Both sides believe that China and the United States, as the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, should continue to work together to promote peace and security in the world and the Asia Pacific in particular, to ease and eliminate all kinds of tensions and to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to strengthen the efforts in protecting the environment, combating international crime, drug trafficking, and international terrorism. Our two sides have agreed to further step up cooperation and the dialogue between the two sides in many areas has made important progress. President Clinton and I have decided that China and the United States will not target the strategic nuclear weapons under their respective control at each other. This demonstrates to the entire world that China and the United States are partners, not adversaries. I hereby wish to reiterate that since the very first day when China came into possession of nuclear weapons, China has undertaken not to be the first to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

我和克林頓總統(tǒng)就進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)中美的雙邊關(guān)系、各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的交流與合作達(dá)成了廣泛共識(shí)。我們同意采取積極的步驟，促進(jìn)中美互利經(jīng)貿(mào)合作關(guān)系的發(fā)展，擴(kuò)大兩國(guó)在能源、環(huán)境、科學(xué)、教育、文化、衛(wèi)生、法律和軍事等領(lǐng)域的交流與合作，加強(qiáng)中美在裁軍、軍控和防擴(kuò)散問(wèn)題上的磋商與合作，并就生物武器公約協(xié)議書(shū)、殺傷人員地雷問(wèn)題、以及南亞地區(qū)問(wèn)題發(fā)表了聯(lián)合聲明。

President Clinton and I have reached a broad range of agreements and consensus on further increasing exchanges in cooperation between China and the United States in all areas in our bilateral relations. We have agreed to take positive steps to promote the growth of the mutually beneficial economic cooperation and trade between China and the United States and to expand the exchanges and the cooperation between the two countries in the energy, environment, scientific, educational, cultural, health, legal, and the military fields. We have also agreed to enhance the consultations and the cooperation between China and the United States on the issues of disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation. And we have issued joint statements on the BWC protocol on the question of the antipersonnel land mines and that of the South Asia.

臺(tái)灣問(wèn)題是中美關(guān)系中最主要、最敏感的核心問(wèn)題。我們希望美方恪守中美雙方三個(gè)聯(lián)合公報(bào)和中美聯(lián)合生命的原則及有關(guān)承諾，以促進(jìn)中美關(guān)系的順利發(fā)展。

The Taiwan question is the most important and the most sensitive issue at the core of China-U.S. relations. We hope that the U.S. side will adhere to the principle set forth in the three China-U.S. joint communiqués and the joint China-U.S. statement, as well as the relevant commitments it has made in the interest of a smooth growth of China-U.S. relations.

中美關(guān)系的改善和發(fā)展來(lái)之不易，是兩國(guó)政府和人民共同努力的結(jié)果，我們應(yīng)該倍加珍惜。中美兩國(guó)的社會(huì)制度、意識(shí)形態(tài)、價(jià)值觀念和文化傳統(tǒng)不同，在一些問(wèn)題上存在不同的看法和分歧，但這不應(yīng)該成為發(fā)展中美關(guān)系的障礙。世界是豐富多彩的，各國(guó)的發(fā)展道路應(yīng)該由各國(guó)人民自己來(lái)選擇。

The improvement and the growth of China-U.S. relations have not come by easily. It is the result of the concerted efforts of the governments and people of our two countries. So we should all the more treasure this good result. As China and the United States have different social systems, ideologies, values, and cultural traditions, we have some difference of views on certain issues. However, they should not become the obstacles in the way of the growth of China-U.S. relations. The world is a colorful one. The development path of the countries in the world should be chosen by the people of the countries concerned.

中美雙方應(yīng)該從戰(zhàn)略的高度和長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的角度來(lái)審視和處理我們兩國(guó)的關(guān)系。我們應(yīng)該本著相互尊重、平等互利、求同存異、發(fā)展合作的精神，推進(jìn)中美關(guān)系。我相信，通過(guò)我們雙方的共同努力，我們將朝著建立面向二十一世紀(jì)中美建設(shè)性戰(zhàn)略伙伴關(guān)系的方向不斷前進(jìn)。

China and the United States should view and handle the bilateral relations from a long-term and strategic perspective. We should promote the growth of China-U.S. relations in the spirit of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit, seeking common ground while putting aside difference, and developing cooperation. I believe that through the concerted efforts of both sides, we will make constant progress in the direction of building a constructive, strategic partnership between China and the United States oriented towards the 21st century.