Though such generalized way of ranking cannot be an accurate reflection of the complex positions and circumstances of different countries. Yet this discussion can reflect the general thinking of the Chinese people. Are we right， and is the world wrong? There are clearly facts to support both arguments.

多年前，鄧小平在介紹中國的時候，曾經用“既大又小、既強又弱”的表述來說明中國的特點。今天的中國仍然如此。外界往往看到中國大和強的一面，而在國內，我們對國家存在的弱點和面臨的挑戰看得更清楚一些。

Many years ago, when Mr. Deng Xiaoping was summarizing about China with an international visitor, he said, China was both “big and small, strong and weak”. This still remains true of today’s China. People outside China seem tend to see the big and strong aspects of China, while inside China, we are more aware of its weaknesses and challenges.

我可以用一組中英對比數字來說明一下中國的獨特的國情。

Let I compare some statistics about China and UK to illustrate the two dimensions of China.

在GDP總量上，中國2008年躍居為世界第三，并且將很快上升到第二位，而英國則降到了世界第6位。但在人均GDP上，中國只有3000多美元，排第104位，英國大約46，000美元，是中國的15倍，排名第20位。這意味著英國民眾的生活水平比中國高得多。

-- China’s GDP has ascended to the 3rd place in the world in 2008, and is expected to rise to No 2 in the near future. UK’s ranking came down to No 6. However, in per capita terms, China has only 3,000US$, its world ranking is No 104 while UK has about 46,000US$, 15 times higher, ranking 20th. This means, UK citizens have a much higher living standard.

中國在商品貿易上是世界第三大貿易國，英國排第8位。但在服務貿易上，英國排名世界第二，而中國的服務業剛剛起步。

-- In terms of trade, China is the third largest in the world, UK is No. 8. However, UK services trade is No 2 in the world and China is just developing the services sector.

到今年3月底，中國的外匯儲備是英國的30倍。全球市值最大的10家銀行中，中國占4家，英國1家，中國工商銀行的市值可以買兩個匯豐還要多一些。但是，倫敦是世界金融中心，擁有550家跨國銀行和170家國際證券公司，歐洲排名前500位的大公司中，100家總部落戶倫敦。

-- By the end of March, China’s foreign currency reserves are 30 times that of UK. Among the 10 biggest banks in the world, 4 are from China and 1 is from UK. The market value of ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) can buy two HSBCs and still with a bit of surplus. However, London is a global financial center with about 550 foreign banks and 170 international securities firms. Among the top 500 companies in Europe, 100 set their headquarters in London.

英國早就進入后工業化社會，城鎮人口占總人數的90%，而中國還處在工業化、城鎮化的早期，60%的人口是農民。在中國還有1.35億人每天生活費不足1美元。

UK is in a post industrial society and urban residents take up 90% of the population. China is in the early phase of industrialization and urbanization. 60% of the population is rural residents. And 135 million people still live under a dollar a day.