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Chinese Officials Sign Deal to Create Giant Panda National Park
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China is making plans to create a large protected space for one of its most famous creatures: the giant panda.
The planned Giant Panda National Park would be two times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
The Bank of China has promised 10 billion yuan, or $1.5 billion, to set up the protective area. It will be in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China's forest ministry said Thursday.
The Sichuan office of the central bank signed an agreement with the provincial government to pay for the park's construction. The work is to be completed by 2023.
The Associated Press reports that the ministry said the park will measure 2 million hectares. The projects aims to help the local economy while also providing the endangered animals with a huge, unbroken area in which they can meet and mate with other pandas.
Zhang Weichao is a Sichuan official involved in plans for the park. Zhang told the China Daily newspaper that the agreement will reduce poverty among the 170,000 people living within the park's proposed territory.
China's Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council first suggested the idea for the park in January 2017, the newspaper reported.
Giant pandas are China's unofficial national animal. They live mainly in the mountains of Sichuan, with some also living in nearby Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.
An estimated 1,864 giant pandas live in the wild, where they are threatened mostly by loss of natural habitat. Another 300 live in captivity.
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重点解析
1.natural habitat 自然栖息地
The jungle is the natural habitat of wild animals and plants.
丛林是野兽和植物的自然栖息地。
2.giant pandas 大熊猫
We should protect giant pandas and other animals.
我们应该保护大熊猫和其他动物。
3.local economy 当地经济
The local economy is strong and the population is growing
当地经济蓬勃发展，人口也在增长。
4.Yellowstone National Park 黄石公园
One active volcano is in Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
美国黄石国家公园里就有一座活的超级火山。
5.The Bank of China has promised 10 billion yuan, or $1.5 billion, to set up the protective area.
set up 建立；成立
They set up a working party to look into the issue.
他们设立了一个特别工作组来调查这个问题。
He set up a stand on the pedlars 'market.
他在集贸市场上设了个摊床。
6.The Sichuan office of the central bank signed an agreement with the provincial government to pay for the park's construction.
sign an agreement with 与...签订协议
Sloane signed an agreement with langley.
斯隆和兰利签订了协议。
Here, I have just signed an agreement with Roche which will help us with this.
在这里，我刚与罗氏公司签署了一项协定，它将在这方面帮助我们。
参考译文
中国将斥资打造大熊猫国家公园
这里是《今日热点》节目。
中国计划为其最珍贵的国宝——大熊猫“打造一个巨大的保护区域”。
拟建造的大熊猫国家公园规模将是美国黄石国家公园的两倍。
中国银行已经承诺为该公园的建设提供100亿元融资（约合15亿美元）。周四，中国林业部表示，该公园将位于中国西南部的四川省。
中国银行的四川分行与当地省政府签署了一项协议，为公园建设提供资金支持。这项工程将于2023年竣工。
美联社援引中国林业部的话称：公园总面积约200万公顷。该项目旨在促进当地经济发展，同时也为这种濒危动物提供巨大、不间断的活动范围，让它们在此与其他大熊猫相遇和交配。
四川省官员张伟超（Zhang Weichao）参与了该公园的规划。他告诉《中国日报》，协议将有助于该项目覆盖范围内的17万当地居民脱贫。
据报道，中国共产党中央委员会（中共中央）和国务院在2017年1月首次提出这一想法。
大熊猫是中国非官方的国家动物。他们主要生活在四川山区，也有一些生活在甘肃和陕西省份。
估计有1864只大熊猫生活在野外，它们主要因自然栖息地丧失而受到威胁。另外的300只大熊猫由人工饲养。
以上为《今日热点》。
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