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卡丁车 kart
开放式基金 open-ended fund
开工不足 enterprises running under their production capacity
开工典礼 commencement ceremony
开后门under-the-counter deals; offer advantages to one's friends or relatives by underhand means
开题报告 opening speech; opening report
开小灶 give special favor
开夜车 burn the midnight oil; work over night
坎儿井 karez
抗美援朝战争 War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
抗震棚 quake-proof shelter
考研 take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools
考研热 the craze for graduate school
科技成果转化为生产力 transfer of scientific and technological achievements
科技含量 technology content
科技是第一生产力 Science and technology constitute a primary productive force.
科教兴国 rely on science and education to rejuvenate the nation
科研攻关 scientific research and tackle the key research project
可持续发展 sustainable development
刻录机 CD writer; disc-carving machine
扣除通货膨胀因素后的人均实际年收入 the annual per-captia income in real terms (allowing for inflation )
跨国公司 transnational corporation (transactional, multinational corporation ,multinational)
跨世纪工程 a trans-century project
跨越式发展 great-leap-forward development
快讯 news flash; flash
宽带接入 broadband access
宽带网 broadband networks
宽限期 grace period
亏损企业 enterprises running in the red/under deficit
困难职工 the needy
扩大/缩小地区发展差距 widen/narrow the gap/disparity between regions/localities in terms of development
扩大内需，刺激消费 expand domestic demand and consumption

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垃圾债券 junk bond
拉动经济增长 fuel economic growth
来料加工 process materials supplied by clients; accept customers' materials for processing
劳动合同制 labor contract system
劳务输出 export of labor services
劳务招聘会 a labor fair; a job fair
老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise, old name in business
离退休人员基本养老金 basic pensions for retirees
"篱笆墙" barriers/ blockage to inter-regional trading
礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
理货公司 tally company
礼仪小姐 ritual girl
利改税　 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery
利好因素 wrinkle
立体农业 three-dimensional agriculture
连续五年丰收 bumper harvests for five consecutive years (for five years in a row, for five years running, for five years on end, for the fifth consecutive year)
廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration
廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government
廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his
own example of uprightness
联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output
联合兼并 conglomeration and merger of enterprises
联想集团 Legend Group
练摊 to be a vendor
良性循环 virtuous circle
粮食收购部门 (government's) grain procurement (purchasing) agencies
粮油关系：grain and oil rationing registration
两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation
两弹一艇 A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine
"两个对等的政治实体" two equal political entities
两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress
两手抓两手都要硬 We must address ourselves to the problem of both material and spiritual civilization(both material as well as culture and ideological progress) without any letup.
"两思"（致富思源，富而思进） to think of the source of getting rich and of making progress after becoming affluence
老少边穷地区 former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas
劣等品shoddy goods; substandard goods; lemon (口语)
零配件 spare and accessory parts
留职停薪 retain the job but suspend the salary
留学咨询：consulting on the study abroad
流动人口 transient population
流动图书馆 travelling library; bookmobile
(行业中的)龙头老大 leading enterprise; flagship of the industry
乱集资、乱摊派、乱收费 unwarranted pooling of funds, arbitrary requisition of donations and exaction of fees from enterprises
乱收费、乱摊派、乱罚款 arbitrary charges, fund-raising quotas and fines
裸机：bare mobile phone
绿地覆盖率 forest coverage rate
绿化 afforestation
绿色急救通道 emergency green path
绿色食品 green food