由于中英两种语言和东西方文化之间的内在差异，我们在翻译一些具有中国特色的词语时，常常会出现让老外费解的中式英语。为了帮助大家不断积累一些这方面的地道的表达，特此贡献40个有中国特色词语的地道的英文表述。

１）豆腐渣工程 jerry-built projects
２）素质教育 education for all-round development
３）下岗工人 laid-off worker
４）合资企业 joint venture
５）独资企业 solely-foreign-funded company
６）国有企业 state-own enterprise
７）宏观调控 macro-control
８）西部大开发 Development of the West Regions
９）台湾同胞 Taiwan compatriots
１０）弱势群体 disadvantaged groups
１１）小康社会 a well-off society
１２）与时俱进 advance with the times
１３）三个代表 Three Represents Theory
１４）西电东送，西气东输 electricity and gas transmission from the West to the East
１５）下岗工人再就业 the re-employment of laid-off workers
１６）和谐社会 harmonious society
１７）义务教育 compulsory education
１８）计划生育 family planning / one-child policy
１９）扩大内需 expand domestic demand / stimulate domestic demand
２０）对外开放 open up to the outside world
２１）改革开放 reform and opening-up
２２）现代化建设 modernization drive
２３）劳动密集型labor-intensive
２４）抗日战争 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression; Anti-Japan War
２５）一国两制 one country, two systems.
２６）港人治港 Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong
２７）全国人民代表大会 National People’s Congress (NPC)
２８）全国人大代表 deputy to the National People’s Congress
２９）中共中央委员会 CPC (Communist Party of China) Central Committee
３０）中国政协委员 member of the National Committee of the CPPCC
３１）中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会（简称全国政协）National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
３２）第十届全国人民代表大会第五次会议 the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People’s Congress
３３）高等教育“２１１”工程：the “211” Project for higher education
３４）最高人民法院 Supreme People’s Court
３５）国务院 the State Council
３６）中央军委 the Central Military Commission
３７）最高检察院 the Supreme People’s Procuratorate
３８）常务委员会 Standing Committee
３９）科学技术是第一生产力 Science and technology are the primary productive force.
４０）平等互利，协商一致，求同存异，自主自愿 advocating equality and mutual benefit, reaching consensus through consultation and seeking common ground while reserving differences.