各位嘉宾，女士们，先生们，

Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,

很高兴应邀出席中国发展高层论坛年会。我今天演讲的题目是：构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系。今天在座的有一些研究国际关系的专家， 但更多是来自经济界的朋友，也许会对我演讲的这个题目感到有点陌生。但我们现在所处的是一个全球化的时代，政治、经济、文化与外交相互交融，相互影响，日益密不可分。我愿从政治外交的角度参加年会的讨论，帮助大家更好地理解中国的外交政策和战略意图。

It is a pleasure to attend the annual conference of the China Development Forum and to talk about a new type of international relations oriented toward win-win cooperation. A topic as such surely attracts the attention of experts on international relations, yet it might sound a bit unfamiliar to those from the business community, who happen to make a larger part of the audience today. The truth is, we live in a globalized age when everything is connected and has a bearing on each other, be it political issues, economy, culture or diplomacy. So what I will do today is to talk about the political and diplomatic aspect of things, which I hope will help you better understand China’s foreign policy and its strategic intention.

国际关系是一个常讲常新的话题。回顾民族国家产生以来的历史进程，人类始终在孜孜不倦地探索国家间的相处之道。

International relations is an old subject, yet it often makes a new topic for discussion. Since the birth of nation states, how to develop state-to-state relations has always remained high on the agenda of human exploration.

300多年前，随着民族国家的兴起，威斯特伐利亚体系在欧洲诞生。它确立了主权、平等这些重要原则，开创了近代国际关系的先河。但这一体系最终没能避免欧洲陷入群雄征战。

More than 300 years ago, with the rise of nation states, the Westphalian System was born in Europe. It established the key principles of sovereignty and equality, and marked the beginning of international relations of modem times. Yet this system had failed in the end to prevent major-power rivalry in Europe.

200年前，维也纳体系应运而生，根据均势原则对拿破仑战争后的欧洲地缘政治版图重新做出安排，维持了欧洲较长时间的和平。但最终导致结盟对抗和军备竞赛，直至第一次世界大战的爆发。

More than 200 years ago, the Vienna System came into being, under which the post-Napoleonic War geo-political landscape of Europe was re-aligned under the principle of equilibrium of power. The outcome was decades of peace in Europe. Yet as it evolved, alliances were formed and confrontation and arms race emerged before the eventual eruption of World War I.