China announces 20 pct cut in airline fuel surcharge |
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| Jan.18 - The Chinese government on Wednesday announced a cut of 20 percent in the fuel surcharge on domestic flights from later this week, days after a reduction in the wholesale1 price of aviation kerosene2.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the national economic planning agency, said the 100-yuan (12.9 U.S. dollars) surcharge per air passenger on domestic flights of or beyond 800 km would be reduced to 80 yuan (10.3 U.S. dollars) from Sunday.
The agency also said the 60-yuan (7.7 U.S. dollars) surcharge per passenger on flights of less than 800 km would be cut to 50 yuan (6.4 U.S. dollars).
In a joint3 circular issued by NDRC and the General Administration of Civil Aviation, the surcharge for children, police and soldiers injured on duty will drop from 30 to 20 yuan (2.6 U.S. dollars) for short flights, and from 50 to 40 yuan or flights of or more than 800 kilometers.
"The government authorities at all levels should strengthen their supervision4 over the air carriers to ensure the enforcement of the surcharge cut and safeguard the interests of air passengers," said an official with the NDRC price bureau, who refused to give his name.
The government reduced the aviation kerosene wholesale price by 90 yuan (11.6 U.S. dollars) per ton on Jan. 14 as the international crude oil price had been declining since last September.
Crude oil prices fell to a 19-month low on Tuesday. New York's main oil futures5 contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, fell 1.78 dollars to close at 51.21 dollars a barrel.
To counteract6 the huge rise in costs of the aviation industry brought by the high oil prices, China twice raised the fuel surcharge last year, almost tripling the surcharge it resumed on Aug. 1, 2005.
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wholesale
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| n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售 |
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- The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
- Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
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kerosene
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| n.(kerosine)煤油，火油 |
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- It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.这就像用煤油灭火。
- Instead of electricity,there were kerosene lanterns.没有电，有煤油灯。
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joint
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| adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合 |
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- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
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supervision
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| n.监督，管理 |
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- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
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futures
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| n.期货，期货交易 |
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- He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
- Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。
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counteract
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| vt.对…起反作用，对抗，抵消 |
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- The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison.医生给他些药解毒。
- Our work calls for mutual support.We shouldn't counteract each other's efforts.工作要互相支持，不要互相拆台。
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