We all know that part of history. It indicates your patriotism, your perseverance and your character. The Chinese people are all grateful to you because you made outstanding contributions to our country's scientific and technological cause and national defense. ... Now, like in the 1950s, we are mapping out the development plan for a new round, and have set the key fields and key technologies, and also more than ten significant special programs. |
We are a people's government. We should show a high degree of responsibility to the people, ... We cannot allow even a single person not to have water. |
We are both of the view that the further strengthening and improvement of China-U.S. relations not only serves the interest of our two peoples, but is also conducive to peace and stability in the whole world, |
We both believe the China-U.S. bilateral relationship is the most important state-to-state relationship in our world. |
We can also cooperate to resolve global issues such as the UN reform, Millennium Development Goals, WTO talks, poverty relief in Africa and world economy, |
We have conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, and we will surely conquer the bird flu virus, |
We have demonstrated our utmost sincerity, and we are very much ready to increase our imports from your country, |
We launched the strategic security consultation mechanism, approved the supplementary agreement on the Sino-Russia eastern border, issued the China-Russia Joint Declaration on the World Order in the 21st Century, held a joint military exercise and witnessed fast growth of trade and economic ties. |
We must base ourselves upon expanding domestic demand, a long-term strategic policy that we must stick to, |
We must change the function of government. We must build up a government with regulated behavior and harmonious operations -- and which is fair, transparent, clean and efficient. |
We must detect [SARS cases] at the early stage, give out speedy reports, quarantine [patients] early, and accomplish speedy treatment, |
we must have an advance warning and crisis management system on urban violence that is as effective as the one against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. |
We must maintain our flesh-and-blood relations with the people, ... We must always bear in mind their safety and well-being. |
We must never let people drink polluted water. |
We must take more direct and effective policies ... to strengthen, support and protect agriculture and increase rural incomes in line with the needs to balance urban and rural development, |