The Construction of PLA Image in China’s Official Discourse From the Perspective of Positive Discourse Analysis——Based on Government Work Reports Over the Last 15 Years

Government Work Report is essential for domestic and international understanding of China’s national conditions.This paper selects the national defense section in Government Work Reports released by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China over the last fifteen years from 2009 to 2023 as an example of China’s official discourse.From the perspective of positive discourse analysis,the theory of three meta-functions of language proposed by M.A.K.Halliday in Systemic Functional Linguistics is used in this article in terms of transitivity,appraisal,mood,modality,and theme to explore the constructing of the People’s Liberation Army(PLA)image.This study finds that,by using the goals and circumstances with optimistic meaning in material processes,adopting more appreciation in attitude,applying more declaratives in mood,utilizing modal operators with high modulation,and implicit objective modal adjuncts,and employing government-focused themes,China’s official discourse objectively and authentically conveys a positive image of the brave and just PLA both at home and abroad which advocates itself to peace-keeping,and mission-fulfilling.

Highlights of Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report

China’sProcurator-General Cao Jianming delivered a work report of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) at the second plenary meeting of the first session of the13th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2018

A Study on the Translation of Government Documents from the Perspective of Toury's Norm Theory——Take 2015 Government Work Report as an Example

Government work report reflects the most authoritative information about government work conditions at present and its future plans.With the guidance of Toury s translational norm theory,this thesis focuses on the analysis of the translation of 2015 government work report from three aspects,namely initial norms,preliminary norms and operational norms.Based on those relevant analysis,it concludes that Toury' s translational norm theory is valuable to summarize some common principles about the translation of government documents from macroscopic and microscopic views.

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA (Ⅳ)

2206. The representative of China confirmed that China also agreed to raise the limit within which investments in motor vehicle manufacturing could be approved at provincial government level only, from the current level of US$30 million, to US$60 million one year after accession, US$90 million two years after accession, and US$150 million four years after accession. The Working Party took note of this commitment. 207. With respect to the manufacture of motor vehicle engines, the representative of China ...

ANNUAL WORKING REPORT OF CAS DIVISION OF MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS (Abridged)

Ⅰ. ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS ACHIEVED 1. Hosted Key State-entrusted Consultancy Projects: (1) Completion of the advisory service which had been set for the national Eighth Five-year Plan entrusted by the national authorities. (2) Achievement of the consultancy work for key programs of basic research also entrusted by

ANNUAL WORKING REPORT OF CAS DIVISION OF BIOLOGY (Abridged)

Ⅰ. A REVIEW OF OUR WORK FROM 1994 TO 1996 1. Entrusted by the CPC central committee and the State Council, our Division completed its counseling assignments to the "Decision on Speeding up China’s S&T Progress Jointly Decreed by the Party’s Central Committee and the State Council," "An Outlined Report on the Train of Thought for Devising S&T Development in the National Ninth Five-year Plan & the Long-term Scheme for National S&T Development up to 2010," "The Ninth Five-year Plan and Long-term Scheme for National S&T(?)

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA (Ⅲ)

119. The representative of China confirmed that the role of sub-national bodies would be limited to purely administrative operations, such as receiving applications from endusers and forwarding them to the central authority; receiving queries and transmitting these to the central authority; reporting on allocation and reallocation decisions made by the central authority and providing information regarding such allocations and reallocations upon request; checking the information in the applications to ve...

China's Work Safety Report

General Situation of China's Work Safety in 2004 In 2004, the national work safety situation remained stable as a whole and gained momentum to improve. The totality of accidents held the line and began to drop. The safety conditions in industrial,mining, and commercial/trading enterprises improved. Progress was made in ensuring work safety in the relevant industries and fields. The safety situation in most provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) kept stable.……

Report on the Work of the Government 2016(Extract)

A Review of China’s Economic and Social Development in 2015 In the past year,China has encountered many difficulties and challenges in its development.However,under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)headed by General Secretary Xi Jinping,and with confidence and courage,all the people of China have worked to overcome obstacles and have pressed

ANNUAL WORKING REPORT OF CAS DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY (Abridged)

Ⅰ.THE WORK DONE BY THE DIVISION 1. New CAS Members Elected (1)Among the 10CAS members elected in 1993 by this Division, only one was younger than 60 years in age So, the Division’s standing committee repeatedly stressed that younger candidates to be elected into its membership, specifically demanding that the proportion of candidates at or younger than 60 shouldn’t be less than one-third in the namelists of both valid candidates for the by-election and the candidates for its primaries. The deci-

ANNUAL WORKING REPORT OF CAS DIVISION OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES (Abridged)

Ⅰ. TWO YEARS’ WORK IN RETROSPECT 1. The 1955 By-election of CAS Membership At the annual session of the standing committee of our Division held in July 1995, some problems concerning the by-election were discussed. At the meeting, a resolution on the "Methods for appraisal and election of candidates of CAS membership for technological sciences" was examined and adopted,in addition to a plenary decision on some other matters. At another plenary session of the

ANNUAL WORKING REPORT OF CAS DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES (Abridged)

Ⅰ. BASICS OF THE DIVISION’S INFRASTRUCTURE In line with the stipulations of the Constitution of CAS Membership, we elected 20 new CAS members in 1993 and 1995. So, our Division now has a total of 102 CAS members, distributed in 15 provinces and municipalities and in 13 governmental departments. On average, the membership is 71.28 years old, including 26 older than 80, 58 between 61 and 79 and 15 at or younger than 60 years old. At the Seventh Congress of the CAS Membership held in 1994, there were 17 of our Division members elected to its standing committee. Of

WORKING REPORT AT THE NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Today, the 9th General Assembly of the CAS andthe 4th General Assembly of the CAE arejointly held here. This is a very important event forChinese S&T community at the turn of the centuries.Nearly 2,000 CAS and CAE Members get togetherto discuss issues of great importance to

A Study on Conceptual Metaphors in the Report on the Work of the Government (2020)

The Report on the work of government(2020)is an annually political discourse,which provides a consistent topic to linguistic research.And conceptual metaphor provided by George Lakoff,is an important part of cognitive linguistics and a way of discourse analysis.From the perspective of conceptual metaphor,this study explores proportion and distribution of conceptual metaphor used in the discourse,and analyzes the function of major metaphors.It is proved that there are totally 12 categories of metaphors,which are made up of 8 major metaphor and 4 minor metaphor.The major metaphors function hierarchically and reflect effect of epidemic represented in the discourse.By analyzing the conceptual metaphor in the discourse,it is expected to shade a light on the understanding of metaphor illustration of the discourse.

WORKING REPORT AT THE 7TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CAS

Members and comrades: The Seventh General Assembly of the CAS opened here today together with the meeting for the establishment of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (the CAE).The establishment of the CAE is an important event for the S&.T community in this country.Please allow me.on behalf of the CAS.to extend my congratulations to the CAE on its official founding.

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA (Ⅱ)

7.Pricing Policies 50. Some members of the Working Party noted that China had made extensive use of price controls, for example in the agricultural sector. Those members requested that China undertake specific commitments concerning its system of state pricing. In particular, those members stated that China should allow prices for traded goods and services in every sector to be determined by market forces, and multi-tier pricing practices for such goods and services should be eliminated. Those members n...

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA (Ⅴ)

283.The representative of China stated that Article 10 of the Anti-unfair Competition Law provided that a business operator must not infringe upon trade secrets.Under the same Article.obtaining,using or disclosing another's trade secrets by a third party who clearly knew or ouqht to have known that the case fell under the unlawful acts listed in the preceding paragraph was deemed infringement upon trade secrets.Trade secrets referred to any technology information or business operation information which ...

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA

1. At its meeting on 4 March 1987, the Council established a Working Party to examine the request of the Government of the People's Republic of China ("China") (L/6017, submitted on 10 July 1986) for resumption of its status as a GATT contracting party, and to submit to the Council