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:
斯里兰卡驻华大使卡鲁纳塞纳• 科迪图瓦今年72岁,是斯里兰卡资深的政治家和外交家,曾担任过议员、国家教育部长、斯里兰卡驻日本大使和斯里兰卡驻韩国大使。斯里兰卡是“一带一路”沿线国家,在这个重要的节点上,科迪图瓦极力发挥“大使”职能,带着强烈的政治意识、敏锐的发展意识穿梭于中国各大城市和各大专院校,推动中国和斯里兰卡在政治、经济、社会、教育和文化领域合作,并取得了预期效果。2016年中国首次成为斯里兰卡最大贸易伙伴和进口来源国,双边贸易额突破45.6亿美元。
Winning reasons:
Sri Lankan Ambassador to China H.E. Mr. Karunasena Kodituwakku is 72 years old and a senior politician and diplomat in Sri Lanka. He served as the Parliament Member, Minister of Education, Sri Lankan ambassador to Japan and South Korea. Sri Lanka is an important country on “The Belt and Road Initiative” Ambassador Kodituwakku plays an active role in this strategic project with his strong political awareness and development sense. He traveled to many major cities in China and visited various universities and colleges to promote China and Sri Lanka’s cooperation in the political, economic, social, educational and cultural fields for remarkable achievements. In 2016, China become the largest importing country to Sri Lanka for the first time, the bilateral trade volume exceeded US $ 4.56 billion.