Fourth, actively encourage innovation and upgrading in science and technology. We are speeding up the implementation of the National Program for Medium- and Long-Term Scientific and Technological Development with a special focus on 16 key projects in order to make breakthroughs in core technologies and key generic technologies. This will provide scientific and technological support for China's sustainable economic development at a higher level. We are developing high-tech industrial clusters and creating new social demand and new economic growth areas.

四是大力度推進(jìn)科技創(chuàng)新和技術(shù)改造。加快實施國家中長期科學(xué)和技術(shù)發(fā)展規(guī)劃，特別是16個重大專項，突破一批核心技術(shù)和關(guān)鍵共性技術(shù)，為中國經(jīng)濟(jì)在更高水平上實現(xiàn)可持續(xù)發(fā)展提供科技支撐。推動發(fā)展高新技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)群，創(chuàng)造新的社會需求，培育新的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長點。

Fifth, substantially raise the level of social security. We have accelerated the improvement of social safety net. We will continue to increase basic pension for enterprise retirees and upgrade the standard of unemployment insurance and workers' compensation. We will raise the level of basic cost of living allowances in both urban and rural areas, welfare allowances for those rural residents without family support and the special allowances and assistance to entitled groups. This year, the central budget for social security and employment will increase at a much higher rate than the growth of the overall fiscal revenue.

五是大幅度提高社會保障水平。我們加快完善社會保障體系，繼續(xù)提高企業(yè)退休人員基本養(yǎng)老金，提高失業(yè)保險金和工傷保險金的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，提高城鄉(xiāng)低保、農(nóng)村五保等保障水平，提高優(yōu)撫對象撫恤和生活補助標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。今年，中央財政用于社會保障和就業(yè)的資金投入增幅將大大高于財政收入的增幅。

We are advancing the reform of the medical and health system and working to put in place a nationwide basic medical and health system covering both urban and rural areas within three years and achieve the goal of everyone having access to basic medical and health service. It is estimated that governments at all levels will invest RMB 850 billion for this purpose. We give priority to education and are now working on the Guidelines of the National Program for Medium- and Long-Term Educational Reform and Development.

我們積極推進(jìn)醫(yī)藥衛(wèi)生體制改革，力爭用三年時間基本建成覆蓋全國城鄉(xiāng)的基本醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生制度，初步實現(xiàn)人人享有基本醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)，預(yù)計三年內(nèi)各級政府將為此投入8500億元。我們堅持優(yōu)先發(fā)展教育，正在制度國家中長期教育改革和規(guī)劃發(fā)展綱要。

This year, we will increase public funds for compulsory education in rural areas, offer more financial support to students from poor families and improve the well-being of middle and primary school teachers so as to promote equity in education and optimize the educational structure. We are using every possible means to lessen the impact of the financial crisis on employment.

今年將進(jìn)一步提高農(nóng)村義務(wù)教育公用經(jīng)費標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，加大對家庭經(jīng)濟(jì)困難學(xué)生的資助，提高中小學(xué)教師待遇，繼續(xù)促進(jìn)教育公平和優(yōu)化教育結(jié)構(gòu)。我們實施更加積極的就業(yè)政策。特別是出臺了大學(xué)畢業(yè)生和農(nóng)民工就業(yè)的各項措施，進(jìn)一步開辟公益性就業(yè)崗位，千方百計減緩金融危機對就業(yè)的影響。

We are following a more active employment policy. In particular, we have introduced various policy measures to help college graduates and migrant workers find jobs and provided more government-funded jobs in public service. These major policy measures as a whole target both symptoms and root causes, and address both immediate and long-term concerns. They represent a holistic approach and are mutually reinforcing. They are designed to address the need to boost domestic demand, readjust and reinvigorate industries, encourage scientific innovation and strengthen social security. They are designed to stimulate consumption through increased investment, overcome the current difficulties with long-term development in mind, and promote economic growth in the interest of people's livelihood. These measures can mobilize all resources to meet the current crisis.

總的看，這些重大政策措施，注重標(biāo)本兼治、遠(yuǎn)近結(jié)合、綜合協(xié)調(diào)、相互促進(jìn)，把擴(kuò)大國內(nèi)需求、調(diào)整振興產(chǎn)業(yè)、推進(jìn)科技創(chuàng)新、加強社會保障結(jié)合起來，把增加投資和刺激消費結(jié)合起來，把克服當(dāng)前困難和促進(jìn)長遠(yuǎn)發(fā)展結(jié)合起來，把拉動經(jīng)濟(jì)增長和改善民生結(jié)合起來，對于動員全社會力量共同應(yīng)對危機，起到了關(guān)鍵性作用。

China's economy is in good shape on the whole. We managed to maintain steady and relatively fast economic growth in 2008 despite two unexpected massive natural disasters. Our GDP grew by 9 percent. CPI was basically stable. We had a good grain harvest for the fifth consecutive year, with a total output of 528.5 million tons. Eleven million and one hundred and thirty thousand new jobs were created in cities and towns. Household income in both urban and rural areas continued to rise. The financial system functioned well and the banking system kept its liquidity and credit asset quality at a healthy level. When China, a large developing country, runs its affairs well, it can help restore confidence in global economic growth and curb the spread of the international financial crisis. It will also help increase China's imports and outbound investment, boost world economic growth and create more development and job opportunities for other countries. Steady and fast growth of China's economy is in itself an important contribution to global financial stability and world economic growth.

當(dāng)前中國經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢總體上是好的。經(jīng)過努力，在戰(zhàn)勝兩場突如其來的特大自然災(zāi)害的同時，2008年中國經(jīng)濟(jì)保持了平穩(wěn)較快發(fā)展。國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值增長9%，居民消費價格基本穩(wěn)定；糧食連續(xù)5年豐收，總產(chǎn)量達(dá)到5.28億噸；城鎮(zhèn)新增就業(yè)1113萬人，城鄉(xiāng)居民收入持續(xù)增加；金融體系穩(wěn)健運行，銀行體系流動性和信貸資產(chǎn)質(zhì)量保持在較好水平。作為一個發(fā)展中大國，中國把自己的事情辦好，有利于提振對世界經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的信心，有利于減緩國際金融危機擴(kuò)散蔓延趨勢，有利于增加中國的進(jìn)口和對外投資，拉動世界經(jīng)濟(jì)增長，給其他國家提供更多發(fā)展機遇和就業(yè)機會。中國經(jīng)濟(jì)保持平穩(wěn)較快發(fā)展，對維護(hù)國際金融穩(wěn)定和促進(jìn)世界經(jīng)濟(jì)增長作出了重要貢獻(xiàn)。

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Will China's economy continue to grow fast and steadily? Some people may have doubts about it. Yet I can give you a definite answer: Yes, it will. We are full of confidence. Where does our confidence come from? It comes from the fact that the fundamentals of China's economy remain unchanged. Thanks to our right judgment of the situation and prompt and decisive adjustment to our macroeconomic policy, our economy remains on the track of steady and fast development. Our package plan takes into consideration both the need to address current difficulties and that of long-term development. It is beginning to produce results and will be more effective this year. Our confidence comes from the fact that the long-term trend of China's economic development remains unchanged.

女士們，先生們：

中國經(jīng)濟(jì)能不能繼續(xù)保持平穩(wěn)較快發(fā)展？有些人可能會有疑慮。我可以給大家一個肯定的回答：我們對此充滿信心。我們的信心來自哪里？

信心來自中國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的基本面沒有改變。由于我們正確判斷形勢、及時果斷調(diào)整宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)政策，中國經(jīng)濟(jì)仍然保持了平穩(wěn)較快發(fā)展。我們制定并實施的既應(yīng)對當(dāng)前困難又著眼長遠(yuǎn)發(fā)展的一攬子計劃，開始見到效果，今年將發(fā)揮更大作用。

We are in an important period of strategic opportunities and in the process of fast industrialization and urbanization. Infrastructure construction, upgrading of industrial and consumption structures, environmental protection and conservation projects, and various social development programs--all can be translated into huge demand and growth potential and will bolster relatively high-speed growth of our economy for a long time to come. Our confidence also comes from the fact that the advantages contributing to China's economic growth remain unchanged. With 30 years' of reform and opening-up, we have laid a good material, technological and institutional foundation.

We have a large well-trained and relatively low-cost labor force. We have a healthy fiscal balance, a sound financial system and adequate funds. Our system enables us to mobilize the necessary resources for big undertakings. There is harmony and stability in our society. What is more important, we follow a scientific approach to development which puts people first and seeks comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development. We are committed to reform, opening-up and win-win progress. We have found the right development path in line with China's national conditions and the trend of our times. Our people are hard-working, persevering and resilient. It is precisely these fine qualities that endow China, a country with a time-honored history, with greater vitality in the face of adversities.

信心來自中國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的長期趨勢沒有改變。我們?nèi)蕴幱谥匾獞?zhàn)略機遇期，在工業(yè)化和城鎮(zhèn)化快速推進(jìn)中，基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)、產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)和消費結(jié)構(gòu)升級、環(huán)境保護(hù)和生態(tài)建設(shè)、社會事業(yè)發(fā)展，蘊藏著巨大的需求和增長潛力，它將有力支撐中國經(jīng)濟(jì)在較長時間內(nèi)繼續(xù)保持較高速度增長。

信心來自中國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的優(yōu)勢沒有改變。經(jīng)過30年改革開放，我們建立了良好的物質(zhì)、技術(shù)和體制基礎(chǔ)。勞動力資源豐富、素質(zhì)較高、成本較低；國家財政收支狀況良好，金融體系穩(wěn)健，社會資金充裕；我們有集中力量辦大事的制度優(yōu)勢、和諧安定的社會環(huán)境。更為重要的是，我們樹立了以人為本、全面協(xié)調(diào)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的科學(xué)發(fā)展理念，始終堅持改革開放，始終奉行互利共贏的開放戰(zhàn)略，找到了一條符合中國國情、順應(yīng)時代潮流的正確發(fā)展道路；我們的人民擁有堅韌不拔、自強不息、百折不撓的精神和意志，正是這些優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)，使歷史悠久的中國在逆境中煥發(fā)更加強勁的生命力。

At the same time, there is no fundamental change in the external environment for China's economic growth. The pursuit of peace, development and cooperation is the irreversible trend in today's world. The readjustment to the international division of labor offers new opportunities. We have the confidence, conditions and ability to maintain steady and fast economic growth and continue to contribute to world economic growth.

同時，中國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的外部環(huán)境沒有根本改變，求和平、謀發(fā)展、促合作是當(dāng)今世界發(fā)展不可阻擋的潮流，國際分工格局調(diào)整中蘊藏著新的機遇。我們完全有信心、有條件、有能力繼續(xù)保持經(jīng)濟(jì)平穩(wěn)較快發(fā)展，繼續(xù)為世界經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展做出積極貢獻(xiàn)。

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The global financial crisis is a challenge for the whole world. Confidence, cooperation and responsibility are key to overcoming the crisis. Confidence is the source of strength. The power of confidence is far greater than what can be imagined. The pressing task for the international community and individual countries is to take further measures to restore market confidence as soon as possible. In times of economic hardships, confidence of all countries in the prospect of global economic development, confidence of leaders and people around the world in their countries, confidence of enterprises in investment and confidence of individuals in consumption are more important than anything else. In tackling the crisis, practical cooperation is the effective way.

女士們，先生們：

國際金融危機是一場全球性的挑戰(zhàn)，戰(zhàn)勝這場危機要靠信心、合作和責(zé)任。堅定信心是戰(zhàn)勝危機的力量源泉。信念的力量，遠(yuǎn)比想象的更為強大。國際社會和各國當(dāng)務(wù)之急，是繼續(xù)采取一切必要的措施，盡快恢復(fù)市場信心。在經(jīng)濟(jì)困難面前，各國對世界經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的前景有信心，國家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人和各國人民對自己的國家有信心，企業(yè)對投資有信心，個人對消費有信心，這比什么都重要。務(wù)實合作是戰(zhàn)勝危機的有效途徑。

In a world of economic globalization, countries are tied together in their destinies and can hardly be separated from one another. The financial crisis is a test of the readiness of the international community to enhance cooperation, and a test of our wisdom. Only with closer cooperation and mutual help, can we successfully manage the crisis. To prevail over the crisis, accepting responsibilities is the prerequisite. When governments fulfill their responsibilities with resolution and courage, they can help maintain a stable financial order and prevent the crisis from causing more serious damage on the real economy. Political leaders must be forward-looking. They should be responsible to the entire international community as well as to their own countries and people.

在經(jīng)濟(jì)全球化條件下，大家的命運已經(jīng)聯(lián)系在一起，誰也離不開誰。金融危機檢驗著國際社會加強合作的誠意和水平，考驗著我們的智慧。只有加強合作，攜手努力，同舟共濟(jì)，才能有效應(yīng)對危機。承擔(dān)責(zé)任是戰(zhàn)勝危機不可或缺的重要基礎(chǔ)。各國政府堅定、勇敢、負(fù)責(zé)地承擔(dān)起責(zé)任，對于穩(wěn)定金融秩序、防止危機對實體經(jīng)濟(jì)影響加深，十分重要。政治家要有遠(yuǎn)見卓識，既要對自己的國家和人民負(fù)責(zé)，也要對國際社會負(fù)責(zé)。

It is imperative that we implement the broad agreement reached since the G20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy. We should not only take more forceful and effective steps to tide over the current difficulties, but also push for the establishment of a new world economic order that is just, equitable, sound and stable. To this end, I would like to share with you the following ideas.

當(dāng)前，應(yīng)當(dāng)抓緊落實20國集團(tuán)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金融市場和世界經(jīng)濟(jì)峰會以來達(dá)成的廣泛共識，不僅要采取更加積極有效的措施渡過當(dāng)前難關(guān)，而且要努力推動建立公正、合理、健康、穩(wěn)定的世界經(jīng)濟(jì)新秩序。為此，我提出以下意見。