Business Council
商务委员会
By the Deputy Prime Minister,UK
---英国副总理
I have a great interest in China. It is a fascinating and beautiful country,
我对中国很感兴趣，这是一个很有意思很漂亮的国度。
I have visited China almost every year since the Labour Government came to power in 1997. And I have met many of your senior politicians including President Hu Jintao——who I have had the pleasure of meeting in both London and Beijing.
自从工人党1997年执政之后我几乎每年都会拜访中国，我也拜见国归国多名政界人士，包括胡锦涛---我很高兴与他在伦敦和北京都会过面。
Of course it is right that the UK sets great store by its relationship with China. China is:
英国与中国的关系和谐是明智之举，中国是:
•a rapidly developing global power,
•快速发展的全球力量
•a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council, and
•联合国安理会的永久成员
•a member of the WTO.
•世贸组织的成员
According to Chinese government statistics, its economy grew by nearly 10% year on year during the first quarter of this year—making it the world's fastest growing economy. This builds on over two decades of double-digit growth. No other country I received more Foreign Direct Investment last year. Some forecasters even predict that China could be the second largest economy in the world by 2030. Crucially that will mean keeping up the momentum of structural economic reform.
根据中国政府数据，今年第一季度经济增长10%---经济发展速度为世界之最，这是基于20年来的双位数增长。去年其他没有一个国家比中国得到的外商直接投资要多。有些预言家甚至推测中国在2030年有可能成为世界第二大经济体，这将意味着要保持结构性经济改革的动力。
This conference is about facing the future- The inventor Charles Kettering said, "My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there." When we look at what the future holds for China, it is difficult to make any hard and fast predictions.
这次会议事关未来。发明家查尔斯.凯特说：“我致力于着眼未来因为那是我剩余的生命。”当我们看到中国的未来时，很难做出铁板钉钉的决定。
The unpredictability of events is shown for example by the present crisis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- Economists have forecast that SARS will knock between 0.5% and 2% off economic growth in China this year, but even taking the worst-case scenario, this would still mean growth of 5%.
不可预言的事件体现在非典型肺炎的危机上。科学家已预言SARS将会削弱中国0.5%至2%的经济增长，不过即使做最坏打算，也会有5%的增长。
Even that level of growth, however, leaves huge challenges for China's economic and social development China Faces serions deflationary pressures. It has to reform ailing state-owned industries. It faces challenges in the financial sector to reduce the high level of bad debt.
不过即使是这样水平的增长，中国经济和社会增长仍然面临着巨大的挑战。中国面临着严重的通货紧缩压力，中国必须改革国有企业，中国还面临着经济领域降低高坏账率的挑战。
The problems of rural-urban migration and the closure of state industries mean that China has to create some 100-200 million new jobs over the next 10 years.
城乡移民问题和国有企业的倒闭意味着中国在未来10年中要创造一千到两千万的岗位。
There is a growing gap between rural and urban incomes, which are now wider than at any time in China's recent history.
中国现在的城乡收入差距是近年来最大的。
And there is also a wealth gap between the rich urban seaboard and the poor agricultural west. All of these are huge challenges.
而且富庶的东部沿海地区和贫穷的西部农业区差距，这些都是巨大的挑战。
And the challenges are not just economic. There are political and social challenges too, China's political system will need to adapt to reflect the dramatic economic and social developments that China has experienced over the last two decades.
挑战还不仅仅是经济方面的，还有政治和社会的挑战。中国的政治系统需要调整以反映过去20年来中国经济和社会的巨大变化。
The risks and challenges associated with China's growth have a regional and wider international impact China's Asian neighbours are already feeling the impact of a highly competitive China on their own trade and investment flows.
伴随中国增长的风险和挑战更有局部广泛的国际影响。中国的亚洲邻居已经感觉到中国的强大竞争力对其贸易和投资流的影响。
The UK wishes to work with China to ensure that its economic growth is sustainable. Sustainable growth is the aim of our economic policies at home.
英国希望与中国合作以确保中国经济增长的稳定性。稳定的增长是我们经济政策的目标。
We have seen the longest period of sustained low and stable inflation since the 1960s. Interest rates, at 3.75%, are at their lowest levels since 1955.
我们从20世纪60年代开始就保持着为期最长的持续低稳定通货膨胀，3.75%的利率从1955年开始就是最低的。
Employment is at record levels—27, 8 million—with over 1.4 million jobs created since 1997. We remain a world leader in the delivery of services. And as the Chinese market diversifies away from heavy manufacturing UK companies stand well placed to develop new business. Our finance and insurance firms can take advantage of increasing liberalisation in these sectors.
就业率的水平是2780万---从1997年开始创造了140万岗位。我们在服务传递方面一直是领头者。中国市场逐渐远离重工业生产，英国公司在发展新产业方面具有优势。我们的理财公司和保险公司在增加这些领域自由化方面能占取优势。
Another area of opportunity is in telecommunications. Cellular phone penetration is now 11 % in China and it is already the biggest mobile market in the world.
有机遇的另一行业是电信业。中国现在的电话覆盖率是11%，已经是世界上最大的移动市场。
Britain is the EU's largest investor in China. We need to broaden this cooperation, particularly with China's non-state sector.
英国是欧盟在中国的最大投资者，我们需要拓宽合作，尤其是中国的非国有领域。
Most importantly of all, Chinas accession to the WTO in November 2001 —which the UK fully supported—marked the opening up of new opportunities for British business and the chance to compete more fairly in a huge market place.
最重要的是，中国在2001年进入WTO---英国全力支持---为英国商业打开了新机遇和在大市场中更公平竞争的机会。
We want to encourage China's closer integration into the international system, including economic, financial and trade structures.
我们希望鼓励中国紧密融入国际体系，包括经济，财政和贸易结构。
We also welcome China's involvement in global challenges such as the proliferation weapons of mass destruction, the environment, drugs, terrorism and AIDS.
我们还热烈欢迎中国积极参与到大规模杀伤性武器扩散，环境，毒品，恐怖主义和艾滋病的全球挑战中来。
As a fellow member of the Permanent Five of the UN Security Council we have already greatly valued China's cooperation on issues such as the war against terrorism, The bilateral relationship is in good shape.
作为联合国安理会的五名常任成员之一，我们对中国在反恐怖主义战争中的合作给予了极高评价。双边关系处于良好形态。
We also want to ensure that the rising generation of decision-makers and young professionals in China have an accurate, up-to-date image of Britain and gain a better understanding of the relevance of the UK to their own lives.
我们还想确保中国新起的决策层一代和年轻专家们能够对英国有一个精确的，最新的认识，对英国关乎他们的生活有一个更好的了解。
To this end we are planning a series of high-profile events later this year across China to illustrate creativity and innovation in modem Britain.
在接近尾声之际，我们计划了一系列中国今年备受瞩目的事件以阐述现代英国的创造性和创新。
I want to thank the China Britain Business Council for putting on this conference and wish them well The Prime Minister and I are very appreciative of the role played by the CBBC and the high regard in which it is held in China.
在此我要感谢中英商业理事会举办这次会议并祝好。首相和我很欣慰英中贸易协会的角色以及在中国受到的重视。
US academic John Richardson Jr. said, "When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen and those who wondered what happened."
美国学术家约翰.理查德逊说：“放眼未来，有三种人：让事情发生的人，使事情发生的人和好奇发生了什么的人。”
I know you will join us in being among those who make it happen.
我相信你们会我们一起成为使事情发生的人。
Thank you.
谢谢大家。