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　　三八紅旗手 woman pace-setter

　　三八線 38th Parallel

　　三步走戰(zhàn)略 the three-step development strategy

　　三大作風(fēng) the Party's three important styles of work (integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practicing self-criticism)

　　"三個(gè)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.)

　　三個(gè)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

　　三好學(xué)生 merit student; three good student(good in study, attitude and health)

　　"三講"教育(講學(xué)習(xí)、講政治、講正氣) "three emphases" education (to stress theoretical study, political awareness and good conduct)

　　三角債 chain debt

　　三來(lái)一補(bǔ)企業(yè) 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.

　　三民主義 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)

　　三無(wú)企業(yè) three-no-enterprises (It refers to enterprises with no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure.)

　　三下鄉(xiāng) 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

　　三資企業(yè) three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises or ventures: Sino-foreign joint ventures (中外合資企業(yè)), cooperative businesses (中外合作企業(yè)) and exclusively foreign-owned enterprises in China(外商獨(dú)資企業(yè))

　　"掃黃"、"打非" eliminate pornography and illegal publications

　　沙塵暴sand storm; dust storm

　　商檢局 Commodity Inspection Bureau

　　商品房空置的現(xiàn)象 the vacancy problem in commercial housing

　　商品糧基地 a commodity grain production base

　　商品條碼 bar code

　　商業(yè)銀行 commercial banks

　　上海證券交易所 the Shanghai Securities Exchange

　　上山下鄉(xiāng) (of educated urban youth) go and work in the countryside or mountain areas

　　上市 to be listed

　　上網(wǎng) to get on the Internet

　　少數(shù)服從多數(shù)、下級(jí)服從上級(jí)、局部服從全體、全黨服從中央 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

　　社會(huì)熱點(diǎn)問(wèn)題 hot spots of society

　　社會(huì)治安情況 public security situation

　　涉外經(jīng)濟(jì) foreign-related business

　　神州行電話卡 Shenzhou pre-paid card

　　審時(shí)度勢(shì) size up the situation

　　滲透、顛覆和分裂活動(dòng) infiltrative, subversive and splittist activities

　　生活物價(jià)指數(shù) the cost of living index/the price index

　　生計(jì)問(wèn)題 bread-and butter issue

　　生態(tài)農(nóng)業(yè) environmental-friendly agriculture