2008年英国首相布朗在中英工商峰会上的致辞时间

第一篇：2008年英国首相布朗在中英工商峰会上的致辞时间

2008年英国首相布朗在中英工商峰会上的致辞时间:2009-04-09 10:08来源:口译网 作者:口译网 点击:4766次

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Speech at UK China Business SummitJanuary 2008

Let me say first of all that I am honoured to be sharing a platform with Premier Wen Jiabao on this day when we are ushering in a new comprehensive strategic partnership between Britain and China, and I am delighted to be here in the city of Beijing to open the first UK-China Business Summit of 2008.With me are not only my colleagues John Hutton, from whom you have just heard, and Digby Jones, but 250 of the most senior businessmen and women from Britain for whom the deepening links between Britain and China matter hugely.And the presence of so many of our business leaders, both Chinese and British, in this hall is powerful proof of the deepening and growingpartnership between our two countries.Today the United Kingdom is the largest European investor in China with 6,000 projects worth in total over $15 billion.London ranks as the most powerful and populardestination for Chinese companies expanding into Europe.Trade between us has doubled every five years in recent times and this all brings to fruition the hope expressed by Premier Wen five years ago of Britain becoming China's leading European partner.And while we all know that the next stage of global economic change brings each of our countries' insecurities, as well as challenges and opportunities, I believe that there are great possibilities ahead for an even greater prosperity that now beckon China and Britain together.I believe we can make best use of these opportunities in greater cooperation and in sustained partnership.Others see globalisation as a risk.I see the rise of China and the reality of globalisation not as a threat but as an opportunity, an opportunity because China is a vast potential market for British companies, an opportunity because Britain with our long record of economic stability and of openness and of enterprise is well placed to augment our reputation as a destination of choice for Chinese business and Chinese investment, and an opportunity because Britain and China can contribute together to the greater prosperity of a better world.With one and a quarter billion consumers here in China, for British companies to attract even a fraction of that Chinese market, will provide vastly more opportunities for Britain than partnerships with many other countries.So my priority here in China is to discuss how by cooperating together we can advance the right global economic policies to help our countries meet and master change in thisnew world.We may be different in many ways, but China and Britain have much to offer each other.Britain had the first industrial revolution 200 years ago and brought one of the most far reaching changes in human history;today China is in the midst of a 21 st century revolution, one of the fastest economic revolutions in human history.Britain has the longest history of any nation in leadership for open trade and innovation;China is a new global leader in trade, rapidly developing new technologies that are being exported to the world.Britain is a world leader in services with strengthened advance manufacturing;China is a world leader in manufacturing, looking to develop its services sector.With all the differences, what we have in common is a belief in enterprise, in commerce, that the products of the future can reach out far beyond our borders and bring prosperity to the whole world.And ultimately neither of us can succeed as insular nations and we see great gains on both sides from joining together as the champions of an open, flexible, inclusive globalisation.Over the centuries Britain has had free trading relationships with every country in the world, and particularly deep relationships with America, Europe and the Commonwealth.Now looking forward into this 21 st century I want Britain to reach out to China, to build that comprehensive strategic partnership and forge an even closer relationship between our two countries.The greatest benefit to China is that we, Britain, will continue to oppose protectionist forces and will remain the foremost advocates of the openness in the world economy, essential not only to China's prosperity but to the world's.The biggest benefit to Britain is that we strengthen our place as the destination of choice for Chinese business and Chinese investment and both of us can benefit from sharing the innovations and the expertise that characterise the best of each of our nations.For two decades British politicians talked about going to China and opening up discussions.Now we are talking about something bigger, forging a high level dialogue, each reaching out to the other.And because with friendship comes responsibility, being a good partner also means being honest with each other when we disagree.To set an overall framework Premier Wen and I have agreed to establish the first high level economic and financial dialogue between China and Britain and it is one that is more comprehensive and deeper than any previous dialogue between China and any European country.And working in cooperation with the Chinese government and Chinese business I hope to see by 2010 100 more Chinese inward investment projects coming to Britain, over 100 Chinese companies now listed on the London Stock Exchange, up to 100,000 Chinese students studying in Britain, 100 partnerships between Chinese and British universities and other academic institutions, 100 more scientific collaborations between Chinese and British firms with Britain benefiting from a large share of investment from China's £1 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund.And we will take the following immediate steps to advance the partnership.First, Premier Wen and I have signed up today to a new target for a 50% increase in bilateral trade in goods and services, rising to 60 billion by 2010, more trade between Britain and China than between Britain and Australia, or Britain and Mexico, a rising proportion of the trade of both of our countries.And building on the six new contracts we have just signed between Britain and Chinese firms, from energy to financial services, to advanced technology, I want British business to set their sights on raising their exports in goods and services to China to $16 billion by 2010, almost double that of 2006.I want, secondly, to take steps to make the United Kingdom the prime location in Europe for inward Chinese investment.52 Chinese companies have set up or expanded investment into the UK during the past year.There are now in total 350 mainland Chinese companies investing in the UK..to work with and secure 100 more inward investment projects from China.I believe that the UK market offers significant advantages to commercially motivated international investors who respect the rules of our market, including market transparency.It is in all our interests that the environment within which we trade is open, and accountable, and well regulated, and we want Britain to benefit from the $200 billion of investment available through the Chinese Investment Corporation.So we should welcome the CIC setting up an office in London.We are keen to engage with China and internationally on how to ensure best practice in Sovereign Wealth Funds, particularly in transparency and corporate governance, and I welcome the statements made by Premier Wen today about this very matter.We are, thirdly, inviting more Chinese companies to raise capital in UK markets.The aim is to double the number of Chinese listings on the London Stock Exchange in the next two years.The Chinese government has fast tracked the approval process, so during this visit I am pleased to be able to open the London Stock Exchange office in Beijing, and I am asking the Chinese government to consider removing restrictions on Chinese companies raising capital overseas so that far more of them can benefit from the advantage that listing in London can offer.We will, fourthly, continue to work with the Chinese government to open up financial services in China and increase trade between us in the years ahead.The financial services sector is one in which Britain leads the world, so we can not only become an even greater provider of financial services to China, but offer our experience and expertise as China develops its own financial services industry.Both Britain and China also recognise that higher skills are the key to higher levels of growth and prosperity, and that is why in design, architecture and the creative industries,from fashion to advertising, China I hope is benefiting from British expertise.And that is why we, Britain, will set up a new website offering learners and teachers of English round the world ready access to the materials, resources and qualifications they need to develop their skills.We want to encourage a million Chinese people to use that site every month and to ensure that as many new Chinese learners as possible can have English language training.60,000 Chinese students already study in Britain, but we want to encourage more to come by expanding scholarship and work experience programmes.And I am keen to see the partnerships that are now growing between our educational institutions and institutions rise so that we can have more agreed on top of the 160 already in place.And we know that countries will only have a competitive edge in the years ahead if they develop world leadership in the most technologically intensive...based industries and services.So with our world class network of universities, research institutes and knowledge centres linked up to business, I hope we can be China's natural partner in this endeavour.The number of scientific collaborations between our countries has doubled and I want to kick-start the next set of collaborations.So Premier Wen and I have agreed a new £4 million programme to encourage bilateral cooperation between universities and high-tech businesses in key technologies such as healthcare.We produced together over 5,500 joint science and research papers between 2001 and 2005, more papers than were produced with any other European country, and we should work to double this over the next five years.And as China continues to move rapidly towards a more innovative and high tech economy, I urge you to match improvements in your legislative framework for intellectual property with improvements in enforcement.Finally, as leading economies both Britain and China share a duty to deliver future prosperity and do so in a sustainable way.And there are real benefits in new businesses and new jobs from the environmental technologies of the future.So Premier Wen and I have agreed today a new UK-China partnership on climate change, including extending our collaboration on carbon capture and storage, and we will work together to build sustainable cities, providing new commercial opportunities for both Chinese and British industry and companies.From Britain's perspective the opportunities for future partnership seem boundless, and we will continue to make the right long term decisions to maintain our pro-business environment and secure the comparative advantages we seek.What is clear is that globalisation need not be a zero sum game where one country or one continent win and succeed only at the expense of the other.Instead by strengthening cooperation between Britain and China, this will enable both of us to make the most of the possibilities that globalisation offers.And I believe that the new global prosperity partnership that I am outlining today will help each of usprosper and lead in the new world and I look forward to continued cooperation with Premier Wen and with the whole of China in advancing this agenda that is in the mutual interests of both our countries and the prosperity of the world.Thank you very much.原文链接：http://

第二篇：2008年英国首相布朗在中英工商峰会上的致辞时间

2008年英国首相布朗在中英工商峰会上的致辞时间:2009-04-09 10:08来源:口译网 作者:口译网 点击:4766次

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Speech at UK China Business SummitJanuary 2008

Let me say first of all that I am honoured to be sharing a platform with Premier Wen Jiabao on this day when we are ushering in a new comprehensive strategic partnership between Britain and China, and I am delighted to be here in the city of Beijing to open the first UK-China Business Summit of 2008.With me are not only my colleagues John Hutton, from whom you have just heard, and Digby Jones, but 250 of the most senior businessmen and women from Britain for whom the deepening links between Britain and China matter hugely.And the presence of so many of our business leaders, both Chinese and British, in this hall is powerful proof of the deepening and growingpartnership between our two countries.Today the United Kingdom is the largest European investor in China with 6,000 projects worth in total over $15 billion.London ranks as the most powerful and populardestination for Chinese companies expanding into Europe.Trade between us has doubled every five years in recent times and this all brings to fruition the hope expressed by Premier Wen five years ago of Britain becoming China's leading European partner.And while we all know that the next stage of global economic change brings each of our countries' insecurities, as well as challenges and opportunities, I believe that there are great possibilities ahead for an even greater prosperity that now beckon China and Britain together.I believe we can make best use of these opportunities in greater cooperation and in sustained partnership.Others see globalisation as a risk.I see the rise of China and the reality of globalisation not as a threat but as an opportunity, an opportunity because China is a vast potential market for British companies, an opportunity because Britain with our long record of economic stability and of openness and of enterprise is well placed to augment our reputation as a destination of choice for Chinese business and Chinese investment, and an opportunity because Britain and China can contribute together to the greater prosperity of a better world.With one and a quarter billion consumers here in China, for British companies to attract even a fraction of that Chinese market, will provide vastly more opportunities for Britain than partnerships with many other countries.So my priority here in China is to discuss how by cooperating together we can advance the right global economic policies to help our countries meet and master change in thisnew world.We may be different in many ways, but China and Britain have much to offer each other.Britain had the first industrial revolution 200 years ago and brought one of the most far reaching changes in human history;today China is in the midst of a 21 st century revolution, one of the fastest economic revolutions in human history.Britain has the longest history of any nation in leadership for open trade and innovation;China is a new global leader in trade, rapidly developing new technologies that are being exported to the world.Britain is a world leader in services with strengthened advance manufacturing;China is a world leader in manufacturing, looking to develop its services sector.With all the differences, what we have in common is a belief in enterprise, in commerce, that the products of the future can reach out far beyond our borders and bring prosperity to the whole world.And ultimately neither of us can succeed as insular nations and we see great gains on both sides from joining together as the champions of an open, flexible, inclusive globalisation.Over the centuries Britain has had free trading relationships with every country in the world, and particularly deep relationships with America, Europe and the Commonwealth.Now looking forward into this 21 st century I want Britain to reach out to China, to build that comprehensive strategic partnership and forge an even closer relationship between our two countries.The greatest benefit to China is that we, Britain, will continue to oppose protectionist forces and will remain the foremost advocates of the openness in the world economy, essential not only to China's prosperity but to the world's.The biggest benefit to Britain is that we strengthen our place as the destination of choice for Chinese business and Chinese investment and both of us can benefit from sharing the innovations and the expertise that characterise the best of each of our nations.For two decades British politicians talked about going to China and opening up discussions.Now we are talking about something bigger, forging a high level dialogue, each reaching out to the other.And because with friendship comes responsibility, being a good partner also means being honest with each other when we disagree.To set an overall framework Premier Wen and I have agreed to establish the first high level economic and financial dialogue between China and Britain and it is one that is more comprehensive and deeper than any previous dialogue between China and any European country.And working in cooperation with the Chinese government and Chinese business I hope to see by 2010 100 more Chinese inward investment projects coming to Britain, over 100 Chinese companies now listed on the London Stock Exchange, up to 100,000 Chinese students studying in Britain, 100 partnerships between Chinese and British universities and other academic institutions, 100 more scientific collaborations between Chinese and British firms with Britain benefiting from

a large share of investment from China's £1 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund.And we will take the following immediate steps to advance the partnership.First, Premier Wen and I have signed up today to a new target for a 50% increase in bilateral trade in goods and services, rising to 60 billion by 2010, more trade between Britain and China than between Britain and Australia, or Britain and Mexico, a rising proportion of the trade of both of our countries.And building on the six new contracts we have just signed between Britain and Chinese firms, from energy to financial services, to advanced technology, I want British business to set their sights on raising their exports in goods and services to China to $16 billion by 2010, almost double that of 2006.I want, secondly, to take steps to make the United Kingdom the prime location in Europe for inward Chinese investment.52 Chinese companies have set up or expanded investment into the UK during the past year.There are now in total 350 mainland Chinese companies investing in the UK..to work with and secure 100 more inward investment projects from China.I believe that the UK market offers significant advantages to commercially motivated international investors who respect the rules of our market, including market transparency.It is in all our interests that the environment within which we trade is open, and accountable, and well regulated, and we want Britain to benefit from the $200 billion of investment available through the Chinese Investment Corporation.So we should welcome the CIC setting up an office in London.We are keen to engage with China and internationally on how to ensure best practice in Sovereign Wealth Funds, particularly in transparency and corporate governance, and I welcome the statements made by Premier Wen today about this very matter.We are, thirdly, inviting more Chinese companies to raise capital in UK markets.The aim is to double the number of Chinese listings on the London Stock Exchange in the next two years.The Chinese government has fast tracked the approval process, so during this visit I am pleased to be able to open the London Stock Exchange office in Beijing, and I am asking the Chinese government to consider removing restrictions on Chinese companies raising capital overseas so that far more of them can benefit from the advantage that listing in London can offer.We will, fourthly, continue to work with the Chinese government to open up financial services in China and increase trade between us in the years ahead.The financial services sector is one in which Britain leads the world, so we can not only become an even greater provider of financial services to China, but offer our experience and expertise as China develops its own financial services industry.Both Britain and China also recognise that higher skills are the key to higher levels of growth and prosperity, and that is why in design, architecture and the creative industries,from fashion to

advertising, China I hope is benefiting from British expertise.And that is why we, Britain, will set up a new website offering learners and teachers of English round the world ready access to the materials, resources and qualifications they need to develop their skills.We want to encourage a million Chinese people to use that site every month and to ensure that as many new Chinese learners as possible can have English language training.60,000 Chinese students already study in Britain, but we want to encourage more to come by expanding scholarship and work experience programmes.And I am keen to see the partnerships that are now growing between our educational institutions and institutions rise so that we can have more agreed on top of the 160 already in place.And we know that countries will only have a competitive edge in the years ahead if they develop world leadership in the most technologically intensive...based industries and services.So with our world class network of universities, research institutes and knowledge centres linked up to business, I hope we can be China's natural partner in this endeavour.The number of scientific collaborations between our countries has doubled and I want to kick-start the next set of collaborations.So Premier Wen and I have agreed a new £4 million programme to encourage bilateral cooperation between universities and high-tech businesses in key technologies such as healthcare.We produced together over 5,500 joint science and research papers between 2001 and 2005, more papers than were produced with any other European country, and we should work to double this over the next five years.And as China continues to move rapidly towards a more innovative and high tech economy, I urge you to match improvements in your legislative framework for intellectual property with improvements in enforcement.Finally, as leading economies both Britain and China share a duty to deliver future prosperity and do so in a sustainable way.And there are real benefits in new businesses and new jobs from the environmental technologies of the future.So Premier Wen and I have agreed today a new UK-China partnership on climate change, including extending our collaboration on carbon capture and storage, and we will work together to build sustainable cities, providing new commercial opportunities for both Chinese and British industry and companies.From Britain's perspective the opportunities for future partnership seem boundless, and we will continue to make the right long term decisions to maintain our pro-business environment and secure the comparative advantages we seek.What is clear is that globalisation need not be a zero sum game where one country or one continent win and succeed only at the expense of the other.Instead by strengthening cooperation between Britain and China, this will enable both of us to make the most of the possibilities that globalisation offers.And I believe that the new global prosperity partnership that I am outlining today will help each of usprosper and lead in the new world and I look forward to continued cooperation with Premier Wen and with the whole of China in advancing this agenda that is in the mutual interests of both our countries

and the prosperity of the world.Thank you very much.原文链接：

第三篇：英国首相布朗2010年新年致辞

In 2009 we said goodbye to Harry Patch, the last survivor of the generation of soldiers who risked their lives for Britain in the Great War.As we mourned him, we remembered too all those who have laid down their lives in the defence of this country we love.Last year was particularly tough for our forces in Afghanistan, and we face some more difficult months ahead.In late December we were reminded at this decade’s end, just as we were at its beginning, that there is a terrorist threat which puts our safety and security at risk and which requires us to take on al Qaeda and the Taliban at the epicentre of global terrorismthose who think things can never change, and those who believe they have to.And I think the vast majority of people are in the second camp.We are a nation that looks to the future, combining responsibility with fairness, compassion with aspirationa crisis that hit Britain hard because the financial sector is such an important part of our economy.But this is a nation of fighters and believers who meet each challenge with strength and sacrifice.We fought back against recession because we stood together and did not leave people isolated to face a difficult future on their own.Britain has learnt the bitter lessons of previous recessionsand if the experience of the last recession had been repeated, people’s chances of having a job would have been four times worse after they became unemployed, repossessions twice as bad and company insolvencies two and a half times worse.The decisions taken by Alistair Darling and all the ministers of this Government have meant that we have already seen off the worst of the recession.There is no denying it has been painful for somemore than at any point since records of this began in the 1980s, and fewer businesses closed in 2009 than in 2008.And I am confident that if we continue with the tough decisions we have made, unemployment will start to drop this year, and more small businesses will open and flourish.That wasn’t inevitable;it was the change we chose.And so my message today is simple;don’t wreck the recovery.The recovery is still fragile, and it needs to be nurtured in the interests of those who were hit hardest by the recessionthey simply want a bit of help to own their own home, set up their own businesses and give their children the best start in life.Because everyone who is willing to work hard and aim high deserves a fair shot at meeting their aspirations.My whole life in politics has been about trying to provide a ladder of opportunity, so that what matters is not where you come from but what you have to contribute.And that is the vision that will guide this Government in the tough decisions ahead.So let me talk to you about my key priorities for the coming yearand people with such high aspirationsand it is this strategy that means we are also able to cooperate with President Obama on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and with our European neighbours and others on defeating catastrophic climate change.So those are my priorities.My belief is that this is going to be a great decade for a great nation.If we continue to make the right decisions to unleash all the talent that is to be found in these islands, we have much to look forward to-and you and your families have my warm best wishes for the year ahead.

第四篇：在中德工商峰会上的致辞

中德友好合作前景可喜可期——在中德工商峰会上的致辞

中华人民共和国国务院总理 温家宝

（２０１２年４月２３日 汉诺威）

尊敬的默克尔总理，女士们，先生们：

今天有机会同中德工商界朋友相聚，共商经贸合作大计，我感到很高兴。我对峰会的召开表示热烈祝贺，对致力于中德友好合作的各界人士表示崇高敬意！

今年是中德建交４０周年，这是值得纪念的大事。建交之前，笼罩世界的冷战阴霾阻隔了中德之间的正常交往，双方的接触要通过第三方进行，人员往来也要绕道香港，那时开展经贸合作的困难是当代人难以想象的。１９７２年，中德领导人顺应时代潮流和人民意愿，跨越冷战鸿沟，排除各种干扰，开启了长期封闭的中德关系大门，成功架起了一座通往友谊与合作的桥梁。

４０年来，在双方的共同努力下，中德关系经受住了国际风云变幻的考验，总体保持顺利发展，逐步进入成熟、健康、稳定发展的轨道。目前，双方的合作正处于最广泛、最活跃、最富有成果的时期。

政治上，两国高层互访频繁，政治互信加深。２０１０年，两国关系提升为战略伙伴关系。去年６月，我率１０多位部长访问德国，参加首轮中德政府磋商。这是中国第一次同外国政府建立类似机制，是中德关系史上的一个里程碑。

经济上，中德是重要合作伙伴。双方经贸合作无论在广度还是深度上，都走在中欧合作的前列。建交之初，中德贸易额仅有２．７亿美元，２０１１年达到１６９１亿美元，占中国与欧盟贸易总额的三成。德国在中国设立企业７５００多家，累计投资１８５亿美元。德国是中国自欧洲引进技术最多的国家，合作金额超过５００亿美元。

人文上，双方在科技、教育、文化、旅游等领域的合作硕果累累。德国是中国最重要的远程客源市场之一，也是欧盟首个中国公民组团出境旅游目的地，２０１１年双方互访游客都超过５０万人次。两国共有６９对友好城市，有５００多所高校建立了校际联系。

在国际事务中，中德两国加强沟通，协调立场，相互支持，密切合作。在应对国际金融危机、应对气候变化、打击恐怖主义、消除贫困等全球性问题上的合作成效显著，维护了两国和世界的共同利益。

综观中德建交４０年的历史，我们深切地体会到，国与国关系稳定的基础在于互信，相互信任的程度越深，彼此之间合作的空间就越大。只要中德双方以积极的眼光看待对方，坚定地相信对方是朋友而不是对手，是机遇而不是挑

战，始终坚持互利共赢，平等协商，基于优势互补的合作就能不断深化，基于共同利益的合作就能稳定发展，中德友谊就能像长江和莱茵河一样滚滚向前、永不干涸。

女士们，先生们：

面对复杂多变的国际形势，中德两国的共同利益和共同责任都在增加。进一步深化中德互利合作，不仅对两国发展有利，对中欧关系有利，对世界繁荣与稳定也有利。中德关系的战略性只能加强，不能削弱。

我们高兴地看到，首轮中德政府磋商中商定的重点项目正在落实，中德生态园在青岛奠基，电动汽车战略合作平台建成，标准信息平台开通，生命科学创新平台设立，职业教育合作示范基地建成，中小企业合作在稳步推进。我们要倍加珍惜来之不易的成果，以更加积极的态度，推动两国务实合作向更大规模、更广领域、更高水平迈进。为此，双方要在以下方面共同努力：

一、扩大双边贸易。要扩大市场开放，反对贸易保护主义，努力实现２０１５年双边贸易额达到２８００亿美元的目标。中国实行进出口并重的政策，致力于建立公平竞争的政府采购制度，对各类企业一视同仁。中方愿意进口更多德方产品，希望德方积极推动欧盟放宽对华高新技术产品出口管制。

二、促进双向投资。中国拥有广阔的市场空间和丰富的劳动力资源，德国拥有先进的技术和管理经验，把两种优势结合起来，可以提高双方的竞争力。要采取实实在在的措施，加强投资促进，消除投资壁垒。我们欢迎德国企业加大对中国高新技术领域、服务业和中西部地区的投资。希望两国企业继续加强汽车、化工、机械等传统领域的投资合作，并逐步向高端制造业、海洋和极地、航天航空等领域拓展。德国中小企业发展经验丰富，值得中方借鉴。中国政府愿意在融资、信息和行政服务等方面为两国中小企业合作提供便利。中方将严格保护各类企业的知识产权，对技术转让始终遵循市场规则和自愿原则。

三、拓展环保合作。两国在节能环保标准、新能源技术、生态示范建筑、生态城市规划等领域合作大有可为。中德生态园是双方精心培育的利益共同体，将集中展示德国节能环保领域的先进理念、技术和产品，并对两国节能环保合作发挥示范作用。我们欢迎德方有实力的企业参与投资，尽快组建中德生态园合资公司，推动生态园区建设早日取得新进展。

四、深化人文交流。中德两国都有悠久、璀璨的文明，可以开展持久的文化交流互鉴。要创造条件，密切两国民众特别是青年的交流，增进两国人民之间的感情。我们支持举办“中国文化年”以及“中德未来之桥”青年交流等活动，鼓励两国高校加强合作，欢迎更多德国青年到中国留学。

女士们，先生们：

回首过去，中德两国携手走过了４０年不平凡的历程，留下了光辉的足迹。展望未来，我们将更加坚定地站在一起，做南北对话和共同发展的典范。我相

信，有见识、有作为的两国工商界人士，一定会抢抓机遇，乘势而上，奋力开创中德战略伙伴关系新局面，共同开辟一条大国之间互利共赢的光明之路！谢谢大家！

第五篇：英国首相布朗2010年新年致辞（英文版）

in 2009 we said goodbye to harry patch, the last survivor of the generation of soldiers who risked their lives for britain in the great war.as we mourned him, we remembered too all those who have laid down their lives in the defence of this country we love.

last year was particularly tough for our forces in afghanistan, and we face some more difficult months ahead.in late december we were reminded at this decade’s end, just as we were at its beginning, that there is a terrorist threat which puts our safety and security at risk and which requires us to take on al qaeda and the taliban at the epicentre of global terrorismthose who think things can never change, and those who believe they have to.and i think the vast majority of people are in the second camp.we are a nation that looks to the future, combining responsibility with fairness, compassion with aspirationa crisis that hit britain hard because the financial sector is such an important part of our economy.but this is a nation of fighters and believer

s who meet each challenge with strength and sacrifice.we fought back against recession because we stood together and did not leave people isolated to face a difficult future on their own.britain has learnt the bitter lessons of previous recessionsand if the experience of the last recession had been repeated, people’s chances of having a job would have been four times worse after they became unemployed, repossessions twice as bad and company insolvencies two and a half times worse.the decisions taken by alistair darling and all the ministers of this government have meant that we have already seen off the worst of the recession.there is no denying it has been painful for somemore than at any point since records of this began in the 1980s, and fewer businesses closed in 2009 than in 2008.and i am confident that if we continue with the tough decisions we have made, unemployment will start to drop this year, and more small businesses will open and flourish.that wasn’t inevitable;it was the change we chose.and so my message today is simple;don’t wreck the recovery.the recovery is still fragile, and it needs to be nurtured in the interests of those who were hit hardest by the recessionthey simply want a bit of help to own their own home, set up their own businesses and give their children the best start in life.because everyone who is willing to work hard and aim high deserves a fair shot at meeting their aspirations.my whole life in politics has been about trying to provide a ladder of opportunity, so that what matters is not where you come from but what you have to contribute.and that is the vision that will guide this government in the tough decisions ahead.so let me talk to you about my key priorities for the coming yearand people with such high aspirationsand it is this strategy that means we are also able to cooperate with president obama on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and with our european neighbours and others on defeating catastrophic climate change.so those are my priorities.my belief is that this is going to be a great decade for a great nation.if we continue to make the right decisions to unleash all the talent that is to be found in these islands, we have much to look forward to-and you and your families have my warm best wishes for the year ahead.