List of Abbreviations

1.Abbreviations of Chinese Companies'Names

CCB-China Construction Bank Corporation

China Agri-China Agri-industries Holdings Limited

China Foods-China Foods Limited

China Life-China Life Insurance Company Limited

China Shenhua-China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

CITIC-China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited

CMB-China Merchants Bank Co.,Ltd.

CPIC-China Pacific Insurance（Group） Co.,Ltd

Digital China-Digital China Holdings Limited

Dongfeng-Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited

Geely-Geely Automobile Holdings Limited

Great Wall-Great Wall Motor Company Limited

Mengniu-China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited

PetroChina-PetroChina Company Limited

Ping An-Ping An Insurance （Group）Company of China,Ltd.

Sinopec-China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

Tencent-Tencent Holdings Limited

ZTE-ZTE Corporation

2.Abbreviations of American Companies'Names

ADM-Archer Daniels Midland Company

Aetna-Aetna Inc.

AIG-American International Group, Inc.

Allstate-Allstate Corporation

Bank of America-Bank of America Corporation

Chevron-Chevron Corporation

Citigroup-Citigroup Inc.

Coca-Cola-The Coca-Cola Company

ConocoPhillips-ConocoPhillips Co.

Ford-Ford Motor Company

GM-General Motors Company

HP-Hewlett-Packard Company

Intel-Intel Corporation

Microsoft-Microsoft Corporation

PepsiCo-PepsiCo Inc.

TRW-TRW Automotive Holdings

Valero-Valero Energy Corporation

3.Abbreviations of Metadiscourse Terms

Interv-interactive resource

CG-code gloss

EM-endophoric marker

EV-evidential

FM-frame marker

TR-transition

Intera-interactional resource

AM-attitude marker

BO-booster

ENM-engagement marker

HE-hedge

SM-self mention

4.Other Abbreviations

CAR-corporate annual report

CL-chairman's letterList of Tables

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