三八红旗手 woman pace-setter
　　三八线 38th Parallel
　　三步走战略 the three-step development strategy
　　三大作风 the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)
　　"三个代表" "three represents" theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)
　　三个有利于 "three favorables" (whether it promotes the growth of the productive forces in a socialist society, increases the overall strength of the socialist state and raises the people's living standards
　　三好学生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)
　　"三讲"教育(讲学习、讲政治、讲正气) "three emphases" education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct)
　　三角债 chain debt
　　三来一补企业 the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade.
　　三民主义 the Three People's Principles (Nationalism, Democracy and the People's Livelihood) put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen
　　三通 three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits
　　三通一平 "three supplies and one leveling"; supply of water, electricity and road and leveled ground (conditions ready for further economic development)
　　三无企业 three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)
　　三下乡 a program under which officials, doctors, scientist and college students go to the countryside to spread scientific and literacy knowledge and offer medical service to farmers
　　三资企业 three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合资企业), cooperative businesses (中外合作企业) and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China(外商独资企业)
　　"扫黄"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications
　　沙尘暴sand storm; dust storm
　　商检局 Commodity Inspection Bureau
　　商品房空置的现象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing
　　商品粮基地 a commodity grain production base
　　商品条码 bar code
　　商业银行 commercial banks
　　上海证券交易所 the Shanghai Securities Exchange
　　上山下乡 (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas
　　上市 to be listed
　　上网 to get on the Internet
　　少数服从多数、下级服从上级、局部服从全体、全党服从中央 the minority is subordinate to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, the part to the whole and the entire membership of the Party to the Central Committee
　　社会热点问题 hot spots of society
　　社会治安情况 public security situation
　　涉外经济 foreign-related business
　　神州行电话卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card
　　审时度势 size up the situation
　　渗透、颠覆和分裂活动 infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities
　　生活物价指数 the cost of living index/the price index
　　生计问题 bread-and butter issue
　　生态农业 environmental-friendly agriculture
　　失学儿童 dropout
　　实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade
　　实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
　　实体经济 the real economy
　　实现中华民伟大复兴 bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
　　实行计划生育、控制人口数量、提高人口素质 promotion of family planning to control the population size and improve the health of the people
　　实现小康目标 to achieve the goal of ensuring our people a relatively comfortable life

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