(New Haven, April 2, 20061day)
Hu Jintao, President of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Dear President richard levin, classmates, teachers, ladies and gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank President Levin for inviting me to the world-famous Yale University to get together with young friends and teachers.
Walking into the campus of Yale University, seeing the youthful faces of the students and breathing the rich air of books, I can't help but recall the wonderful time I spent in Tsinghua University 40 years ago. Students' time will have an important impact on people's life. I still can't get enough of what the teacher taught me and what my classmates inspired me.
Yale University is famous for its long history, unique school-running style and outstanding academic achievements. If time can go back several decades, I really hope to be one of you.
The motto of Yale University emphasizes the pursuit of light and truth, which conforms to the law of human progress and is also the wish of every aspiring youth. In the past 300 years, Yale University has trained a large number of outstanding talents, including 20 Nobel Prize winners and 5 American presidents. American national hero nathan hale is an alumnus of Yale University. His famous saying-"My only regret is that I didn't have a second life for my motherland" deeply infected me and many people in China. I sincerely wish your school to train more talents and make greater contributions to the economic and social development of the United States and the cause of human progress!
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
For a long time, the Chinese and American people have always had strong interest and friendly feelings for each other. The people of China appreciate the pioneering spirit of the American people and admire their great achievements in building their country. With the rapid development of China and the continuous expansion of Sino-US cooperation, more and more Americans look to China and pay more attention to the development and progress of China.
Understanding is the foundation of trust. Today, I want to talk about the development strategy and direction of contemporary China from the perspective of the historical evolution and realistic development of Chinese civilization, hoping to help the American people understand China more comprehensively and deeply.
In the long history of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made great contributions to the progress of human civilization, and has also gone through a tortuous and arduous road. Especially since 1840 Opium War 160, the people of China have worked hard to get rid of poverty and weakness and realize national rejuvenation, which has profoundly changed the fate of the Chinese nation. 95 years ago, the people of China overthrew the autocratic monarchy that ruled China for thousands of years through the Revolution of 1911, which opened the floodgate for China's progress. Fifty-seven years ago, after a long period of bloody fighting, the people of China achieved national independence and people's liberation, and established a new China where the people were masters of their own affairs. Twenty-eight years ago, the people of China began the great historical process of reform, opening up and modernization, and achieved great achievements that attracted worldwide attention through hard work. From 1978 to 2005, China's GDP increased from147.3 billion US dollars to 2,225.7 billion US dollars, and the total import and export volume increased from 20.6 billion US dollars to1422,654.38 billion US dollars. Looking back on the great changes that have taken place in China in the past 60 years, we can say that the people of China have not only changed their own destiny, but also promoted the cause of human progress through hard exploration and tenacious struggle.
It must be noted that although China has made great development achievements, it is still the largest developing country in the world, and its per capita GDP is still behind the world 100. The people of China are still not rich, and the development of China still faces many prominent contradictions and problems. To completely change the face of China and improve the lives of the people in China, we need to continue to make unremitting efforts. China will concentrate on building a well-off society at a higher level that will benefit more than one billion people in the next 15 years. Specifically, by 2020, the GDP of China will reach about 4 trillion US dollars, and the per capita GDP will reach about 3,000 US dollars, which will make the economy more developed, democracy more sound, science and education more advanced, culture more prosperous, society more harmonious and people's lives more affluent.
In order to achieve our development goals, China has determined its own development concept according to its national conditions and the requirements of the times, that is, establishing and implementing a people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable Scientific Outlook on Development, coordinating urban and rural development, regional development, economic and social development, harmonious development between man and nature, domestic development and opening to the outside world, and paying more attention to solving people's livelihood problems and overcoming uneven development. Pay more attention to solving the prominent contradictions in development, devote ourselves to taking a new road of industrialization with high scientific and technological content, good economic benefits, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution and giving full play to the advantages of human resources, promote the coordinated development of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction and social construction, and strive to achieve a civilized development pattern of production development, affluent life and good ecology.
Scientific Outlook on Development put forward the idea on the basis of summing up China's modernization experience, conforming to the trend of the times and inheriting the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.
Chinese civilization is one of the ancient civilizations in the world, which has developed continuously for more than 5,000 years. The unique cultural tradition formed by the Chinese nation in the long historical development has deeply influenced ancient China and contemporary China. Modern China's emphasis on people-oriented, advancing with the times, social harmony and peaceful development not only has a deep foundation of Chinese civilization, but also embodies the progressive spirit of the development of the times.
-Chinese civilization has always attached importance to people-oriented and respected human dignity and value. As early as thousands of years ago, China people put forward "people are the foundation of the country, and this is the foundation of the country" and "between heaven and earth, people are more valuable", emphasizing the need to benefit the people, enrich the people, help the people and benefit the people. Today, we insist on people-oriented, that is, we insist on development for the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are enjoyed by the people, paying attention to people's values, rights and freedoms, and paying attention to people's quality of life, development potential and happiness index, with the ultimate goal of realizing people's all-round development. Safeguarding people's rights to subsistence and development remains the top priority of China. We will vigorously promote economic and social development, safeguard people's freedom, democracy and human rights in accordance with the law, realize social fairness and justice, and enable China's 654.38 billion people to live a happy life.
-Chinese civilization has always paid attention to self-improvement and innovation. "Tian Xingjian, the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement." This is the motto handed down by China for thousands of years. The reason why the Chinese nation has survived and developed in the historical process of more than 5,000 years is that it has suffered setbacks and suffered setbacks repeatedly, relying on such a spirit of self-improvement, perseverance and advancing with the times. China people's enterprising spirit in reform and opening up, their creative enthusiasm in building the country, and their tenacious perseverance in overcoming various difficulties on the road ahead are vivid portrayal of this spirit of self-improvement.
-Chinese civilization has always attached importance to social harmony and emphasized unity and mutual assistance. China people have long put forward the idea of "harmony is precious", pursuing the harmony between man and nature, between people and between body and mind, and yearning for the ideal society of "everyone is blind, everyone is equal and the world is fair". Today, China proposes to build a harmonious society, that is, to build a society with democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, full of vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature, and to realize the organic unity of material and spirit, democracy and the rule of law, fairness and efficiency, vitality and order. The people of China regard safeguarding national unity as their bounden duty and safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity as their highest mission. All acts conducive to national unity and national unity will be sincerely welcomed and supported by the people of China. All acts that are not conducive to national unity and national unity will be strongly opposed and resisted by the people of China.
-Chinese civilization has always attached importance to kindness and good neighborliness and emphasized harmony. The Chinese nation has always loved peace. In foreign relations, the people of China always adhere to the spirit of "bullying the weak by the strong" and "the rich don't bully the poor", and advocate "one world under one roof". China people advocate "all rivers run into the sea, all rivers run into the sea", and advocate absorbing hundreds of excellent teachers and collecting the essence from all directions. Today, China holds high the banner of peace, development and cooperation, pursues an independent foreign policy of peace and unswervingly follows the path of peaceful development. It not only develops itself by maintaining world peace, but also promotes world peace through its own development. China adheres to an open strategy of mutual benefit and win-win, and is sincerely willing to carry out extensive cooperation with other countries. Sincerely willing to learn from various civilizations, seek peace through cooperation, promote development through cooperation, and promote the construction of a harmonious world with lasting peace and prosperity.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
Both China and the United States have vast territories, are countries with multi-ethnic coexistence and multi-cultural integration, and live with hardworking and intelligent people. There are differences between China and the United States due to different historical backgrounds and realistic national conditions, which is beneficial for us to learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths. Strengthening cooperation between China and the United States conforms to the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and also has a significant impact on world peace and development.
For more than 200 years, the vast Pacific Ocean has not stopped the exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and American peoples. The Chinese and American people learn from each other and help each other, writing a beautiful chapter in which different civilizations in the world learn from each other. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 27 years from 65438 to 0979, the relationship between the two countries has experienced twists and turns, but it has generally maintained the general direction of stable development and brought great benefits to the two countries and their peoples.
Entering the 2 1 century, the international situation continues to undergo profound changes. Peace and development are still the themes of today's era, but instability and uncertainties are increasing, and new challenges and threats are increasing. Under the new international situation, China and the United States have more common interests and the areas of cooperation are also expanding. The new problems facing world peace and security, especially combating international terrorism, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, protecting the living environment of mankind and combating transnational crimes, have endowed our two countries with important strategic interests. China's huge market and development demand, as well as the advanced technology and high-quality products of the United States, give the two countries huge space for economic and technological cooperation. China and the United States have broad prospects for developing constructive and cooperative relations in an all-round way.
Yesterday morning, I had an in-depth exchange of views with President Bush on Sino-US relations and major international and regional issues of common concern, and reached many important consensuses. We all believe that both sides should examine and handle Sino-US relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, strengthen dialogue, expand understanding, enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation, and comprehensively promote the constructive cooperative relationship between China and the United States in the 2/KLOC-0 century.
I believe that as long as we proceed from the overall situation of the development of Sino-US relations, respect each other and understand each other, the relations between the two countries will develop healthily and steadily, bringing more benefits to the two peoples and greater hope to the people of the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
A note can't express a beautiful melody, and a color can't describe a colorful picture. The world is a rich and colorful art palace, and the unique culture created by people of all countries is a treasure in this hall. A nation's culture often reflects its historical cognition and realistic feelings about the world and life, and also accumulates its deepest spiritual pursuit and code of conduct. The process of human historical development is the process of continuous communication, integration and innovation of various civilizations. All civilizations in human history have contributed to human progress in their own unique ways.
The diversity of civilization is an objective reality of human society, a basic feature of today's world and an important driving force for human progress. Historical experience shows that in the process of human civilization exchange, we should not only overcome the barriers and obstacles of nature, but also transcend the barriers and constraints of thought, and more importantly, overcome all kinds of prejudices and misunderstandings. Differences in ideology, social system and development model should not be obstacles to the exchange of human civilizations, let alone reasons for mutual confrontation. We should actively safeguard the diversity of the world, promote the dialogue and integration of different civilizations, learn from each other rather than repel each other, make mankind more harmonious and happy, and make the world more colorful.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
Cultural, educational and youth exchanges are an important bridge to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples, and also an important force to promote the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations. Yale University is a pioneer of Sino-US educational cooperation and an important platform for cultural exchange. 156 years ago, a young man named Hong Rong from China walked into the campus of Yale University. Four years later, he got a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors and became the first China student to graduate from an American university. Since then, groups of young people from China have come to Yale University to study. In the past 20 years, Yale University has attracted more than 4,000 international students from China and cooperated with China's cultural, scientific and educational circles on more than 80 projects. Last summer, Yale University sent the first batch of students to China for internships, and some of them became the first batch of foreign interns in the Palace Museum in China. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to President Levin and Yale University for their active efforts in promoting the exchanges between the Chinese and American peoples.
In order to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese and American youth and educational circles, I am pleased to announce that China has decided to invite 65,438+000 Yale University teachers and students to visit China this summer. I believe your visit will be a very pleasant experience.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before, and the new people in the world change the old people." Young people are the hope and future of the world. Young people have great vitality and endless creativity. I sincerely hope that the young people of China and the United States will join hands, enhance the friendship between the Chinese and American peoples with practical actions, and work with the people of other countries to create a better tomorrow for the world.
Thank you all. (End)
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