2．名词解释

The Asian Development Bank(ADB)亚洲开发银行

The Asian Development Bank(ADB)is a regional development bank established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asian and Pacific countries through loans and technical assistance．It is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 67 members(as of 2nd February，2007)，48 fromthe region and 19 fromother parts of the globe．ADB's vision is a region free of poverty．Itsmission is to help its developingmember countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their citizens．

The work of the Asian Development Bank(ADB)is aimed at improving the welfare of the people in Asia and the Pacific，particularly the 1.9 billion who live on less than$2 a day．Despitemany success stories，Asia and the Pacific remains home to two thirds of the world's poor．

Time-Warner Group Inc.华纳集团

Time-Warner Group Inc．is the world's third largest media and entertainment conglomerates by market capitalization(behind News Corporation and The Walt Disney Company)，headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City．Formerly three separate companies(and owns the assets of a fourth，Turner Broadcasting System，Inc.，acquired by a pre-AOL merger TWin 1996):Warner Communications，Inc．and Time Inc．before the Time-Warner merger in 1990 and America Online，Inc．before its purchase of Time Warner in 2001 has created the current TimeWarner，with major operations in film，television，publishing，Internet service and telecommunications．Among its subsidiaries are AOL，NewLine Cinema，Time Inc．，HBO，Turner Broadcasting System，The CWTelevision Network，The WB.com，UBU Productions，Warner Bros．Entertainment，Kids'WB，The CW4Kids，Cartoon Network，CNN，DCComics，and Mohawk Productions．

Non-Governmental Organization(NGO)非政府组织

Non-governmental organization(NGO)is a term that has become widely accepted for referring to a legally constituted，non-business organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government．In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments，the NGO maintains its non-governmental status therefore it excludes government representatives frommembership in the organization．Unlike the termintergovernmental organization，“non-governmental organization”is a term in generalized use but not a legal definition，in many jurisdictions these type of organizations are defined as“civil society organizations”or alternative terms．

The number of internationally operating NGOs is estimated at 40，000．National numbers are even higher:Russia has 277，000 NGOs．India is estimated to have between 1 million and 2 million NGOs．

Bo'ao Forumfor Asia(BFA)博鳌亚洲论坛

Bo'ao Forumfor Asia abbreviated as BFA，is a non-governmental，not-for-profit international organization modelled after the World Economic Forum in Davos，Switzerland．

As a non-government，non-profit international organization，Bo'ao ForumFor Asia(BFA)is a prestigious forumfor leaders in government，business and academia in Asia and other continents to share visions on the most pressing issues in this dynamic region and the world at large．

The Forumis committed to promoting regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries even closer to their development goals．Initiated in 1998 by Fidel V．Ramos，former President of the Philippines，Bob Hawke，former Prime Minister of Australia，and Morihiro Hosokawa，former Prime Minister of Japan，Bo'ao Forumfor Asia was formally inaugurated in February 2001．

The founding of BFAwas driven by the People's Republic of China and founded by 26 Australasian states on 27 February，2001．The organization held its first meeting fromApril 12-13，2002．It has its fixed address in Bo'ao，Hainan，China，although the Secretariat is based in Beijing．

The BFA holds a high-level annual forum for government，business，experts，and scholars at Bo'ao，with the focus of discussion on economics，integration，cooperation，society，and environment．

Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)上海合作组织

The ShanghaiCooperation Organization(SCO)is an intergovernmental mutualsecurity organization which was founded in 2001 by the leaders of China，Kazakhstan，Kyrgyzstan，Russia，Tajikistan，and Uzbekistan．Except for Uzbekistan，the other countries had been members of the Shanghai Five，founded in 1996;after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001，the members renamed the organization．