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The industry of language services in the "Belt and Road" areas is developing rapidly, marked by a great increase in "export-oriented" services mainly in non-common languages and supported by new technology. Meanwhile, the industry of language services in these areas is still confronted with some problems, such as the imbalance of regional development, the lack of variety in service types and languages, and the shortage of high-level language service personnel. Under such circumstances, the objectives of training Masters of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) in China should be adjusted to more comprehensive training programs. In addition, the education of MTI in non-common languages should be developed, and universities and enterprises should cooperate to provide platforms for students to master new technology of language services.

The research attempts to analyze two political discourses delivered respectively by American president Donald Trump and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in the 72nd session of UN assembly. With Fairclough's 3-Dimensional Discourse Model as the analytical framework, we make an investigation into the two political discourses so as to gain insights into the interplay of discourse, ideology and society, by examining linguistic characteristics of text, discursive and social practice dimensions. On the first dimension of text, we find that both leaders prefer Judgment resources to the other two resources within the Affect System in their remarks, by resorting to the new advancement in Systemic Functional Grammar—Martin's Attitude subsystem under his Appraisal framework, and closely examining the interpersonal metafunctions, coupled with statistical measures. Within the Judgment subsystem, there exist significant differences between the two speeches in terms of Tenacity+ resources. On the dimension of discursive practice, our research reveals that both leaders use a great number of intertextuality resources in the remarks. Besides, both leaders have a preference to the sub-category of "The Original Producer of Discourse being the Speaker's Compatriots" under the category of "Intertextuality". That is, Wang Yi has a preference for the lines of Chinese sages in the Antiquity, whereas Trump is fond of using intertextuality resources from a diversity of domains, such as laws and statues, legal texts and documents of governments. Lastly, we develop an understanding of roles played by "American First" ideology and Chinese government's national interest in today's political arena through analyzing technologizing means of discourses.

This work reports studies of a growing Uzbekistan economy and vibrant investment opportunities associated with the business climate on the ground. An analysis of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in selected areas of the economy have been discussed. Uzbekistan is ranked 69 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The economy, 4th largest among the CIS countries and 85th in the world in 2017 (measured by GDP in real terms - US$47, 88 billion), is dominated mainly by the state enterprises. The Gross domestic product (GDP) ranged around US$48.72 billion (2017) with the real growth rate at 5-7% annually. GDP per capita was US$1,504.23 at current prices during the same time (and US$6930 based on PPP) The study discloses significant changes in legislation, by-laws, and Decrees of Uzbekistan, aimed at creation of the most favorable conditions for foreign investors. Vast changes in economic, political and social life attributes, keeps paving way for excellent opportunities and favorable conditions to develop business via foreign direct investment.

According to the constructivist international relations theory, the social structure of international politics not only influences an agent's behavior, but more importantly constructs its identities and interests. Are there any change happened to China's national identity, interests and behavior after its participation in the global course on tackling climate change? If so, what are these changes? This article uses content analysis to examine the identity and interests change in China's climate diplomatic discourse from 1999 to 2014 and analyses the data related to China's action on curbing climate change in the same period. After analyzing, this article finds out that there is a gradual change of China's identity: From a developing country sharing "common but differentiated responsibilities" to a major developing country that is willing to take responsibilities proactively under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities". As for its national interests, it finds that China's national interests change in three aspects, namely, level of importance, nature and identities of developed and developing countries in its national interests network. It also finds the change in China's behavior: China's carbon intensity per unit of GDP rises slightly during the 1999-2005 period, but it decreases year by year after 2005, which demonstrates China's fulfillment of its commitment to the world. It is argued that there is a process of inter-constructive practices among China's identity, interests and behavior.This article analyzes the change of national identity in the speeches of China's leaders and relevant ministries in international conferences on climate change and China's Action Reports and White Papers on tackling climate change (1999-2014). Then it analyzes China's national interest and behavior concerning climate change in the same period and the relations among the three, namely identity, interest and behavior of China. This article adopts a content analyzes of these speeches and reports (1999-2014) to depict China's national identity change. Then it analyzes the discourse related to China's national interests in these materials. Next, it analyzes China's behavior in tackling climate change by looking at the data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration and PBL in the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. After that, it analyzes the relation among China's identity, interests and behavior through a comparative study of the three.