Asia and the Asia Pacific region badly needs better infrastructure.
亞太地區要加強基礎設施的建設合作。
It is one of the key talking points during the APEC meetings with many economists saying strong economic growth can only be supported by infrastructure investment, especially against a backdrop of a slowing world economy.
這是APEC會議期間很多經濟學家們所討論的其中一個關鍵點,他們稱經濟的強勢增長只能由基礎設施投資支持,尤其是當前全球經濟放緩的大背景下。
That is exactly why China is pushing forward with a plan to establish the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, or AIIB.
這就是我國正在大力推行建設AIIB,即亞洲基礎設施投資銀行的原因。
Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Bangladesh counterpart Abdul Hamid in Beijing Saturday.
中國國家主席習近平周六在京會見了孟加拉國總統阿卜杜勒·哈米德。
He said Bangladesh is welcome to join the bank as a founding member.
他表示對孟加拉國作為創始成員國加入AIIB表示歡迎。
Meanwhile, Indonesia is widely expected to announce during the APEC meetings that it will join the AIIB.
與此同時,印度尼西亞也被普遍期待在APEC會議期間能宣布加入AIIB。