校训是一个学校的灵魂。圣安德鲁斯大学的毕业生之所以英才济济，离不开学校校训的引领，即“永争一流”（Ever to Excel)。我很欣赏这条校训，因为只有秉持“永争一流”的精神，才能精益求精，不畏艰险，顽强拼搏，勇攀事业的高峰。
如何才能“永争一流”？我认为，无论对个人还是国家而言，最重要的都是把握时代发展的潮流，顺应世界前进的方向，坚持开放包容、兼收并蓄、博采众长，而不是搞“一国优先”，搞保护主义和孤立主义。今天，我想以开放包容为主题，与大家分享我对中国的发展、对中英关系以及对未来世界的看法。
Most of all, I admire St. Andrews' official motto, the soul of this University.
"Ever to Excel" must have inspired generations of outstanding graduates to constantly strive for perfection, to fear no danger, to stop at no hardship, and to always set the highest goals for themselves.
In today's world, "Ever to excel" requires one, whether a person or a country, to keep abreast with the trend of the times, to stay open and be inclusive. That means one should not put a single country first and revert to protectionism and isolationism.
On this note, I will focus my speech today on openness and inclusiveness and share with you my views on China's development, China-UK relations and the future of the world.
今年是中国改革开放40周年。40年来，开放包容始终是中国发展的主旋律，也是中国发展成功的秘诀。
40年来，从农村到城市，从试点到推广，从经济体制改革到全面深化改革，中国坚持立足国情、放眼世界，既强调独立自主、自力更生，又注重对外开放、合作共赢；既坚持社会主义基本政治制度，又探索社会主义市场经济改革方向；既“摸着石头过河”在实践中创新发展，又不断研究新情况、解决新问题、总结新经验，在发展中完善制度，书写国家和民族发展的壮丽诗篇。
Openness and inclusiveness has been the main theme of China's development in the past 40 years of reform and opening up. It is also the secret to China's success.
For 40 years, China has expanded the reform from rural areas to cities, from pilot zones to the whole country, and from economic restructuring to deeper reforms across the board.
In this process,
China has taken into full consideration its national conditions and at the same time adopted a global view. It has emphasised both independence and self-reliance, and opening up and win-win cooperation.
China has adhered to socialism as its fundamental political system and at the same time carried out reforms to adopt market economy.
China has been both practical and pioneering in its reforms. "Crossing the river by feeling the stones" is how China experimented and pressed ahead with many of its reform programmes. At the same time, when reforms lead to new situations, encountered new problems and gathered new experience, these were examined, addressed and incorporated in a new round of reform. This is how China has improved its system through development, and written a success story in its national development.
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