>China to have 'forest chiefs'
明年6月全面建立林長(zhǎng)制
China has issued a guideline to implement a "forest chief" plan nationwide amid the country's continuous efforts to protect forests and grasslands. It was issued by the general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council and urged that the "forest chief" plan be rolled out nationwide by June 2022. "General forest chiefs" should be appointed in all provincial-level regions, the guideline said.
中共中央辦公廳、國(guó)務(wù)院辦公廳近日印發(fā)《關(guān)于全面推行林長(zhǎng)制的意見》，加強(qiáng)對(duì)森林和草原的保護(hù)。意見提出，2022年6月在全國(guó)全面建立林長(zhǎng)制，各省(自治區(qū)、直轄市)設(shè)立總林長(zhǎng)、副總林長(zhǎng)。
It clarified all levels of a forest chief’s responsibilities in protecting forest and grassland resources.
意見明確了各級(jí)林長(zhǎng)在森林草原資源保護(hù)發(fā)展工作中的責(zé)任。

>Rebound of air travel
我國(guó)民航市場(chǎng)不斷恢復(fù)
China's civil aviation sector handled 420 million passenger trips in 2020, which accounted for 63.3 percent of that in 2019, indicating recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic fallout, according to the country's civil aviation regulator.
民航局1月12日表示，2020年全年完成旅客運(yùn)輸量4.2億人次，是2019年的63.3%。
Domestic air travel reached 94.5 percent of its 2019 level in the fourth quarter, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said Tuesday.
去年第四季度國(guó)內(nèi)旅客運(yùn)輸量已恢復(fù)至94.5%，顯示出我國(guó)民航市場(chǎng)正從新冠肺炎疫情帶來的沖擊中復(fù)蘇。
China's civil aviation sector remained the world's second-largest in terms of passenger trips for the 15th consecutive year, the CAAC added.
民航局表示，中國(guó)民航旅客運(yùn)輸量連續(xù)15年居世界第二。
The nation will step up measures to ensure efficient flight schedules for domestic and international airlines, upgrade China-US and China-Europe civil aviation cooperation and gradually loosen air travel policies in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
2021年，民航將加強(qiáng)舉措，確保中外航空公司航班時(shí)刻分配高效規(guī)范；推動(dòng)中美、中歐民航合作平臺(tái)轉(zhuǎn)型升級(jí)；逐步放開港澳地區(qū)航線航班政策。

>'Patient zero' traced to Nov
意'零號(hào)病人'前年底感染
An Italian was found to have been infected with COVID-19 in November 2019, making her "patient zero" of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
意大利米蘭大學(xué)的研究人員從該國(guó)一名25歲女性患者的皮膚活檢樣本中發(fā)現(xiàn)了新冠病毒基因序列。
Researchers at the University of Milan revealed that a skin biopsy on a 25-year-old woman showed the presence of the coronavirus in Italy in November 2019.
這一結(jié)果將意大利"零號(hào)病人"出現(xiàn)時(shí)間再次提前到2019年11月。
The woman was affected by an atypical dermatitis, and a biopsy on her skin highlighted the presence of the novel coronavirus.
這名患者感染了一種非典型性皮炎，其皮膚的活檢組織中存在新冠病毒。
This is "the oldest evidence of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a human being", the report said.
研究報(bào)告稱，這是"目前發(fā)現(xiàn)的最早人類感染新冠病毒病例。"
An earlier study by Italian scientists had detected the virus in a 4-year-old boy's throat secretions, following a swab test conducted in early December 2019.
意大利科學(xué)家此前在一項(xiàng)研究中發(fā)現(xiàn)，2019年12月初一名4歲男孩咽拭子樣本中存在新冠病毒。
A separate Italian study last year suggested that the coronavirus may have been circulating in the country as early as September 2019.
2019年意大利的另一項(xiàng)獨(dú)立研究表明，新冠病毒可能早在2019年9月就在該國(guó)傳播。
Infections are surging around the world, with more than 90.9 million confirmed cases and 1.94 million deaths by Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
據(jù)約翰斯?霍普金斯大學(xué)的數(shù)據(jù)，全球新冠肺炎感染病例正在激增，截至1月12日，確診病例超過9090萬(wàn)例，死亡病例達(dá)194萬(wàn)例。

>Champs-Elysées turns into garden
香榭麗舍大街將變花園
The mayor of Paris said a €250m makeover of the Champs-Elysées will go ahead, though the ambitious transformation will not happen before the French capital hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics.
巴黎市長(zhǎng)近日表示，耗資2.5億歐元(約合人民幣19.7億元)的香榭麗舍大街改造工程將繼續(xù)進(jìn)行，但這一雄心勃勃的改造計(jì)劃不會(huì)在巴黎舉辦2024年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)之前實(shí)現(xiàn)。
Anne Hidalgo said the planned work, unveiled in 2019 by local community leaders and businesses, would turn the 1.9 km stretch of central Paris into "an extraordinary garden".
巴黎市長(zhǎng)安娜?伊達(dá)爾戈表示，這項(xiàng)于2019年由當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和企業(yè)公布的方案將把巴黎市中心1.9公里長(zhǎng)的香榭麗舍大街變成"一座非凡的花園"。
The plans include reducing space for vehicles by half, turning roads into pedestrian and green areas, and creating tunnels of trees to improve air quality.
改造計(jì)劃包括減少一半的車輛行駛空間，將街道變成行人區(qū)和綠地，以及種植樹木以改善空氣質(zhì)量。
Before the COVID-19 crisis halted international tourism, the architect Philippe Chiambaretta said that of the estimated 100,000 pedestrians on the avenue every day, 72 percent were tourists and 22 percent work there.
建筑師菲利普?奇安巴雷塔表示，在新冠疫情重創(chuàng)國(guó)際旅游業(yè)之前，香榭麗舍大街上每天約有10萬(wàn)名行人，其中72%是游客，22%是工作人員。
The eight-lane highway is used by an average of 3,000 vehicles an hour, most passing through, and is more polluted than the busy périphérique ring road around the French capital, he added.
他還說，這條八車道的大街平均每小時(shí)有3000輛車通行，污染程度比巴黎繁忙的環(huán)城公路還要嚴(yán)重。

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