Corpus-based Study on Chinese Image Construction of The Opening Speech of CIIE

Abstract

This study conducts an empirical study on how President Xi used Chinese image in his English version speech at the opening session of the fourth CIIE, and what terms he used in spreading Chinese image in international discourse. By setting up the limitation of N on the range of (Range) to 4, N more than 1 and less than 10, and the frequency (Freq) greater than 2, the paper makes corpus-based group discussion, and summarizes President Xi's speech covers a large number of economic terms and some verbal clauses to create interactive effects with readers.They build an image in which China actively participates in world economic development, promotes multilateral trade and cooperation, deepens the concept of a community with a shared future, and creates a fair and just international atmosphere.In addition, the research reveals the proportional relationship between N and N-gram structure in the corpus, and applies it in the research of international discourse construction and Chinese image, so as to provide reference value for related research.