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So we've all heard stories about entrepreneurs, whether they're Chinese or American. And the environment that produced the success stories all seem to have four basic things in common: One, they encourage free thinking; Two, there is easy access to information and capital; Three, they welcome collaboration; Four, they tolerate failure. Perhaps the best example of that sort of innovation is the internet, which is one of the greatest magnets for entrepreneurs we've ever seen. In the United States, some economists estimate the internet has created over a million jobs in the past decade and generates at least 300 billion dollars for the U.S. economy every single year. The internet is transforming the way we live and the way we think. It embodies the central tenets of an innovative society- it is full of free thinkers and nonconformists, and it is by definition a network that is sustained by collaborative work. So, it should come as no surprise that today's Internet is creating a massive new generation of innovation.
我覺得企業(yè)創(chuàng)業(yè)精神是很重要的，不管是中國美國人都一樣的，需要四個基本的素質(zhì)，首先他們是開放的思路，第二很快得到資金和信息，第三歡迎合作，第四他們?nèi)顺惺苁。苍S最好的創(chuàng)新例子就是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，我想這也是我們今天在慶祝企業(yè)家精神的一個最好的平臺，因為它像磁石一樣吸引了那么多的創(chuàng)業(yè)者，在美國也為美國的經(jīng)濟帶來了每年三千億美金的一個金錢，我們的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)其實就駐扎在一個創(chuàng)新的社區(qū)，它確實也是鼓勵開放的理念，它其實也是通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)來鼓勵合作，所以毫不驚奇，目前互聯(lián)網(wǎng)創(chuàng)造了一個巨大的、很大的新一代的創(chuàng)新者。
President Obama put it best when he spoke about this last year in Shanghai. He said the more freely information flows, the stronger society becomes. It generates new ideas and encourages creativity. He also acknowledged that he doesn't always like what he reads on the internet. Obviously no one likes to hear criticism. It’s the same thing at the Embassy where I work. We read the Chinese blogs sometimes, and trust me, not all of them are happy supporters of U.S. policy! But the internet lets our businesses find new markets. It lets our citizens keep track of their leaders and our leaders stay in touch with their constituents. I know from experience it helps my very own daughter who comes from China and is now part of our family. She isn't old enough to drive a car but seems able to navigate through endless amounts of information while speaking simultaneously with friends on different continents, and even in different languages!
我們的奧巴馬總統(tǒng)去年在上海曾經(jīng)說過，他說要鼓勵更通暢的信息流，信息流越通暢，這個社會就越強大，我們同時還要鼓勵創(chuàng)造力，他很喜歡在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上閱讀，我想在大使館也一樣，我也一樣，我們有的時候也會讀中文的博客，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)讓我們的業(yè)務(wù)找到了新市場，我們的公民能夠跟從他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能夠跟從他們的知識群體所想得是什么，我也能夠跟蹤我的女兒在中國的動向，她叫楊樂意，她現(xiàn)在很年輕，還不能開車，我可以知道，在不同大洲的朋友們在做什么，即使我們說的語言不同。
The internet also lets us connect on the two issues I think will define whether our economies succeed in the next quarter century- health care and clean energy. Access to information on these two subjects in real time means we will find innovative ways to enhance the quality of life of our citizens and grow our economies in ways we can only begin to fathom today. So we have made clear, we believe freedom of information benefits everyone throughout the world and the internet is vital in this regard. There is something else we believe and that is promoting the business values that helped create the internet, and that means protecting ideas, innovation, creativity, and intellectual property. You can’t have the internet without computers, and there's no way Apple or the great Chinese company Lenovo could operate if everyone ripped off their technology. That sort of innovation is only possible when you have a legal system that ensures rewards for the risk taking and the creativity that naturally follows. It's not complicated: Companies won't invest in markets, whether in the United States, China, or anywhere else, if they know their ideas will somehow be compromised. Companies won't work together if they think their innovations will find a way out the back door. And listen, we see it every day, all of us, and everywhere. I know, even on the streets of New York I've been offered fake Rolex watches. In fact, just a few days ago somebody tried to offer me, as I was on my bicycle, a bootleg DVDs outside a mall in Beijing. Poor guy, I literally had to tell him, of all the people you try to sell this to, I really think selling bootlegged products to the U.S. Ambassador to China isn't a great business model and I think he agreed totally.
通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)我覺得我們能夠有兩大因素來決定我們的社會的成功，在未來20年是否成功一個是保健醫(yī)療，一個是能源，我們都必須經(jīng)過這個創(chuàng)新的方法來提高我們的生活品質(zhì)，提高我們公民的生活品質(zhì)，能夠促進經(jīng)濟建設(shè)，我們必須要很清楚的知道，信息可以讓全球每個人獲益，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)在這當中扮演了無法替代的角色，還有其他我們堅信的就是我們必須要創(chuàng)意商業(yè)的價值。這個就是知識產(chǎn)權(quán)，沒有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)會怎么樣，所以呢，蘋果或者是中國的聯(lián)想，如果他們的技術(shù)被偷走得話，會怎么樣，如果沒有知識產(chǎn)權(quán)的保護，所以我們必須要有一個法律的系統(tǒng)來保護創(chuàng)新，公司互相之間也不會進行合作了，如果他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們一些創(chuàng)意會被偷走的話，他們也不愿意跟合作伙伴一起工作了，我想到處都是這樣的，既使是在紐約的大街上也是一樣的，有人向我賣假的勞力士的手表，幾天前我在騎自行車的時候，有人想賣給我盜版的DVD，當時我告訴他們，我想你賣給誰都行，但是如果你想把美國的盜版電影賣給我一個美國的大使這可不合適。
