在当今思想多元化的时代,《中外新闻》作为联合国三家机构认定的主流媒体,以推出年度新闻人物的方式,对具有时代特征、为推动国际社会和谐进步作出贡献的新闻人物进行表彰,在国际社会树立起改革创新的时代精神,凝聚起“超越自我 奉献时代”的坚强合力。经《中外新闻》记者采访报道、主流媒体推荐函推荐,“2016《中外新闻》时代新闻人物”出炉:
As the mainstream media, we carefully selected the outstanding individuals to be the New Person of the Year to recognize their great contributions in promoting world peace and global harmonious development in various fields. "The News Person of the Year" award is a special prize to recognize innovation, peacemaking, dedication and professionalism. Now, we will announce the winners of the "2016The News Persons of the Year":
入选理由:
里卡多•莱昂2015年1月22日向中国国家主席习近平递交国书,正式成为哥斯达黎加驻华大使。上任后,里卡多•莱昂大使迅速整合哥斯达黎加各机构的力量并形成合力,指出哥斯达黎加在农业贸易、清洁能源等领域有着独特优势和发展潜力。2年时间,里卡多•莱昂不停地穿梭于中国各个城市寻求合作商机,经贸关系发展迅速,2016年1-8月,哥斯达黎加对中国贸易逆差12.0亿美元,增长2.6%。目前,中国已成为哥斯达黎加第二大贸易伙伴。
Winning reasons:
Mr. Ricardo Leon submitted the credentials to the Chinese President Xi Jinping on January 22, 2015 and officially became Costa Rica Ambassador to China. After taking office, Ambassador Ricardo Leon made a rapid integration of various Costa Rican sectors and institutions to position Costa Rica’s unique advantage and potential in the areas of agricultural trade and clean energy. In the past two years, Ricardo Leon traveled in various cities in China to seek cooperation opportunities; as a result, China and Costa Rica’s trade relations was developed rapidly. Costa Rica on China's trade deficit of 1.2 billion USD from January to August 2016, an increase of 2.6%. Currently, China has become Costa Rica's second largest trading partner.