每日新闻播报（July 16）

>Team China eyes glory at Tokyo Games
中国代表团出征东京奥运

China is sending its largest team to an overseas Olympic Games as it aims to boost its medal haul in Tokyo in sports it does not traditionally do well in. The Chinese Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday it will send 431 athletes, 133 men and 298 women, to the Tokyo 2020 Games.
中国奥委会7月14日宣布，东京奥运会中国体育代表团运动员人数共431人，包括女运动员298人、男运动员133人。这是中国体育代表团境外参赛规模最大的一届奥运会，希望能在非传统优势项目上取得奖牌数量上的突破。

The event starts on July 23 after a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
因新冠疫情延期一年举行的东京奥运会将于本月23日开幕。

Very nearly all of the delegation has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the General Administration of Sport of China.
国家体育总局表示，中国代表团的几乎所有成员都已完成新冠疫苗接种。

Chinese athletes have qualified in 225 events across 30 sports at the Games, which feature 339 medal events over 17 days of competition.
本届奥运会为期17天，共设339个小项的比赛，中国代表团将参加30个大项225个小项的比赛。

>FDI inflow up 28.7%
上半年吸收外资同比增28.7%

Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, surged 28.7 percent year on year to 607.84 billion yuan, in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday. The value increased 27.1 percent from the same period in 2019.
中国商务部7月14日公布的最新数据显示，今年上半年中国实际使用外资6078.4亿元人民币，同比增长28.7%，较2019年同期增长27.1%。

Foreign investment in the service industry came in at 482.77 billion yuan during the period, up 33.4 percent year on year, with foreign investment in the high-tech services sector rising 42.7 percent%.
从行业看，服务业实际使用外资4827.7亿元人民币，同比增长33.4%。高技术服务业实际使用外资同比增长42.7%。

Investment from the countries along the Belt and Road expanded 49.6 percent, and investment from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union rose 50.7 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively, in H1.
从来源地看，"一带一路"沿线国家、东盟、欧盟实际投资同比分别增长49.6%、50.7%和10.3%(含通过自由港投资数据)。

The foreign investment actually used by China's eastern, central and western regions increased by 29.7 percent, 33.6 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively.
从区域分布看，我国东部、中部、西部地区实际使用外资分别增长29.7%、33.6%和6.1%。

>Palace Museum promotes 'zero waste' tours
故宫探索'零废弃游览'模式

China's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has started promoting "zero waste" tours among tour guides and the public.
故宫博物院已开始面向导游群体与公众倡导"零废弃游览"新模式。

A training session was held Tuesday for tour guides who should encourage visitors to participate in garbage sorting and recycling during their tours.
故宫博物院于7月13日举办了一场导游培训宣讲会，导游应鼓励游客在参观过程中参与垃圾分类和回收工作。

The Palace Museum launched a "zero waste" program in January 2020 to work toward the goal of minimizing the amount of waste that would go through landfills or incineration.
"故宫零废弃"项目于2020年1月在故宫博物院发起，持续追求"将填埋/焚烧处理的垃圾减少至无限趋近于零"的目标。

A no-waste approach has been adopted for office work at the museum over last year.
项目开展一年多来，故宫博物院在职工中推进了"零废弃办公"。

>ECB launches digital euro project
欧洲央行启动数字欧元项目

The European Central Bank decided on Wednesday to launch a two-year investigation phase of a digital euro, marking the formal start of a central bank digital currency project for the 19-member currency bloc. The investigation phase aims to address key issues regarding design and distribution, the bank said in a statement.
欧洲中央银行7月14日发布声明，宣布启动数字欧元项目并展开相关调查研究，调查研究为期2年，这一阶段旨在解决数字欧元设计和发行等关键问题。

According to the bank, the investigation phase will focus on a possible functional design of the digital currency, shed light on possible changes to the EU legislative framework, assess the potential impact of a digital euro on the market, and define a business model for supervised intermediaries.
欧洲中央银行表示，调查阶段的主要任务是对数字欧元进行功能性设计，研究欧洲相关法律框架可能面临的变化，评估潜在市场影响，为受监管的中间机构明确一种商业模式。

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