The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
吉萨的大金字塔是古代世界七大奇迹之一。
Hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system, is still a subject of fascination for scholars.
象形文字，古埃及的书写系统，至今仍令学者着迷。
The Nile River played a crucial role in shaping Egypt's civilization.
尼罗河在塑造埃及文明中起着至关重要的作用。
Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt, was known for her beauty and intelligence.
埃及最后一位法老克利奥帕特拉以其美貌和智慧闻名。
The Sphinx, with the head of a human and the body of a lion, guards the Giza Necropolis.
狮身人面像，有着人的头和狮子的身体，守卫着吉萨墓地。
Ancient
Egyptians believed in a complex afterlife, including the weighing of the heart in the Duat.
古埃及人相信复杂的来世，包括在杜阿特进行的心脏称重仪式。
The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799, was instrumental in deciphering hieroglyphics.
发现的罗塞塔石碑对解读象形文字起到了关键作用。
Pharaohs were considered divine, and their tombs, like the Valley of the Kings, were filled with treasures.
法老被认为是神灵，他们的陵墓如国王谷，都充满了财宝。
The Book of the Dead, an ancient Egyptian funerary text, guided the deceased through the afterworld.
《亡灵书》是古埃及的一部葬礼文本，指引逝者穿越来世。
The Battle of Actium, in which Cleopatra and Mark Antony were defeated by Octavian, marked the end of Ptolemaic Egypt.
亚克兴海战中，克利奥帕特拉和安东尼被屋大维击败，标志着托勒密王朝的埃及终结。
China Eastern Airlines' first flight between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital of Cairo took place on Monday.
周一，中国东方航空公司首航上海至埃及首都开罗。
The launch of the new flight between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital of Cairo is the Shanghai Airport Authority's latest effort to accelerate international flight recovery to support the Belt and Road initiative.
上海与埃及首都开罗之间新航班的开通是上海机场管理局为支持“一带一路”倡议倡议而加快国际航班恢复的最新举措。
China Eastern Airlines will launch direct flights between Shanghai and the Egyptian capital of Cairo on December 11.
中国东方航空公司将于12月11日开通上海至埃及首都开罗的直飞航班。
Launched in 2016 by the Egyptian government, Vision 2030 is a unified long-term political, economic and social vision, developed in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
《2030年愿景》由埃及政府于2016年发起，是一个统一的长期政治、经济和社会愿景，根据联合国可持续发展目标制定。
The flagship project in this context is the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, which has gradually become one of the important platforms for China-Egypt economic and trade cooperation, according to information released by the Egyptian embassy in Beijing.
埃及驻北京大使馆发布的信息显示，这方面的旗舰项目是中埃泰达苏伊士经贸合作区，该区已逐渐成为中埃经贸合作的重要平台之一。
All the EMUs, each with six cars, are expected to be operating in 2022 in the rail system linking Cairo, the Egyptian capital, with its satellite city, as well as with the country's new administrative capital.
这些每列由六节车厢组成的EMU列车预计都将在2022年投入运行，服务于连接埃及首都开罗与其卫星城市以及新建行政首都的铁路系统。
Chang's remarks came after his reception of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang at the construction site, where he accompanied them in a tour at the Iconic Tower, one of the CBD's 20 towers all of which are currently under construction.
"Since the beginning of the CBD construction, the Egyptian prime minister has visited the site about seven times, which shows how important the project is to the Egyptian government," Chang said.
"The Egyptian prime minister also witnessed the mass concrete pouring of the Iconic Tower base in late February 2019.
The deal for the CBD project was signed in January 2016 in the presence of the Egyptian and Chinese leaders and CSCEC officially started the project in May 2018.
He explained that the CBD project is jointly carried out by Egyptian and Chinese hands.
"We have about 800 Egyptian engineers, 4,000 Egyptian workers, 800 Chinese engineers and 1,000 Chinese workers who are currently working in the project," said the Chinese manager, noting that CSCEC has cooperated with about 100 Egyptian local companies so far.
He noted that CSCEC entered the Egyptian market 35 years ago and it would like to make use of the golden chance for Egypt's economic development to take part in residential and also economic constructions in Egypt.
The JV's factory will cover an area of over 10,000 square meters in Cairo, and is expected to achieve an annual production of 600,000 TV sets within three years, providing jobs for more than 600 Egyptians.
The Shenzhen-based company has already proven its popularity among the Egyptian households with its TV products reaching the top spot on Jumia, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa.
China's leading TV manufacturer Konka Group announced here on Thursday the inauguration of its LED TV factory in Beni Suef Province, South of the Egyptian capital city.
With an investment of $30 million, the new factory plans to achieve an annual production capacity of 600,000 LED TV sets, providing jobs for more than 600 Egyptians.
It is expected to create 1,500 job opportunities for Egyptians and become Konka Group's manufacturing base for the markets of the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the United States.
"I believe Konka's factory will be a new plus to the growing Chinese products that gained the trust of the Egyptian consumers," he told Xinhua.
Xiong Li, CEO of NetDragon, said the Egyptian government plans to buy 265,000 such classrooms from the company.
"Signing a protocol on cooperation in the field of publishing and translation is a very necessary step to boost the cultural relations between Egypt and China," Chairman of the General Egyptian Book Organization, Haitham Al-Haj Ali, said during the ceremony.
Former Egyptian cultural adviser to China Hussein Ibrahim said the signing of the cooperation protocol opens new horizons for cooperation between the Egyptian and Chinese peoples.
He hoped that the agreement would be the start of a new cultural project conveying Chinese culture to Egyptian people and Egyptian culture to those in China.
For his part, General Manager of Dar Al-Shorouk, Ahmed Bedair, said his publishing house is interested in opening up to cultures, especially those similar to the Egyptian civilization.
Meanwhile, President of Xinhua Winshare, He Zhiyong, expressed his pleasure at signing an agreement with Dar Al-Shorouk that will further enhance cooperation between Chinese and Egyptian publishing houses.
During the ceremony, Xinhua also donated a series of valuable books to the Egyptian universities of Cairo and Ain Shams.
According to Egyptian statistics, China has become the fourth largest exporter of tourists to Egypt since the beginning of 2017.
Dongfang Electric Corp and Shanghai Electric Group signed the EPC contracting deal with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy Sunday night in Beijing.
AIN SOKHNA, Egypt - "My life has seen career and moral development as well as a better standard of living since I started working for the Chinese company five years ago," said Ayyad al-Ayyad, an Egyptian deputy manager at Chinese fiberglass giant Jushi's Egyptian branch.
Hiring some 1,800 employees, including 1,750 Egyptians, the fiberglass firm helped Egypt become world's third largest producer of fiberglass after the United States and China.
TEDA's developed area in the SCZone, where Jushi Egypt was founded, is known as TEDA Cooperation Zone, whose construction started in 2008 with the strong support of the Chinese and the Egyptian governments.
Occupying a vast area of 29,000 square meters in Beheira province north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the newly-established factory of China's agribusiness giant New Hope Group tells a good story about the growing ties between the two countries.
"We as Egyptian people feel friendship and understanding with the Chinese people," she said.
Like many other Chinese businesses operating in Egypt, New Hope has created hundreds of job opportunities to Egyptian youths.
The deal was signed by CSCEC Vice-President Zheng Xuexuan and Egyptian Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly, in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo.
That's according to an agreement recently signed between a consortium of Chinese firms and the Egyptian Ministry of Transport.
"The Egyptian side attaches great importance to the project's construction and met with the Chinese consortium earlier to negotiate key issues in the contract, he added.
The Egyptian government put forward a plan in 2015 to build a new administrative capital, east of Cairo, covering an area of 700 square kilometers to relieve the great housing and transportation pressure.
Related story: Egyptians need trains － and trainingCAIRO－Mohammed Shehata, head of the Egyptian Transport Association, said on Sunday that China can be a main player in developing Egypt's railway system.
The ETA is a leading Egyptian NGO that monitors and issues reports on the transportation systems in the North African country.
Following the accident, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the government to hurry up with the development process of the country's railway network, thereby avoiding more such crashes.
The Egyptian railway system, Shehata said, is badly in need of renewal, using the latest available technologies.
"The service that transports millions of Egyptians should be fully updated for the safety of passengers," Shehata insisted.
CAIRO — Egyptian President Sisi met a coalition of Chinese firms Tuesday over building a light rail transit around Cairo.
Egyptian presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said that the meeting, attended by Egyptian Transport Minister Hesham Arafat, discussed the latest developments of the negotiations on the light rail project.
"The project is part of the plan implemented by the Transport Ministry to develop the railway network and improve its services nationwide," said the Egyptian presidential spokesman.
The Chinese group said it would assign Egyptian contractors with some civil and railway construction works that will provide thousands of job opportunities in the country.
CPTDC signed a $20 million deal with Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) in 2016 to establish three gas regulator stations in Egypt.
Under the deal, the Beni Suef station, 150 kilometers south to the Egyptian capital Cairo, will start operating in September, while the other two stations at Burullus city and the new administrative capital will start assembling work soon, Li said.
"We hope this station will pave the road for laying foundation of more cooperation with other Egyptians companies," he added.
Covering an area of 500,000 square meters, the Beni Suef Siemens plant will be capable of providing electricity to approximately 15 million Egyptians when it becomes full operation by the end of 2017.
In March, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel witnessed the symbolic inauguration of the first phase of Siemens' mega project in Egypt.
CAIRO — A batch of 15 Egyptian students have graduated from China's giant corporation Huawei's first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Academy in Egypt, Huawei manager told Xinhua on Thursday.
The graduation ceremony was held at Badr University in Cairo (BUC) on Wednesday and the 15 Egyptian graduates received their HAINA certificates after successfully finishing the four-week training program.
HAINA's target partners are mainly universities, colleges and schools that are interested in providing ICT talents to the Egyptian society and qualifying their graduates to meet the requirements of the ICT industry chain.
Sinopec's clarification came in response to concerns that the value of its 33 percent stake in Apache's Egyptian company, which it bought for $3.1 billion in 2013, may have eroded massively due to local and global factors.
"The Egyptian project is more of a long-term investment and four years is too short to draw a conclusion.
Ever since the project handover, against the challenges of falling oil price, the Apache project has seen stable oil and gas production of 350,000 barrels per day, said Shao Jingyang, general manager of the Egyptian unit of Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Company.
Egyptian experts said the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has achieved international expansion and become more attractive to developing countries that need financing for their ambitious development plans.
Waleed Gaballah, a member of the Egyptian Association for Political Economy, Statistics, and Legislation, told Xinhua that "the great demand from countries to join the bank, the financing packages it has provided, and the development projects it has funded are the greatest indications of the AIIB's success achieved in just a few years.
Enhancing China and Egypt economic cooperation and investment is very important and has a direct impact on the wellbeing of people and prosperity for both countries, said the Egyptian ambassador to China in Beijing on Aug 31.
Egypt has a set of new policies to encourage investment, and there is a growing Chinese interest in investment in Egypt in different sectors, said Assem Hanafi, Egyptian ambassador to China.
Hossam Heiba, president of the Egyptian General Authority for Investment & Free Zones, echoed Hanafi's opinion and said Egypt and China have been trade and investment partners for such a long time thanks to the very strong political relationship between the two countries.
This is something that the Egyptian state is very much welcoming and would love to have more and more in different sectors, he added.
Many Chinese companies have entered the Egyptian market and brought technology and economic benefits to the Egyptian people.
"Egyptian economist Waleed Gaballah noted that growth data related to the Chinese economy must not be viewed in isolation and should be considered holistically.
China faces the same challenges as other countries, yet its long-term economic growth is not affected by the challenges, said Gaballah, a member of the Egyptian Association for Political Economy, Statistics and Legislation.
The Egyptian government and Tianjin-based TEDA Investment Holdings announced plans to enhance cooperation on an economic and trade zone co-invested by the two parties in Egypt.
Dubbed "an unprecedented model for the successful cooperation between Egyptians and Chinese", the TEDA zone project is key to gaining experience in cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, the chairman said.
Home to more than 140 companies, the zone has attracted investments of more than $1.6 billion and created more than 5,000 jobs for Egyptians, Gamal El-Dein said.
Hasson, a humorous and talkative Egyptian boy, who works as an on-site translator for the engineering department of the project, often jokes about himself being a "lifeguard", who takes care of everybody.
On the site of construction, he patiently explains the Egyptian standards to the Chinese workers.
He has been practicing that, which has also brought more impact of mutual integration to the Chinese and Egyptian employees.
The third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) is a boon to global growth and international trade given the multiple challenges facing the world economy, an Egyptian expert has said.
"The expo is testimony to China's openness to the world and its desire to increase trade and investment exchanges with the countries of the world," Abu Bakr al-Deeb, advisor to the Cairo-based Arab Center for Research and Studies and an Egyptian researcher in political economy, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
"The expo represents a great opportunity for international companies, especially Arab ones, to display their products in the largest consumer market in the world," the Egyptian expert noted.
- China plays a crucial role in assisting the global economy in overcoming current economic challenges and achieving higher growth rates, an Egyptian economist has said.
China's commitment to win-win partnerships would benefit the global economy and contribute to increasing both Chinese and global economic growth rates, said the Egyptian economist.
- China's increased foreign trade in 2022 reflects the country's economic strength despite domestic and international challenges, said an Egyptian economist in a recent interview with Xinhua.
This represents "an unprecedented economic accomplishment by all means at the worldwide level," said Moatasem Rashed, a veteran economic consultant for the Egyptian Federation of Investors Associations.
The Egyptian expert said China's growing regional and international trade reflects its dedication to the principle of a "win-win partnership.
"I invite other countries to study what China has achieved and how to develop their systems and learn from the Chinese experience, which has made today's Chinese miracle," the Egyptian economist concluded.
- China's economic growth plays a key role in promoting global development and maintaining global economic stability, an Egyptian expert has said.
- The joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a development-driven path aiming for mutual benefit, will promote the common development of all countries, former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has said.
- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) seeks to promote economic growth for all participating countries with real support from China, an Egyptian expert has said.
- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has boosted Chinese investments and engagement in a series of projects in Egypt, an Egyptian economic expert has said.
"When international cooperation is based on the win-win rule, you will not find opponents in such cooperation, that is the case with the BRI," economic expert Walid Gaballah, who is also a member of the Egyptian Association for Political Economy, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
The Egyptian expert noted that the initiative is a "multi-axis integration framework based on dialogue that is meant to make a better future for all.
"We consider Egypt a focal point to explore our business opportunities here in the MENA region and the African continent," said Ma Cheng, country and general manager of North Petroleum International Company (NPIC) S. A. , a subsidiary of China ZhenHua Oil Co Ltd. Running an eye-catching booth at the expo, Zhenhua Oil boasted its nine-year experience in operating oil and gas fields in Egypt and the creation of more than 1,000 direct and indirect job opportunities for Egyptians.
"Through this exhibition, we would like to enhance our relations with our Egyptian partners," he noted, adding the business in Egypt is part of the fruition of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative that seeks to boost win-win partnerships among participating countries.
The NPIC and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation launched a joint venture Petro Amir Petroleum Company to produce oil and gas in three locations in the Eastern and Western Deserts in Egypt.
including in the oil sector," said Egyptian geologist Samir Zalat, general manager and managing director of Petro Amir Petroleum.
Meanwhile, an Egyptian visitor was listening to a Huawei engineer explaining how a smart gas station works while watching the illustration displayed on a large monitor at the booth.
Elhamy Al-Zayyat, a tourism expert and former head of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, said that Egypt targets a 30-percent rise in tourists per year after China lifts overseas travel restrictions, but promotional campaigns alone are not enough.
"Chinese tourists will be impressed when they return to Egypt, because Khan al-Khalili has undergone a comprehensive development process that increased its beauty while preserving the Islamic heritage nature of the place," said Mohammed Saleh, an owner of a traditional Egyptian food restaurant in the bazaar.
Instead of just looking at pictures, students can have a 360-degree immersive experience of the Egyptian pyramids and even virtually "go inside" the pyramids to explore their structure by wearing VR goggles.
"I'm sure once it opens, the international flights with China will resume and Chinese tourists will be back," Pololikashvili told Xinhua during a tour with Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled al-Anany, at the construction site of Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.
“我相信一旦它开放，与中国之间的国际航班将会恢复，中国游客也会回来，”波洛利卡什维利在与埃及旅游和文物部长哈立德·阿纳尼一起参观位于吉萨的大埃及博物馆建设现场时对新华社说。
"Online shopping has notably helped so many companies, stores and factories that have suffered greatly from the imposed curfew and anti-COVID-19 restrictions," said Egyptian economic expert Abu Bakr al-Deeb.
"I have been doing most of my grocery shopping online or by phone since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus," said Ibrahim, an Egyptian housewife in the capital Cairo, expressing concern about going out to markets and shops.
Ibrahim is one of many Egyptians who have become frequent visitors to online shopping websites via their smartphones or computers during the COVID-19 crisis that hit Egypt and the whole world.