在卡伦湖捕鱼节文化论坛上的讲话

第一篇：在卡伦湖捕鱼节文化论坛上的讲话

在卡伦湖捕鱼节文化论坛上的讲话

杨 屹 巍（2013年1月8日）

各位领导、同志们：

今天，我们在这里隆重举行卡伦湖捕鱼节文化论坛。四平市及公主岭市的文化名人齐聚优美的卡伦湖，我代表黑林子镇委镇政府对各位的光临表示衷心的感谢和热烈的欢迎。

卡伦湖位于公主岭市黑林子境内，建在东辽河支流卡伦河上游，距市区17公里，是四平地区最大的国管中型水库，始建于1958年，设计灌溉水田面积2200公顷，养鱼水面800公顷，设计标准为百年一迂洪水标准，总库容5450万立方米。

水库有50年的大库养鱼经历，湖内有野生胖头鱼、白鲢鱼、鲤鱼等不同种类的绿色野生鱼，以口感好、内质鲜美而驰名。

2012年新一届黑林子镇党委政府组成以来，以市委十二次会议精神为指针，适时推进了“抓住一个重点，突出两条主线，坚持三化统筹，以资源优势，促进旅游产业发展不断打造生产性、生活性服务业集聚区快速发展的工作思路，这次由黑林子商会组织的捕鱼节，也是贯彻这一工作思路的重要举措。

这次捕鱼节的宗旨是通过一系列活动，展示卡伦湖冬捕奇观，打造黑林子镇生态旅游精品，是把黑林子镇建设成为岭城后花园的重要组织部分，本次捕鱼节的目的是以渔业经济发展助推黑林子经济的快速发展，本次文化论坛以民俗的挖掘保护和利用为主题，目的是以民俗为依托，开发新兴的文化产业，提升捕鱼节的品位，丰富捕鱼节的内涵。

本次捕鱼节，由文化论坛、开幕式，冰上捕鱼，冰上娱乐等活动组成，内容丰富、但节俭高效。

最后，祝卡伦湖捕鱼节文化论坛取得圆满成功。祝各位文人名家在捕鱼节期间开心快乐！谢谢大家！

第二篇：在建党节上优秀党员讲话

建党九十周年表彰大会优秀党员代表

发言稿

绵阳一中罗恩阳

涪江扬波涛声歌声声声歌盛世，绵州叠翠党心民心心心颂党恩。

尊敬的各位领导、亲爱的同志们：大家好！

七月，闪亮在岁月时空的，是一串又一串鲜艳的火红； 七月，激荡在我们心头的，是一浪高一浪澎湃的涛声。在这激情飞扬、花团锦簇的七月，党的儿女们喜气洋洋，欢聚一堂，共同庆祝中国共产党90周年诞辰。有幸被评为“优秀共产党员”，我感到无尚的荣幸和自豪。此时此刻，我热血澎湃，激动万分，请允许我代表全体优秀共产党员以衷心的祝福，赤诚的丹心向我们尊敬的领导、亲爱的同志们致以最真诚的谢意，向我们伟大、光荣、正确的中国共产党致以最崇高的敬意！

回顾历史，心潮澎湃，感慨万千！那一年，嘉兴湖畔，翠柳长青。一片碧波荡漾的湖面，一艘木质的普通游船，聚集了决定中华民族命运的优秀儿女，他们把崇高的理想和镰刀铁锤交汇在了一起，铸就了中国共产党九十年的辉煌！时空流转，生命在前进中起伏，信念在坚守中闪光；华夏激荡，雄狮在屈辱中猛醒，神州在奋起中昂扬！如今，中国，已昂然屹立在世界的东方！

缅怀九十年的光辉历程，重温党的光荣使命，聆听党的亲切教诲，既是党组织对广大共产党员的鞭策和再教育，也是党组织对我 1

们的爱护和关怀，所以，“优秀共产党员”这个光荣称号，属于每一位兢兢业业，忠于职守，无私奉献的共产党员。

面对飘扬了90个春秋的鲜红党旗，作为在党组织关怀下成长起来的党员，我们对党所取得的每一个成就都感到无比光荣和自豪。在党的光辉照耀下，我们用所学知识回报集体，用恪尽职守回报教育，用无私奉献回报党的悉心关怀。

作为一名党员，要树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观，坚定共产主义理想和信念，严格按照党员标准要求自己，认真学习党的基本理论，充实自己，提升自己。加强业务学习，提高业务能力。忠诚党的事业，忠于职守，顾全大局，以党和国家的利益为重，践行科学发展观，努力把自己锻炼成为具有现代理念、世界眼光的优秀教师，以实际行动彰显一名共产党员的人生价值，用锐意进取谱写党的事业的壮丽华章。

时值课程大改革，我们要积极投身新课改，不断追求教学效益。思学生之所思，想学生之所想，完善教学设计，给学生创设更大的发展空间。在教育教学岗位上，善于学习、勇于创新、乐于奉献，做广大教师的榜样和表率。

党的九十华诞之际，绵阳教育又传来捷报：我市高考本科硬上线突破23000人大关，实现了连续11年的高考辉煌。在继去年夺得全省理科状元后，今年全省文科状元又花落我市；本科硬上线率、本科硬上线万人比，领先全川，再创高考“双第一”十一连冠的奇迹。我校高考也创造了历史纪录，为全市的高位高攀，喜上加喜！这是绵阳教育人的荣光，也是我们教育人为党90华诞的崇高献礼！

同志们，成绩和荣誉只能证明昨天，我们不能仅把“优秀共产党员”看作是荣誉，更要把它当成是新起点，新要求、新动力。以更加努力的工作回报党，以更加执着的追求让党的教育事业更加辉煌！

作为党员，我们要真心爱每一位学生，让他们得到最好的发展；作为党员，我们把促进学生健康成长作为至高无上的追求；作为党员，我们要让党的事业永远蓬勃发展。

作为教师，我愿意是火种，不仅点燃学生的心灵之火；还要照亮学生奋然前行的梦想之路；我愿意是石级，不仅用责任肩负学生踏实向上的攀登，登上梦想之巅！还要继续为绵阳教育的辉煌做出应有的贡献，为科技城建设、科教绵阳建设和西部区域性科教中心建设再立新功！

记忆永恒，历史赋予我们最真的感受；党恩化歌，深情挽起执著的追求。

祝福我们伟大的党生日快乐！

祝福我们党的伟大事业欣欣向荣！

祝福我们伟大的祖国繁荣昌盛！

二0一一年七月一日

第三篇：2016年卡梅伦辞职讲话全文

2016年6月卡梅伦辞职讲话全文：

Good morning everyone, the country has just taken part in a giant democratic exercise, perhaps the biggest in our history.Over 33 million people from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar have all had their say.We should be proud of the fact that in these islands we trust the people for these big decisions.We not only have a parliamentary democracy, but on questions about the arrangements for how we've governed there are times when it is right to ask the people themselves and that is what we have done.The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected.I want to thank everyone who took part in the campaign on my side of the argument, including all those who put aside party differences to speak in what they believe was the national interest and let me congratulate all those who took part in the Leave campaign for the spirited and passionate case that they made.The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered.It was not a decision that was taken lightly, not least because so many things were said by so many different organisations about the significance of this decision.So there can be no doubt about the result.Across the world people have been watching the choice that Britain has made.I would reassure those markets and investors that Britain's economy is fundamentally strong and I would also reassure Britons living in European countries and European citizens living here there will be no immediate changes in your circumstances.There will be no initial change in the way our people can travel, in the way our goods can move or the way our services can be sold.We must now prepare for a negotiation with the European Union.This will need to involve the full engagement of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments to ensure that the interests of all parts of our United Kingdom are protected and advanced.But above all this will require strong, determined and committed leadership.I'm very proud and very honoured to have been Prime Minister of this country for six years.I believe we've made great steps, with more people in work than ever before in our history, with reforms to welfare and education, increasing people's life chances, building a bigger and stronger society, keeping our promises to the poorest people in the world and enabling those who love each other to get married whatever their sexuality, but above all restoring Britain's economic strength.And I'm grateful to everyone who's helped to make that happen.I have also always believed that we have to confront big decisions, not duck them.That is why we delivered the first coalition government in 70 years, to bring our economy back from the brink.It's why we delivered a fair, legal and decisive referendum in Scotland.And it's why I made the pledge to renegotiate Britain's position in the European Union and to hold the referendum on our membership and have carried those things out.I fought this campaign in the only way I know how, which is to say directly and passionately what I think and feelnot the future of any single politician including myself.But the British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path and as such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.This is not a decision I've taken lightly but I do believe it's in the national interest to have a period of stability and then the new leadership required.There is no need for a precise timetable today but in my view we should aim to have a new prime minister in place by the start of the Conservative Party conference in October.Delivering stability will be important and I will continue in post as Prime Minister with my Cabinet for the next three months.The Cabinet will meet on Monday, the Governor of the Bank of England is making a statement about the steps that the Bank and the Treasury are taking to reassure financial markets.We will also continue taking forward the important legislation that we set before Parliament in the Queen's Speech.And I have spoken to Her Majesty the Queen this morning to advise her of the steps that I am taking.A negotiation with the European Union will need to begin under a new prime minister and I think it's right that this new prime minister takes the decision about when to trigger Article 50 and start the formal and legal process of leaving the EU.I will attend the European Council next week to explain the decision the British people have taken and my own decision.The British people have made a choice, that not only needs to be respected but those on the losing side of the argumentshould help to make it work.Britain is a special countrya parliamentary democracy where we resolve great issues about our future through peaceful debate, a great trading nation with our science and arts, our engineering and our creativity, respected the world over.And while we are not perfect I do believe we can be a model for the multi-racial, multi-faith democracy, that people can come and make a contribution and rise to the very highest that their talent allows.Although leaving Europe was not the path I recommended, I am the first to praise our incredible strengths.I said before that Britain can survive outside the European Union and indeed that we could find a way.Now the decision has been made to leave, we need to find the best way and I will do everything I can to help.I love this country and I feel honoured to have served it and I will do everything I can in future to help this great country succeed.Thank you very much.

第四篇：卡梅伦就任首相发表讲话

英保守党领袖卡梅伦就任首相发表讲话

5月11日，在英国伦敦，保守党领袖卡梅伦在唐宁街10号首相官邸前发表讲话。卡梅伦当晚接任首相职务，他应女王伊丽莎白二世的要求着手组建新一届政府。以下为他的讲话全文：

“Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted.女王陛下已经授权予我组建新政府，我已接受了这一任命。

”Before I talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed.在谈论新政府之前，请允许我谈一谈最近刚刚发生过的一件事情。

“Compared with a decade ago, this country is more open at home and more compassionate abroad and that is something we should all be grateful for and on behalf of the whole country I'd like to pay tribute to the outgoing prime minister for his long record of dedicated public service.与十年前相比，这个国家对内更加开放，对外更加富有同情心，我们都应该为此感到高兴。我谨代表这个国家，对长期致力于公共服务的前任首相深表赞扬。”In terms of the future, our country has a hung parliament where no party has an overall majority and we have some deep and pressing problemsand that the politicians are always their servant and never their masters.很明显，我们的任务之一就是重建对政治体系的信任。是的，这就要求我们清理开支、改革议会、保证对人民的管理并确保政治家始终是人们的公仆，而非主人。“But I believe it is also something else.It is about being honest about what government can achieve.Real change is not what government can do on its ownthat those that can should, and those who can't we will always help.为了实现这样的社会，不管是对那些能够做到、愿意做到还是不能做到的人，我们都应该始终给与帮助。

”I want to make sure that my government always looks after the elderly, the frail the poorest in our country.我希望你们知道，我的政府一直在照顾我们国家的老者、弱者和贫困者。

“We must take everyone through with us on some of the difficult decisions we have ahead.我们必须让大家和我们一起面对一些我们之前曾面对过的困难决定。

”Above all it will be a government that is built on some clear values.Values of freedom, values of fairness, and values of responsibility.总而言之，这将是一个建立在有着清晰价值观上的政府——这个价值观就是自由、公平和责任。“I want us to build an economy that rewards work.I want us to build a society with stronger families and stronger communities.And I want a political system that people can trust and look up to once again.我希望我们能够打造这样一个让工作有所回报的经济体制，我希望我们能够建设一个拥有更坚固家庭、更完善社区的社会，我希望带来一个人民能够信任并且再次令人民尊敬的政治体系。”This is going to be hard and difficult work.A coalition will throw up all sorts of challenges.这需要艰苦卓绝的工作。联合政府将面对各种各样的挑战。“But I believe together we can provide that strong and stable government that our country needs based on those values-rebuilding family, rebuilding community, above all, rebuilding responsibility in our country.但是我坚信，基于这样的价值观——重建家庭、重建社区、重建我们国家的责任感，我们能够提供我们国家所需要的坚强而稳定的政府。

”Those are the things I care about.Those are the things that this government will now start work on doing.这些是我关心的事情，也是这个政府即刻开始致力于处理的事情。“Thank you very much.” 谢谢！

附：戴维·卡梅伦于1966年出生在一个英国贵族家庭，是国王威廉四世的直系后裔。2009年6月，戈登·布朗领导的工党政府的支持率持续下跌。2010年4月6日，英国宣布解散议会，于5月6日举行大选。结果虽然保守党获胜，但未能取得过半数议席。由于执政工党未能成功与自由民主党合组联合政府，2010年5月11日伦敦时间晚7时，布朗向英女王辞职，并举荐反对党领袖卡梅伦组建新政府。在觐见女王后，卡梅伦接任英国首相，并于7时45分于唐宁街10号门外召开记者会，宣布就职，成为英国近二百年来最年轻的首相。

第五篇：卡梅伦在北京大学演讲全文

卡梅伦今天下午在北京大学演讲之全文

David Cameron ’s speech at Beida University

China

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Twenty five years ago I came to Hong Kong as a student.The year was 1985.Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher had recently signed the historic Joint Declaration.The remarkable story of the successful handover of Hong Kong… …and the great progress Hong Kong has continued to make…

…is an example to the world of what can be achieved when two countries cooperate in confidence and with mutual respect.Since then, China has changed almost beyond recognition.China’s National Anthem famously calls on the people of China to stand up…

Qi lai qi lai(stand up, stand up)

Today the Chinese people are not just standing up in their own country… …they are standing up in the world.No longer can people talk about the global economy…

…without including the country that has grown on average ten per cent a year for three decades.No longer can we talk about trade…

…without the country that is now the world’s largest exporter and third largest importer… And no longer can we debate energy security or climate change…

…without the country that is one of the world’s biggest consumer of energy.China is on course to reclaim, later this century, its position as the world’s biggest economy… …the position it has held for 18 of the last 20 centuries.…and an achievement of which the Chinese people are justly proud.Put simply: China has re-emerged as a great global power.Threat or Opportunity

Now people can react to this in one of two ways.They can see China’s rise as a threat… …or they can see it as an opportunity.They can protect their markets from China… …or open their markets to China.They can try and shut China out…

…or welcome China in, to a new place at the top table of global affairs.There has been a change of Government in Britain and a change of Prime Minister.But on this vital point there is absolute continuity between my government and the Governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.We want a strong relationship with China.Strong on trade.Strong on investment.Strong on dialogue.I made that clear as Leader of the Opposition when I visited Beijing and Chongqing three years ago.And I repeat it as Prime Minister here in China’s capital today.In the argument about how to react to the rise of China… …I say it’s an opportunity.I choose engagement not disengagement.Dialogue not stand-off.Mutual benefit, not zero-sum game.Partnership not protectionism.Britain is the country that argues most passionately for globalisation and free trade.Free trade is in our DNA.And we want trade with China.As much of it as we can get.That’s why I have with me on this visit one of the biggest and most high-powered delegations a British Prime Minister has ever led to China.Just think about some of the prizes that the rise of China could help to bring within our grasp.Strong, and sustainable growth for the global economy.Vital progress on the Doha trade round which could add $170 billion to the global economy.A real chance to get back on track towards a legally binding deal on emissions Unprecedented progress in tackling poverty.China has lifted 500 million people out of poverty in just thirty years.Although there is still a long way to go – that’s more people lifted out of poverty than at any time in human history.You can see the results right across this enormous country.When I worked in Hong Kong briefly in 1985, Shenzhen was barely more than a small town, surrounded by paddy fields and waterways.Today it is a city larger than London.It makes most of the world’s iPods and one in ten of its mobile phones.And there are other benefits too in tackling the world’s most intractable problems.I welcome the fact, for example, that more than 900 Chinese doctors now work in African countries and that in Uganda it is a Chinese pharmaceutical firm that is introducing a new anti-malarial drug.So I want to make the positive case…

…for the world to see China’s rise as an opportunity not a threat.But China needs to help us to make that argument…

…to demonstrate that as your economy grows, so do our shared interests, and our shared responsibilities.We share an interest in China’s integration into the world economy, which is essential for China’s development.If we are to maintain Europe’s openness to China, we must be able to show that China is open to Europe.So we share an interest in an international system governed by rules and norms.We share an interest in effective cooperative governance, including for the world economy.We share an interest in fighting protectionism…

…and in a co-ordinated rebalancing between surplus and deficit countries.These interests, those responsibilities are both economic and political.Let me take each in turn.Economic Responsibilities First, economic responsibilities.Let’s get straight to the point.The world economy has begun to grow again after the crisis.But that growth is very uneven.Led by China, Asia and other emerging markets are growing quickly.But in much of the advanced world growth is slow and fragile and unemployment stubbornly high.We should not be surprised at this.The crisis has damaged many advanced economies and weakened their financial sectors.They face major structural and fiscal adjustments to rebalance their economies.This is true of my own country.We know what steps we need to take to restore the public finances and rebalance our economy towards greater saving and investment and greater exports.And we have begun to take them.But for the world economy to be able to grow strongly again – and to grow without creating the dangerous economic and financial instabilities that led to the crisis, we need more than just adjustment in the advanced world.The truth is that some countries with current account surpluses have been saving too much… …while others like mine with deficits have been saving too little.And the result has been a dangerous tidal wave of money going from one side of the globe to the other.We need a more balanced pattern of global demand and supply, a more balanced pattern of global saving and investment.Now sometimes when you hear people talk about economic imbalances, it can seem as though countries that are successful at exporting are being blamed for their success.That’s absolutely not the case.We all share an interest and a responsibility to co-operate to secure strong and balanced global growth.There is no greater illustration of this than what happened to China as the western banking system collapsed…

…Chinese exports fell 12 per cent…

…growth dropped to its lowest point in more than a decade… …and some 20 million jobs were lost in the Chinese export sector.Changes in the structure of our economies will take time.What is important is that the major economies of the world have a shared vision of the path of this change: what actions countries should avoid;what actions countries need to take and, crucially, over what period it should happen.This is why the G20 – and the meeting in Seoul – is so important.Together we can agree a common approach.We can commit to the necessary actions.We can agree that we will hold each other to account.And just as China played a leading role at the G20 in helping to avert a global depression… …so it can lead now.I know from my discussions with Premier Wen how committed China is to actions to rebalance its economy.China is already talking about moving towards increased domestic consumption… …better healthcare and welfare…

… more consumer goods as its middle class grows…

…and in time introducing greater market flexibility into its exchange rate.This can not be completed overnight… …but it must happen.Let’s be clear about the risks if it does not…

…about what is at stake for China and for the UK – countries that depend on an open global economy.At the worst point of the crisis, we averted protectionism.But at a time of slow growth and high unemployment in many countries those pressures will rise again…

….already you can see them.Countries will increasingly be tempted to try to maximise their own growth and their own employment, at the expense of others.Globalisation – the force that has been so powerful in driving development and bringing huge numbers into the world economy could go into reverse.If we follow that path we will all lose out.The West would lose for sure.But so too would China.For the last two decades, trade has been a very positive factor in China’s re-emergence on the world stage.It has driven amazing growth…

…and raised the living standards of millions.Trade has helped stitch back China’s network of relations with countries across the world.We need to make sure that it does not turn into a negative factor.Just as the West wants greater access to Chinese markets… …so China wants greater access to Western markets… …and it wants market economy status in the EU too.I had very constructive talks with Premier Wen on exactly this issue yesterday.I will make the case for China to get market economy status in the EU…

…but China needs to help, by showing that it is committed to becoming more open, as it becomes more prosperous.And we need to work together to do more to protect intellectual property rights… …because this will give more businesses confidence to come and invest in China.UK companies are uniquely placed to support China’s demand for more high value goods for its consumers.Our Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai – which won the Gold Award for the best Pavilion design – was a showcase for so many of Britain’s strengths… …from advanced engineering to education…

…from great brands to great pharmaceutical businesses…

…from low carbon to financial services to the creative industries.In all these areas and many more, British companies and British exports can help China deliver the prosperity and progress it seeks.We can be part of China’s development strategy, just as China is part of ours.A true partnership of growth.In recent days, Britain has won new business worth billions of pounds… …involving companies across the UK and cities all over China.…including a deal between Rolls Royce and China Eastern Airlines for 16 Airbus 330 aeroengines worth £750 million…

…and inward investments worth in excess of £300 million

This is all in addition to at least £3bn of business which British companies have secured as part of the Airbus contract concluded with China last week…

…and a further £2 billion of investments by Tesco to develop new shopping malls over the next five years.And with nearly 50 of Britain’s most influential culture, education and business leaders joining me on this visit…

…I hope these deals can be just the beginning of a whole new era of bilateral trade between our countries.Achieving this would be a real win-win for our two countries.So if China is prepared to pursue further opening of its markets…

…and to work with Britain and the other G20 countries to rebalance the world economy and take steps over time towards internationalising its currency…

…that will go a long way towards helping the global economy lock in the stability it needs for strong and sustainable growth.And just as importantly, it will go a long way in securing confidence in the global community that China as an economic power is a force for good.Political Responsibilities

But China does not just have new economic power.It has new political power.And that brings new political responsibilities too.What China says – and what China does – really matters.There is barely a global issue that needs resolution, which does not beg the questions: what does China think, and how can China contribute to a solution?

China has attempted to avoid entanglement in global affairs in the past.But China’s size and global reach means that this is no longer a realistic choice.Whether it’s climate change or development, health and education or global security, China is too big and too important now not to play its part.On climate change, an international deal has to be fair.And that means that countries with different histories can’t all be expected to contribute in exactly the same way.But a fair deal also means that all countries contribute… …and all are part of an agreement.And there’s actually a huge opportunity here for China.Because China can really profit from having some of the most efficient green energy in the world.On international security, great powers have a bigger interest than anyone in preserving stability.Take development for example, China is one of the fastest growing investors in Africa… …with a vital influence over whether Africa can become a new source of growth for the world economy.We want to work together to ensure that the money we spend in Africa is not supporting corrupt and intolerant regimes.And the meeting of the UN Security Council which the British Foreign Secretary will chair later this month provides a good opportunity to step up our co-operation on Sudan.As China’s star rises again in the world, so does its stake in a stable and ordered world, in which trade flows freely.Today, China is the world’s second biggest importer of oil, and Sudan is one of your most important suppliers.So China has a direct national interest in working for stability in Sudan.And four fifths of your oil imports pass through the Malacca Straits.So like Britain and the other big trading nations, you depend on open sea lanes.And like us, your stability and prosperity depends in part on the stability and prosperity of others.Whether it’s nuclear proliferation, a global economic crisis or the rise of international terrorism, today’s threats to our security do not respect geographical boundaries.The proliferation of nuclear material endangers lives in Nanjing as well as New York.China is playing an active role in helping to prevent conflagration over North Korea.We have been working with China in the UN Security Council to keep up the pressure on Iran … …and China’s continuing role here is vital if we are to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.In your own region, I believe China can work with us to improve the situation for the Burmese people.And China is one of the few countries that Burma will listen to on this point.But political responsibilities are not just about how one country interacts with another… …those responsibilities also apply to the way a country empowers its own people.Political Perspectives

It is undeniable that greater economic freedom has contributed to China’s growing economic strength.As China’s economy generates higher living standards and more choice for Chinese people, there is inevitably debate within China about the relationship between greater economic freedom and greater political freedom.I recognise that we approach these issues with different perspectives.I understand too that being in government is a huge challenge.I’m finding that running a country of 60 million people.So I can only begin to imagine what it is like leading a country of 1.3 billion.I realise this presents challenges of a different order of magnitude.When I came here last I was Britain’s Leader of the Opposition.Now we’ve had a General Election.It produced a Coalition Government, which combines two different political parties – the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats – with different histories and political philosophies, working together for the good of our country.The Labour Party is now the official Opposition, with a constitutional duty to hold the new Government publicly to account.Indeed if I were not in Beijing this Wednesday afternoon, I would be preparing for my weekly session of Prime Minister’s questions in the House of Commons, where MPs question me freely about the whole range of government policy.All the time the government is subject to the rule of law.These are constraints on the government, and at times they can be frustrating when the Courts take a view with which the government differs…

…but ultimately we believe that they make our government better and our country stronger.Through the media, the public get to hear directly from people who hold different views from the government.That can be difficult at times, too.But we believe that the better informed the British public is about the issues affecting our society… …the easier it is, ultimately, for the British government to come to sensible decisions and to develop robust policies that command the confidence of our people.I make these observations not because I believe that we have some moral superiority.Our own society is not perfect.There is still injustice which we must work hard to tackle.We are far from immune from poverty and the ills that afflict every nation on earth.But in arguing for a strong relationship between our countries, I want a relationship in which we can be open with each other, in which we can have constructive dialogue of give and take in a spirit of tolerance and mutual respect.The rise in economic freedom in China in recent years has been hugely beneficial to China and to the world.I hope that in time this will lead to a greater political opening…

…because I am convinced that the best guarantor of prosperity and stability is for economic and political progress to go in step together.In some respects it already has.Ordinary Chinese people today have more freedom over where they live… …what job they do… …and where they travel… …than ever before.People blog and text more.It’s right to recognise this progress.But it’s right also that Britain should be open with China on issues where, no doubt partly because of our different history and culture, we continue to take a different view.There is no secret that we disagree on some issues, especially around human rights.We don’t raise these issues to make to us look good, or to flaunt publicly that we have done so.We raise them because the British people expect us to, and because we have sincere and deeply held concerns.And I am pleased that we have agreed the next human rights dialogue between our two governments for January.Because in the end, being able to talk through these issues – however difficult – makes our relationship stronger.Conclusion

So let me finish where I began.China’s success – and continued success – is good for Britain and good for the world.It’s not in our national interests for China to stumble… …or for the Chinese economy to suffer a reverse.We have to make the case…

….and I hope China will help us make the case…

….that as China gets richer, it does not follow that the rest of the world will get poorer.It is simply not true that as China rises again in the world, others must necessarily decline.Globalisation is not a zero sum game.If we manage things properly, if we win the arguments for free trade, if we find a way to better regulation, we can both grow together.But if we don’t, we will both suffer.I referred earlier to Britain’s Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, “the Dandelion”

We are extremely proud that it won a coveted prize, and that it proved so popular with Chinese visitors.It is, in its way, a symbol of the strength and the potential in our relationship.Two different countries, past and future Olympic hosts, on far sides of the world, sowing the seeds of a flourishing relationship in the future, a relationship which has the potential to grow and to bloom.Proof, perhaps, that Confucius was right when he said… …“within the four seas all men are brothers” Yes, there we will be storms to weather.Yes, there will be perils to overcome.Yes, we will have to persevere.But it will be worth it – for Britain, for China and for the world.From: November 10 http://www.number10.gov.uk/