站在新起点上的中国

China at a New Starting Point

在第68届联大一般性辩论上的发言

At the General Debate of the 68th Session of The United Nations General Assembly

中华人民共和国外交部长 王毅

Statement by H.E. Mr. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

2013年9月27日 美国纽约

New York, 27 September 2013

主席先生：

Mr. President,

今年是中国发展进程中不平凡的一年。中国新一届中央领导集体提出实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦，带领13亿中国人民朝着实现“两个一百年”的奋斗目标迈进。这就是，到2020年全面建成小康社会，到本世纪中叶建成社会主义现代化国家。走过五千载岁月沧桑，历经一百年兴衰沉浮，当代中国站到了新的历史起点上。

This year has been an unusual one in China's development. China's new central leadership has put forward the Chinese dream of realizing the great renewal of the Chinese nation. And it is leading the 1.3 billion Chinese people in an endeavor to fulfill two centenary goals, namely, to finish building a society of initial prosperity in all respects by 2020 and to turn China into a modern socialist country by the mid-21st century. Having experienced profound changes in the past five thousand years and especially turbulence and rejuvenation in the past century, China has reached a new historical starting point today.

未来的中国，将会坚持一条什么样的发展道路，奉行什么样的内外政策，发挥什么样的国际作用，相信这些问题都是国际社会非常关心的。作为新一届中国政府的外长，在这里我要郑重地告诉大家：

What development path will China take in the future? What domestic and foreign policies will it pursue? And what kind of international role will it play? I understand these questions are of great interest to the international community. As the foreign minister of the new Chinese government, I wish to answer them solemnly: