重要贡献。

Noting that the five Nuclear-Weapon States are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council as well as legally recognized nuclear-weapon states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty【核不扩散条约】, Ma said they bear a common responsibility to prevent nuclear war and safeguard world peace.

马朝旭指出，这五个国家既是联合国安理会常任理事国，也是得到《核不扩散条约》合法承认的核武器国家，共同承担着避免核战争和维护世界和平的责任。

Ma added that the five countries should see this joint statement as a new starting point to enhance mutual trust, strengthen coordination, and play a positive role in building a world with lasting peace and common security.

他还表示，五国应将此联合声明视作新起点，来增进共同信任，加强相互合作，并发挥积极作用，为建设一个长期和平、安全的世界作出贡献。

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feature [ˈfitʃər] 【以...为特征】

registration [ˈredʒɪstər]【注册】

far-reaching [ˌfɑr ˈritʃɪŋ]【影响深远的】

deter [dɪˈtɜr]【威慑】

pilot versions【试点版本】

arms races【军备竞赛】

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