家电下乡 Home appliances going to the countryside

名词解释：

A government-funded project aims to expand sales of household electric appliances in the country's vast rural areas at prices 13 percent lower than those in cities.

家电下乡是由政府资助的项目，目的是在中国广大农村地区促进家用电器的销售。农民可以以低于城市销售价格13%的优惠价购买有关商品。

It is part of the government's plan to battle the global recession by stimulating the slackened domestic manufacturing industry, which faces dwindling external demand. The government-subsidized project is not only expected to benefit farmers' living standards but is also expected to help the country's suffering manufacturing sector pull out of the economic winter.

这是政府通过刺激因国外市场萎缩而受困的国内制造业来抵御全球衰退的一项计划。这项由政府资助的计划不仅可以便农惠农，而且有助于帮助受损的国内制造业度过经济寒冬。

保八英语： Eight Percent Protection

A popular term to describe the central government's drive to achieve an 8 percent growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) this year.

“保八”是描述中央政府今年力保国内生产总值（GDP）增长8%的通俗说法。

China has maintained a nearly 10 percent GDP growth rate over the past three decades since reform and opening-up. The fast-growing economy is now at risk of an abrupt slowdown or downturn due to the global economic crisis.

改革开放政策实行30年以来，中国国内生产总值一直保持年均增长10%的态势。全球经济危机导致的经济突然放缓和低迷使中国快速增长的经济目前处境不利。

Its 8 percent economic growth is considered necessary to maintain social stability and provide jobs for tens of millions of new laborers swarming into the country's crowded job market every year.

通常认为，“保八”对保持社会稳定以及为每年新增的数千万就业人口提供工作岗位十分必要。