The relationship between our two countries has the potential to chart a brighter course, not just for our own nations and peoples, but indeed for the entire world. We are two of the world’s three largest economies, two of the world’s largest populations, two of the world’s largest militaries, the world’s largest consumers of energy and producers of carbon emissions. For these reasons and so many more, our respective priorities and policies have a global impact, and therefore we have a responsibility to ourselves and others to work as effectively as we can to meet the threats and seize the opportunities of the 21st century.

我們兩國之間的關系有潛力開辟一個更光明的前景，不僅造福于我們兩國和兩國人民，而且造福于整個世界。我們同在全球最大的三個經濟體之列，同在全世界人口最多的國家之列，軍隊規模在全世界數一數二，而且還是全球最大的兩個能源消耗國和碳排放國。出于上述原因及其它多種原因，我們各自的工作重點和政策會對全球產生影響，因此，我們肩負著對自己和他人的責任，必須竭盡全力有效地應對21世紀的威脅，并抓住21世紀的機遇。

As Tom said, we have begun a groundbreaking Strategic and Economic Dialogue between our two countries. This is an effort to seek new avenues for collaboration, to find solutions together to common problems we face. Secretary Geithner and I were honored to co-host the first round here in Washington a little over a month ago, and the results exceeded our expectations. This was the largest gathering ever of top leaders from our two countries. Most of my colleagues in the Cabinet met with their counterparts in the Chinese Government. We got to know each other better through hours spent in consultation and negotiations. We had very productive exchanges on issues ranging from the global economic crisis to climate change to poverty and disease to the security threats that confront us. And already, we are seeing the results of those meetings.

湯姆剛才提到，我們已經啟動了兩國間開拓性的戰略與經濟對話（Strategic and Economic Dialogue）。這一努力的宗旨是尋求新的合作途徑，并協力尋找解決我們共同面臨的種種問題的方法。一個多月前，蓋特納部長和我有幸在華盛頓共同主持了第一次對話，取得的成果超出了我們的預期。這是我們兩國高層領導人有史以來規模最大的一次集會。大多數本屆內閣成員都同中國政府的有關官員見面。通過長時間的磋商和談判，我們加深了對彼此的了解。我們就全球經濟危機、氣候變化、貧困和疾病以及我們所面臨的安全威脅等諸多議題卓有成效地交換了意見。而且，我們已經看到這些會談的成果。

President Obama and I believe we are entering a new era in China-U.S. relations. Building a strong relationship with China is a central goal of the Obama Administration and a personal priority of mine. We embraced the idea of an expanded dialogue with China early in the Administration because we wanted to build upon it as much as possible in the months and years ahead, to yield the most meaningful results and to build an even stronger foundation for future cooperation. I am very pleased that President Obama will be visiting China in November. We know that together we bear heavy responsibilities on our shoulders. We have to work to forge a new global architecture of cooperation. We have to deepen and broaden our partnership, mutual respect and shared responsibility.

奧巴馬總統和我都相信，我們正在步入一個中美關系的新紀元。同中國建立穩固的關系是奧巴馬政府的一個核心目標，也是我個人的一項工作重點。我們在本屆政府上任之初就提出同中國擴大對話，是因為我們希望在今后幾年盡可能鞏固這一對話，取得最有意義的成效，并為以后的合作奠定更加堅實的基礎。奧巴馬總統即將于11月訪問中國，我為此感到非常高興。我們知道，我們共同肩負著重大責任。我們必須為建立一個全球合作新框架而努力。我們必須加深并擴大我們的伙伴關系以及相互尊重和共同責任。