希拉里-中美战略与经济对话

Remarks at Plenary Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State

Washington, DC

July 27, 2009

希拉里·克林顿国务卿在美中战略与经济对话全体会议上发表的讲话

华盛顿哥伦比亚特区

2009年7月27日

Good morning. And Zhongxing Huanyin.

早上好。[用中文说]衷心欢迎。

It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China. I am especially pleased to join my co-chair, Secretary Geithner, and to welcome State Councilor Dai and Vice Premier Wang. I look forward to resuming the productive discussions I had with Councilor Dai, President Hu, and Premier Wen on my trip to China in February, and to build on President Obama and Pr esident Hu’s meeting in London.

十分荣幸能在美中两国之间的战略与经济对话首次会议开幕式上致辞。我特别高兴能与盖特纳（Geithner）部长共同主持会议，并欢迎王岐山副总理和戴秉国国务委员。我期待着继续我2月访华期间与戴秉国国务委员、胡锦涛主席和温家宝总理进行的富有成果的讨论，并在奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席伦敦会晤的基础上取得更多成果。

This is both a culmination, and a beginning. A culmination of actions taken by our predecessors 30 years ago, when the United States and China established formal diplomatic relations. What followed was a blossoming of Chinese economic growth and diplomatic engagement that has

allowed our nations to reach this place of opportunity today.

这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。作为结果，它源于我们的前任们30年前所采取的行动。那时，美中两国建立了正式外交关系，邓小平发起了中国的经济改革并实行对外开放。随之而来的是中国经济的蓬勃发展和使我们两国到达今天机遇之地的外交接触。

This dialogue also marks a beginning –the beginning of an unprecedented effort to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive U.S.-Chinese relationship for the 21st century.

这一对话也标志着一个开端——一个为建立21世纪积极、合作、全面的美中关系奠定基础而作出前所未有努力的开端。

That so many members of President Obama’s cabinet are here reflects our belief that a stronger relationship will yield rewards, not only for our two nations, but for the world beyond.

奥巴马总统内阁的众多阁员今天与会反映了我们的一个信念，即更牢固的美中关系不仅会使我们两国受益，而且会使整个世界受益。

For in the decades ahead, great countries will be defined less by their power to dominate or divide than by their capacity to solve problems. It is this reality – and the fact that no country can solve today’s challenges alone – that demands a new global architecture for progress.

因为在未来数十年内，伟大国家的特征将不是其控制和分割他国的力量，而是其解决问题的能力。正是这一现实——以及没有任何国家能单独应对今天面临的挑战这一事实——要求建立一个新的争取进步的全球架构。

Although past relations between the United States and China have been influenced by the idea of a balance of power among great nations, the fresh thinking of the 21st century can move us from

a multi-polar world to a multi-partner world. And it is our hope that the dialogue we initiate today will enable us to shape that common agenda.

尽管美国和中国以往的关系受到大国间权力平衡的观点的影响，但21世纪全新的思维能使我们从一个多极世界走向一个多伙伴世界。我们希望今天启动的对话将使我们能够确立这个共同议程。

Our nations face common global threats, from the economic crisis, to non-proliferation, climate change and clean energy, pandemic disease and global poverty, North Korea, Iran, and extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

我们两国面临着同样的全球性威胁，从经济危机到防扩散，从气候变化到清洁能源，从大规模流行性疾病到全球贫困，从北韩到伊朗，还有阿富汗和巴基斯坦的极端主义势力。

To meet these threats, we must find common ground and work together in common purpose, even as we may disagree on certain issues.

为了应对这些威胁，我们必须找到共同之处并向着共同目标一起努力，即使我们可能在某些问题上存在分歧。

As we’ll hear from the President later this morning, the Obama Administration is committed to broader engagement – to using robust diplomacy and development and working with and beyond government to solve regional and global problems.

今天上午我们将会听到总统阐明，奥巴马政府致力于更广泛的接触——利用有力的外交和发展手段，同政府及非政府人士合作解决区域性和全球性问题。

When I was in China in February, it was my first time back in almost a decade. And I was struck, as many visitors are, by the transformation that had taken place. Driving on the third ring road in