The operating period shall not exceed 10 years, 40 years for the middle and western areas.

经营年限不超过30年，中西部地区不超过40年。

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Develop various forms of regional economic cooperation centering on the key areas of the western development

围绕西部开发的重点区域，发展多种形式的区域经济合作。

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Fearing a new era of obstructionism, EU leaders have revived talk of a two-speed union, in which a vanguard of western states seeks deeper integration, leaving the newcomers to catch up.

出于对新的议会停滞时代的忧虑，欧盟领导人已经恢复了双速会谈联盟，目的是在西方先驱国家进一步融合的同时，为新入盟的国家留出时间迎头赶上。

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In another attack, on 20 June, four bombs were dropped on Kajo Keji, western Equatoria, one of which fell inside the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-Switzerland compound and another on hospital grounds.

在6月20日的另一次攻击中，在西赤道的卡卓卡季扔下了4枚炸弹，其中一枚落在瑞士医师无国界协 会的大院内，另一枚落在医院的草地上。

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Increase the support to state-owned enterprises of the western regions for clearing debts and getting out of difficulty, and for reorganization and reconstruction.

加大对西部地区国有企业减负脱困、改组改造的支持力度。

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Relevant central departments shall show support to the western regions when drawing up plannings and policies of the development of industries and arranging special funds.

中央有关部门在制定行业发展规划和政策、安排专项资金时，要充分体现对西部地区的支持。

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‘What is new?’ -- a personal greeting since the Hellenistic age – captures the essence of the Western mind.

从古希腊时代以来人们的问候语就是“有什么新消息吗”。这一句话总结了西方心态的要害。

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It probably first established itself as a mindset when the Greeks, 25 centuries ago, perceived themselves as Western versus the Oriental Persians.

希腊人在2500年以前把他们自己视为是与东方波斯人对立的西方。大概在那个时候西方作为一种心态而建立起来。

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When it comes to whether and how to regulate the economy, Western societies have a history of liberal theory upon which to rely.

当谈到是否应该以及如何管制经济时，西方社会一贯倾向的是自由主义的理论。

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What does this mean for the labour markets of Western Europe?

这对西欧的劳动力市场意味着什么呢？

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From a model applicable to the minority of the world’s population, “Western consumer society” is becoming the dominant economic model of the world, one to which there is increasingly no alternative.

“西方消费社会”已经从对世界人口少数人适用的一种模式转变为独霸全球的经济模 式。而且，这一模式越发没有可以替代的其他模式了。

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In any case, the sources of political change in Russia will remain largely rooted in Russia, and Western influence will inevitably be limited.

不管怎样，俄罗斯政治变革的根源将一直深深地扎根于俄罗斯，而西方的影响无可避免是有限的。

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In fact, low-skilled jobs still account for more than a quarter of Western Europe’s workforce.

实际上，低技能的工作依旧占西欧劳动力的四分之一。

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Years of Western-backed repressive authoritarianism nipped in the bud any potential growth of a liberal alternative to the incumbent Arab regimes, and turned any abrupt move to free elections into a dangerous exercise in Islamic democracy.

受到西方支持的专制政权多年来把任何可能会取代在位的阿拉伯政权的成长中的自由主义运动都扼杀在襁褓之中，并且任何突然推行的自由选举都演变成伊斯 兰民主危险的实施。

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In practice, however, Western diplomacy tends to ignore Khamenei, who sabotages any effort to get around him as the final arbiter of Iranian policy.

然而，在现实中，西方外交又常常忽视哈梅内依，这位会暗中破坏任何无视他作为伊朗政策终极裁定者身份的努力的领导人。

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