英国首相卡梅隆北京大学演讲全文
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英国保守党领袖卡梅伦12日晨就任首相,并发表就职演讲。
卡梅伦称,他计划组建一个由保守党和自由民主党组成的联合政府。
以下为卡梅伦演讲全文(中英文对照):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. 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。
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。
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。
On b ehalf of the whole country I’d like to pay tribute to the outgoing prime minister, for his long record of dedicated public service。
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 problems – a huge deficit, deep social problems and a political system in need of reform。
Tuesday 9 November 2010PM’s speech at Beida University, ChinaA transcript of speech given by the Prime Minister at the Beida University in China on 9 November 2010.Read the transcipt:[Check against delivery]IntroductionTwenty 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 Kongand the great progress Hong Kong has continued to makeis 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 upQi lai qi lai (stand up, stand up)Today the Chinese people are not just standing up in their own countrythey are standing up in the world.No longer can people talk about the global economywithout 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 importerAnd no longer can we debate energy security or climate changewithout the country that is one of the world’s bigge st consumer of energy.China is on course to reclaim, later this century, its position as the world’s biggest economythe 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 OpportunityNow people can react to this in one of two ways.They can see China’s rise as a threator they can see it as an opportunity.They can protect their markets from Chinaor open their markets to China.They can try and shut China outor 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 b iggest and mosthigh-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 jus t 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 casefor the wor ld to see China’s rise as an opportunity not a threat.But China needs to help us to make that argumentto 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 protectionismand 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 ResponsibilitiesFirst, 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 muchwhile 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 centgrowth dropped to its lowest point in more than a decadeand 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 vis ion 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 depressionso 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 consumptionbetter healthcare and welfaremore consumer goods as its middle class growsand in time introducing greater market flexibility into its exchange rate.This can not be completed overnightbut it must happen.Let’s be clear about the risks if it does notabout 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 againalready 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’sre-emergence on the world stage.It has driven amazing growthand 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 marketsso China wants greater access to Western marketsand 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 EUbut 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 rightsbecause this will give more businesses confidence to come and invest in China.UK companies a re 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 strengthsfrom advanced e ngineering to education…from great brands to great pharmaceutical businessesfrom 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 poundsinvolving companies across the UK and cities all over Ch ina.including a deal between Rolls Royce and China Eastern Airlines for 16 Airbus 330 aeroengines worth £750 millionand inward investments worth in excess of £300 millionThis 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 weekand 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 marketsand to work with Britain and the other G20 countries to rebalance the world economy and take steps over time towards internationalising its currencythat 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 ResponsibilitiesBut 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 g lobal 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 contributeand 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 Africawith 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 ourco-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 cris is 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 t he pressure on Iranand 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 anotherthose responsibilities also apply to the way a country empowers its own people.Political PerspectivesIt is undeniable t hat 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 differsbut 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 societythe 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 openingbecause 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 livewhat job they doand where they travelthan ever before.People blog and text more.It’s right to recognise this progress.But it’s right also tha t 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 thes e 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.ConclusionSo 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 stumbleor 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.。
英国首相卡梅伦承诺修补破碎社会演讲稿英文全文第一篇:英国首相卡梅伦承诺修补破碎社会演讲稿英文全文英国首相卡梅伦修补破碎社会演讲稿英文全文PM's speech on the fightback after the riots Monday 15 August 2011 Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a speech in Oxfordshire on the fightback following the riots and looting last week.英国首相卡梅伦15日表示,骚乱事件凸显出英国社会已经“破碎”的现状,而自己政治日程的首要任务就是修补这个“破碎的社会”。
卡梅伦是在牛津郡发表演讲时做出上述表态的。
他否认此次持续数天的骚乱因种族冲突及政府财政削减措施所致,而将骚乱原因归结于骚乱制造者自身性格及他们成长的环境等。
卡梅伦在演讲中谴责“不负责任、自私、孩子失去父亲、学校纪律缺失、不劳而获、享有权利却不履行职责”等社会现象,认为“溃烂几十年的社会问题已经在我们面前炸开”。
卡梅伦承诺,政府将重新评估教育、福利、文化、社会公平等政府职能,以修复已经“破碎”社会。
此外,警方已经彻底改革工作方式,安排更多警察离开办公室到街道巡逻。
截至目前,于本月6日始于伦敦、蔓延至英国多个城市并持续数天的骚乱已经导致近3000人被捕,数百人面临指控。
以下是英国首相卡梅伦演讲英文全文: It is time for our country to take st week we saw some of the most sickening acts on our streets.I‟ll never forget talking to Maurice Reeves, whose family had run the Reeves furniture store in Croydon for generations.This was an 80 year old man who had seen the business he had loved, that his family had built up for generations, simply destroyed.A hundred years of hard work, burned to the ground in a few hours.But last week we didn‟t just see the worst of the British people;we saw the best of them too.The ones who called themselves riotwombles and headed down to the hardware stores to pick up brooms and start the clean-up.The people who linked armstogether to stand and defend their homes, their businesses.The policemen and women and fire officers who worked long, hard shifts, sleeping in corridors then going out again to put their life on the line.Everywhere I‟ve been this past week, in Salford, Manchester, Birmingham, Croydon, people of every background, colour and religion have shared the same moral outrage and hurt for our country.Because this is Britain.This is a great country of good people.Those thugs we saw last week do not represent us, nor do they represent our young people – and they will not drag us down.Why this happened But now that the fires have been put out and the smoke has cleared, the question hangs in the air: …Why? How could this happen on our streets and in our country?‟ Of course, we mustn‟t oversimplify.There were different things going on in different parts of the country.In Tottenham some of the anger was directed at the police.In Salford there was some organised crime, a calculated attack on the forces of order.But what we know for sure is that in large parts of the country this was just pure criminality.So as we begin the necessary processes of inquiry, investigation, listening and learning: let‟s be clear.These riots were not about race: the perpetrators and the victims were white, black and Asian.These riots were not about government cuts: they were directed at high street stores, not Parliament.And these riots were not about poverty: that insults the millions of people who, whatever the hardship, would never dream of making others suffer like this.No, this was about behaviour……people showing indifference to right and wrong… …people with a twisted moral code……people with a complete absenc e of self-restraint.Politicians and behaviour Now I know as soon as I use words like …behaviour‟ and …moral‟ people will say – what gives politicians the right to lecture us? Of course we‟re not perfect.But politicians shying away from speaking the truth about behaviour, about morality… …this has actually helped to cause the social problems we see around us.We have been too unwilling for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong.We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said – about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy.Sometimes the reasons for that are noble – we don‟t want to insult or hurt people.Sometimes they‟re ideological – we don‟t feel it‟s the job of the state to try and pass judgement on people‟s behaviour or engineer personal morality.And sometimes they‟re just human – we‟re not perfect beings ourselves and we don‟t want to look like hypocrites.So you can‟t say that marriage and commitment are good things –for fear of alienating single mothers.You don‟t deal properly with children who repeatedly fail in school – because you‟re worried about being accused of stigmatising them.You‟re wary of talking about those who have never worked and never want to work – in case you‟re charged with not getting it, being middle class and out of touch.In this risk-free ground of moral neutrality there are no bad choices, just different lifestyles.People aren‟t the architects of their own problems, they are victims of circumstance.…Live and let live‟ becomes …do what you please.‟Well actually, what last week has shown is that this moral neutrality, this relativism – it‟s not going to cut it any more.One of the biggest lessons of these riots is that we‟ve got to talk honestly about behaviour and then act – because bad behaviour has literally arrived on people‟s doorsteps.And we can‟t shy away from the truth anymore.Broken society agenda So this must be a wake-up call for our country.Social problems that have beenfestering for decades have exploded in our face.Now, just as people last week wanted criminals robustly confronted on our street, so they want to see these social problems taken on and defeated.Our security fightback must be matched by a social fightback.We must fight back against the attitudes and assumptions that have brought parts of our society to this shocking state.We know what‟s gone wrong: the question is, do we have the determination to put it right? Do we have the determination to confront the slow-motion moral collapse that has taken place in parts of our country these past few generations? Irresponsibility.Selfishness.Behaving as if your choices have no consequences.Children without fathers.Schools without discipline.Reward without effort.Crime without punishment.Rights without munities without control.Some of the worst aspects of human nature tolerated, indulged –sometimes even incentivised –by a state and its agencies that in parts have become literally de-moralised.So do we have the determination to confront all this and turn it around?I have the very strong sense that the responsible majority of people in this country not only have that determination;they are crying out for their government to act upon it.And I can assure you, I will not be found wanting.In my very first act as leader of this party I signalled my personal priority: to mend our broken society.That passion is stronger today than ever.Yes, we have had an economic crisis to deal with, clearing up the terrible mess we inherited, and we are not out of those woods yet – not by a long way.But I repeat today, as I have on many occasions these last few years, that the reason I am in politics is to build a bigger, stronger society.Stronger families.Stronger communities.A stronger society.This is what I came into politics to do – and theshocking events of last week have renewed in me that drive.So I can announce today that over the next few weeks, I and ministers from across the coalition government will review every aspect of our work to mend our broken society… …on schools, welfare, families, parenting, addiction, communities… …on the cultural, legal, bureaucratic problems in our society too: …from the twisting and misrepresenting of human rights that has undermined personal responsibility……to the obsession with health and safety th at has eroded people‟s willingness to act according to common sense.We will review our work and consider whether our plans and programmes are big enough and bold enough to deliver the change that I feel this country now wants to ernment cannot legislate to change behaviour, but it is wrong to think the State is a bystander.Because people‟s behaviour does not happen in a vacuum: it is affected by the rules government sets and how they are enforced……by the services government provides and how they are delivered……and perhaps above all by the signals government sends about the kinds of behaviour that are encouraged and rewarded.So yes, the broken society is back at the top of my agenda.And as we review our policies in the weeks ahead, today I want to set out the priority areas I will be looking at, and give you a sense of where I think we need to raise our ambitions.Security fightback First and foremost, we need a security fight-back.We need to reclaim our streets from the thugs who didn‟t just spring out of nowhere last week, but who‟ve been making lives a misery for years.Now I know there have been questions in people‟s minds about my approach to law andorder.Well, I don‟t want there to be any doubt.Nothing in this job is more important to me than keeping people safe.And it is obvious to me that to do that we‟ve got to be tough, we‟ve got to be robust, we‟ve got to score a clear line between right and wrong right through the heart of this country – in every street and in every community.That starts with a stronger police presence – pounding the beat, deterring crime, ready to re-group and crack down at the first sign of trouble.Let me be clear: under this government we will always have enough police officers to be able to scale up our deployments in the way we saw last week.T o those who say this means we need to abandon our plans to make savings in police budgets, I say you are missing the point.The point is that what really matters in this fight-back is the amount of time the police actually spend on the streets.For years we‟ve had a police force suffocated by bureaucracy, officers spending the majority of their time filling in forms and stuck behind desks.This won‟t be fixed by pumping money in and keeping things basically as they‟ve been.As the Home Secretary will explain tomorrow, it will be fixed by completely changing the way the police work.Scrapping the paperwork that holds them back, getting them out on the streets where people can see them and criminals can fear them.Our reforms mean that the police are going to answer directly to the people.You want more tough, no-nonsense policing? You want to make sure the police spend more time confronting the thugs in your neighbourhood and less time meeting targets by stopping motorists? You want the police out patrolling your streets instead of sitting behind their desks? Elected police and crime commissioners are part of the answer: they will provide that direct accountability so you can finally get what you want when it comes to policing.The point of our policereforms is not to save money, not to change things for the sake of it – but to fight crime.And in the light of last week it‟s clear that we now have to go even further, even faster in beefing up the powers and presence of the police.Already we‟ve given backing to measures like dispersal orders, we‟re toughening curfew powers, we‟re giving police officers the power to remove face coverings from rioters, we‟re looking at giving them more powers to confiscate offenders‟ property – and over the coming months you‟re going to see even more.It‟s time for something else too.A concerted, all-out war on gangs and gang culture.This isn‟t some side issue.It is a major criminal disease that has infected streets and estates across our country.Stamping out these gangs is a new national st week I set up a cross-government programme to look at every aspect of this problem.We will fight back against gangs, crime and the thugs who make people‟s lives hell and we will fight back hard.The last front in that fight is proper punishment.On the radio last week they interviewed one of the young men who‟d been looting in Manchester.He said he was going to carry on until he got caught.This will be my first arrest, he said.The prisons were already overflowing so he‟d just get an ASBO, and he could live with that.Well, we‟ve got to show him and everyone like him that the party‟s over.I know that when politicians talk about punishment and tough sentencing people roll their eyes.Yes, last week we saw the criminal justice system deal with an unprecedented challenge: the courts sat through the night and dispensed swift, firm justice.We saw that the system was on the side of the law-abiding majority.But confidence in the system is still too low.And believe me – I understand the anger with the level of crime in our country today and I am determined we sortit out and restore people‟s faith that if someone hurts our society, if they break the rules in our society, then society will punish them for it.And we will tackle the hard core of people who persistently reoffend and blight the lives of their communities.So no-one should doubt this government‟s determination to be tough on crime and to mount an effective security fight-back.But we need much more than that.We need a social fight-back too, with big changes right through our society.Families and parenting Let me start with families.The question people asked over and over again last week was …where are the parents? Why aren‟t they keeping the rioting kids indoors?‟Tragically that‟s been followed in some cases by judges rightly lamenting: “why don‟t the parents even turn up when their children are in court?”Well, join the dots and you have a clear idea about why some of these young people were behaving so terribly.Either there was no one at home, they didn‟t much care or they‟d lost control.Families matter.I don‟t doubt that many of the rioters out last week have no father at home.Perhaps they come from one of the neighbourhoods where it‟s standard for children to have a mum and not a dad……where it‟s normal for young men to grow up without a male role model, looking to the streets for their father figures, filled up with rage and anger.So if we want to have any hope of mending our broken society, family and parenting is where we‟ve got to start.I‟ve been saying this for years, since before I was Prime Minister, since before I was leader of the Conservative Party.So: from here on I want a family test applied to all domestic policy.If it hurts families, if it undermines commitment, if it tramples over the values that keeps people together, or stopsfamilies from being together, then we shouldn‟t do it.More than that, we‟ve got to get out there and make a positive difference to the way families work, the way people bring up their children……and we‟ve got to be less sensitive to the charge that this is about interfering or nannying.We are working on ways to help improve parenting –well now I want that work accelerated, expanded and implemented as quickly as possible.This has got to be right at the top of our priority list.And we need more urgent action, too, on the families that some people call …problem‟, others call …troubled‟.The ones that everyone in their neighbourhood knows and often st December I asked Emma Harrison to develop a plan to help get these families on track.It became clear to me earlier this year that – as can so often happen – those plans were being held back by bureaucracy.So even before the riots happened, I asked for an explanation.Now that the riots have happened I will make sure that we clear away the red tape and the bureaucratic wrangling, and put rocket boosters under this programme……with a clear ambition that within the lifetime of this Parliament we will turn around the lives of the 120,000 most troubled families in the country.Schools The next part of the social fight-back is what happens in schools.We need an education system which reinforces the message that if you do the wrong thing you‟ll be disciplined……but if you work hard and play by the rules you will succeed.This isn‟t a distant dream.It‟s already happening in schools like Woodside High in Tottenham and Mossbourne in Hackney.They expect high standards from every child and make no excuses for failure to work hard.They foster pride through strict uniform and behaviour policies.And they provide analternative to street culture by showing how anyone can get up and get on if they apply themselves.Kids from Hammersmith and Hackney are now going to top universities thanks to these schools.We need many more like them which is why we are creating more academies… …why the people behind these success stories are now opening free schools… …and why we have pledged to turn round the 200 weakest secondaries and the 200 weakest primaries in the next year.But with the failures in our education system so deep, we can‟t just say …these are our plans and we believe in them, let‟s sit back while they take effect‟.I now want us to push further, faster.Are we really doing enough to ensure that great new schools are set up in the poorest areas, to help the children who need them most? And why are we putting up with the complete scandal of schools being allowed to fail, year after year? If young people have left school without being able to read or write, why shouldn‟t that school be held more directly accountable? Yes, these questions are already being asked across government but what happened last week gives them a new urgency –and we need to act on it.Respect for community Just as we want schools to be proud of we want everyone to feel proud of their communities.We need a sense of social responsibility at the heart of every community.Yet the truth is that for too long the big bossy bureaucratic state has drained it away.It‟s usurped local leadership with its endless Whitehall diktats.It‟s frustrated local organisers with its rules and regulations And it‟s denied local people any real kind of say over what goes on where they live.Is it any wonder that many people don‟t feel they have a stake in their community? This has got to change.And we‟re already taking steps to change it.That‟s why we want executive Mayors in our twelve biggest cities……because strong civic leadership can make a real difference in creating that sense of belonging.We‟re training an army of community organisers to work in our most deprived neighbourhoods……because we‟re serious about encouraging social action and giving people a real chance to improve the community in which they live.We‟re changing the planning rules and giving people the right to take over local assets.But the question I want to ask now is this.Are these changes big enough to foster the sense of belonging we want to see? Are these changes bold enough to spread the social responsibility we need right across our communities, especially in our cities? That‟s what we‟re going to be looking at urgently over the coming weeks.Because we won‟t get things right in our country if we don‟t get them right in our communities.Responsibility and welfare But one of the biggest parts of this social fight-back is fixing the welfare system.For years we‟ve had a system that encourages the worst in people –that incites laziness, that excuses bad behaviour, that erodes self-discipline, that discourages hard work……above all that drains responsibility away from people.We talk about moral hazard in our financial system – where banks think they can act recklessly because the state will always bail them out……well this is moral hazard in our welfare system –people thinking they can be as irresponsible as they like because the state will always bail them out.We‟re already addressing this through the Welfare Reform Bill going through parliament.But I‟m not satisfied that we‟re doing all we can.I want us to look at toughening up the conditions for those who are out of work and receiving benefits……and speeding up our efforts to get all those who can workback to work Work is at the heart of a responsible society.So getting more of our young people into jobs, or up and running in their own businesses is a critical part of how we strengthen responsibility in our society.Our Work Programme is the first step, with local authorities, charities, social enterprises and businesses all working together to provide the best possible help to get a job.It leaves no one behind – including those who have been on welfare for years.But there is more we need to do, to boost self-employment and enterprise…because it‟s only by getting our young people into work that we can build an ownership society in which everyone feels they have a stake.Human rights and health and safety As we consider these questions of attitude and behaviour, the signals that government sends, and the incentives it creates……we inevitably come to the question of the Human Rights Act and the culture associated with it.Let me be clear: in this country we are proud to stand up for human rights, at home and abroad.It is part of the British tradition.But what is alien to our tradition –and now exerting such a corrosive influence on behaviour and morality……is the twist ing and misrepresenting of human rights in a way that has undermined personal responsibility.We are attacking this problem from both sides.We‟re working to develop a way through the morass by looking at creating our own British Bill of Rights.And we will be using our current chairmanship of the Council of Europe to seek agreement to important operational changes to the European Convention on Human Rights.But this is all frustratingly slow.The truth is, the interpretation of human rights legislation has exerted a chilling effect on public sector organisations, leading them to act in waysthat fly in the face of common sense, offend our sense of right and wrong, and undermine responsibility.It is exactly the same with health and safety –where regulations have often been twisted out of all recognition into a culture where the words …health and safety‟are lazily trotted out to justify all sorts of actions and regulations that damage our social fabric.So I want to make something very clear: I get it.This stuff matters.And as we urgently review the work we‟re doing on the broken society, judging whether it‟s ambitious enough – I want to make it clear that there will be no holds barred……and that most definitely includes the human rights and health and safety culture.National Citizen Service Many people have long thought that the answer to these questions of social behaviour is to bring back national service.In many ways I agree……and that‟s why we are actually introducing something similar – National Citizen Service.It‟s a non-military programme that captures the spirit of national service.It takes sixteen year-olds from different backgrounds and gets them to work together.They work in their communities, whether that‟s coaching children to play football, visiting old people at the hospital or offering a bike repair service to the community.It shows young people that doing good can feel good.The real thrill is from building things up, not tearing them down.Team-work, discipline, duty, decency: these might sound old-fashioned words but they are part of the solution to this very modern problem of alienated, angry young people.Restoring those values is what National Citizen Service is all about.I passionately believe in this idea.It‟s something we‟ve been developing for years.Thousands of teenagers are taking part this summer.The plan is for thirty thousand to take part next year.But in response to the riots I willsay this.This should become a great national effort.Let‟s make National Citizen Service available to all sixteen year olds as a rite of passage.We can do that if we work together: businesses, charities, schools and social enterprises……and in the months ahead I will put renewed effort into making it happen.Conclusion T oday I‟ve talked a lot about what the government is going to do.But let me be clear: This social fight-back is not a job for government on its ernment doesn‟t run the businesses that create jobs and turn lives ernment doesn‟t make the video games or print the magazines or produce the music that tells young people what‟s important in ernment can‟t be on every street and in every estate, instilling the values that matter.This is a problem that has deep roots in our society, and it‟s a job for all of our society to help fix it.In the highest offices, the plushest boardrooms, the most influential jobs, we need to think about the example we are setting.Moral decline and bad behaviour is not limited to a few of the poorest parts of our society.In the banking crisis, with MPs‟ expenses, in the phone hacking scandal, we have seen some of the worst cases of greed, irresponsibility and entitlement.The restoration of responsibility has to cut right across our society.Because whatever the arguments, we all belong to the same society, and we all have a stake in making it better.There is no …them‟ and …us‟– there is us.We are all in this together, and we will mend our broken society – together.第二篇:英国首相卡梅伦演讲稿英国新首相戴维卡梅伦就职演说,全文如下:HER MAJESTY the queen has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted。
卡梅伦演讲稿中英文第一篇:卡梅伦演讲稿中英文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.这个国家刚刚进行了一场大型的民主活动,这也许是我们历史上最大的一次。
超过3300万来自英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士、北爱尔兰和直布罗陀的人民表达了他们的声音。
We should be proud of the fact that in these islands we trust the people with these big decisions.我们应该为这个事实感到骄傲。
在这片国土上,我们相信这些岛屿上人民做出重大选择。
We not only have a parliamentarydemocracy, but on questions about the arrangements for how we are governed, there are times when it is right to ask the people themselves, and that is what we have done.我们不仅拥有议会民主制度,而且还在如何管理这个国家的问题上,我们也会适时征求人民的意愿。
对此我们已经做到了。
The British people have voted to leave the European Union and their will must be respected.英国人民投票选择离开欧盟,他们的意愿必须得到尊重。
英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲(中英对照)Good morning, everyone!大家早上好!The country has just taken part in a giant democratic exercise,这个国家刚刚经历了一项巨大的民主事件,perhaps the biggest in our history.可能也是我国历史上最大的历史事件。
Over 33 million people from England,超过3300万来自英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士、北爱尔兰、直布罗陀的人民Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar have all had their say.都表达了自己的意见。
We should be proud of the fact that in these islands我们应该感到自豪,在这些岛屿上,we trust the people for these big decisions.我们能将重要的决定交给人民。
We not only have a parliamentary democracy,我们不只有议会民主,but on questions about the arrangements for how we've governed在面对管理国家这样重要的问题时,there are times when it is right to ask the people themselves我们也会直接征询人民的意见,and that is what we have done.这也正是我们刚刚所做的。
The British people have voted to leave the European Union英国人民刚刚投票选择了脱欧,and their will must be respected.我们将尊重人民的意愿。
卡梅伦脱欧演讲稿英文Ladies and gentlemen,。
I stand before you today to address a matter of great importance the issue of Brexit. The decision to leave the European Union has been one of the most significant and contentious issues in recent British history. As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I feel it is my duty to explain the reasons behind this decision and to outline our vision for the future.First and foremost, it is important to acknowledge the deep divisions that exist within our country regarding Brexit. I understand that there are strong feelings on both sides of the debate, and I respect the views of those who passionately believe in the benefits of remaining in the EU. However, it is crucial to remember that the British people have spoken, and we must now work together to make the best of the situation.One of the key reasons for our decision to leave the EU is the issue of sovereignty. We believe that the British people should have the ultimate say over the laws that govern our country. By regaining control over our laws, we can better address the needs and concerns of our citizens. This does not mean that we wish to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world, but rather that we seek to establish a more independent and self-determined future.Furthermore, leaving the EU allows us to pursue new trade agreements and partnerships with countries across the globe. We are confident that by doing so, we can open up new opportunities for British businesses and create a more dynamic and competitive economy. We also believe that we can maintain a close and cooperative relationship with our European neighbors, while also expanding our horizons to embrace the wider world.It is important to acknowledge that the process of leaving the EU will not be without its challenges. There will be difficult negotiations ahead, and we must be prepared for the possibility of short-term disruptions. However, I am confident that with determinationand a spirit of unity, we can overcome these challenges and emerge stronger and more resilient than ever before.In conclusion, I want to emphasize that our decision to leave the EU is not a rejection of our European friends and allies. Rather, it is a reaffirmation of our commitment to charting our own course and shaping our own destiny. We believe that by doing so, we can build a brighter and more prosperous future for the United Kingdom.Thank you.。
卡梅伦辞职演讲全文(中英对照)第一篇:卡梅伦辞职演讲全文(中英对照)卡梅伦辞职演讲全文(中英对照)大家早上好Good morning everyone,英国刚刚举行了一场规模巨大的民主活动the country has just taken part in a giant democratic exercise,也许是英国历史上最大的一次perhaps the biggest in our history.来自英格兰苏格兰威尔士北爱尔兰Over 33 million people from England,和直布罗陀超过3300万的人民行使了发言权Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar have all had their say.应该是感到自豪的是我们信任We should be proud of the fact that in these islands这些岛屿上人民做出重大决策we trust the people for these big decisions.英国不仅拥有一个议会民主制We not only have a parliamentary democracy,而且有关英国如何治理的问题but on questions about the arrangements for how we've governed有的时候就需要问问人民自己there are times when it is right to ask the people themselves 这就是我们所做的and that is what we have done.英国人民已经投票决定离开欧盟The British people have voted to leave the European Union他们的意愿必须得到尊重and their will must be respected.我想感谢所有为留欧派奔走的人I want to thank everyone who took part in the campaign on my side of the argument, 包括所有抛弃党派分歧的人including all those who put aside party differences 他们支持自己坚信的对有利于国家的观点to speak in what they believe was the national interest 同时让我向所有脱欧派人士的and let me congratulate all those who took part in the Leave campaign 努力和激情表示祝贺for the spirited and passionate case that they made.英国人民的意志必须服从The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered.这并不是一个可以掉以轻心的决定It was not a decision that was taken lightly,原因不只是各种组织not least because so many things were said对其重要性曾做出的那些解释by so many different organisations about the significance of this decision.所以不能对结果有任何的怀疑So there can be no doubt about the result.全球各地的人们都看到了英国做出的选择Across the world people have been watching the choice that Britain has made.我想向市场和投资者保证I would reassure those markets and investors英国的经济基本面是强劲的that Britain's economy is fundamentally strong 对于住在欧盟各国的英国人and I would also reassure Britons living in European countries 以及住在英国的欧盟公民and European citizens living here 我向你们保证你们的状况不会立即发生改变that there will be no immediate changes in your circumstances.在出行方面暂时不会发生变化There will be no initial change in the way our people can travel, 货物依然可以流通服务依旧能够交易in the way our goods can move or the way our services can be sold.现在我们必须做好与欧盟谈判的准备We must now prepare for a negotiation with the European Union.这需要苏格兰和This will need to involve the full engagement of 北爱尔兰政府的全力配合the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments 确保捍卫并增进to ensure that the interests of all parts of our United Kingdom 英国国内各方的利益are protected and advanced.但要做到以上全部我们需要强劲、坚定且负责任的领导者Butabove all this will require strong, determined and committed leadership.我非常骄傲和荣幸能在过去的六年里担任这个国家的首相I am very proud and veryhonored to have been Prime Minister of this country for six years.我相信我们做出了巨大的进步I believe we have made great steps, 就业人数从未如此之多;with more people in work than ever before in our history;我们对福利和教育进行改革with reforms to welfare and education;改善人民生活质量increasing people’s life chances;建设更大更强的社会;building a bigger and stronger society;保持对全世界最贫困人民做出的承诺;keeping our promises to the poorest people in the world, 不论性别因素,让相爱的人们合法结婚。
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您的努力学习是为了更美好的未来!英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲视频:英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲:我尽力了英文版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 believed 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 thatBritain has made. I would reassure those markets and investors that Britain’s economy is fundamentally strong.And I would also reassure Brits living in European countries and European citizens living here that 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 am very proud and very honoured to have been Prime Minister of this country for six years.I believe we have 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 am grateful to everyone who has helped to make that happen.I have also always believed that we have to confront big decisions – not duck them.That’s why we delivered the first Coalition government in seventy years to bring our economy back from the brink. It’s why we delivered a fair, legal and decisive referendum in Scotland. And why I made the pledge to renegotiate Britain’s position in the European Union and hold a 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 feel – head, heart and soul.I held nothing back.I was absolutely clear about my belief that Britain is stronger, safer and better off inside the European Union, and I made clear the referendum was about this and this alone – not 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 theship 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 have taken lightly, but I do believe it is 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 is right that this new Prime Minister takes the decision about when to trigger article 50 and start the formal and legal process of leavingthe 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 argument, myself included, should help to make it work.Britain is a special country.We have so many great advantages.A 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 of a multi-racial, multi-faith democracy, where 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 have 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.下页分享英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲:我尽力了中文版英国首相卡梅伦辞职演讲:我尽力了中文版英国人离开欧盟投票,他们将必须得到尊重。
【唐宁街10号】卡梅伦首相在北京大学的演讲全文信息来源:唐宁街10号,英国首相官方网站原文地址:/news/speeches-and-transcripts/2010/11/pms-sp eech-at-beida-university-china-56820Twenty 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 bigg est consumers 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 OpportunityNow 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. Dialogues not stand-off. Mutual benefit, not zero-sum game. Partnership not protectionism.Britain is the country that argues most passionately for globalization 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 wo rld 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 int o 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-ordinate rebalancing between surplus and deficit countries. These interests, those responsibilities are both economic and political.Let me take each in turn.Economic ResponsibilitiesFirst, 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 soimportant. 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 cannot 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.Globalization – 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 s trengths 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 overChina. Including a deal between Rolls Royce and China Eastern Airlines for 16 Airbus 330 aero engines worth £750 million, and inward investments worth in excess of £300 millionThis 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 cultur e, 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 ResponsibilitiesBut 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 PerspectivesIt 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.ConclusionSo 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.。
Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech and answers questions from students in Peking University in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 10, 2010. (Xinhua/XieHuanchi)到访的英国首相卡梅伦在北京大学发表了演讲并回答了同学们的提问。
Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday called for a "stronger relationship" with China, saying the rise of the nation is an opportunity to other countries.到访的英国首相卡梅伦周三呼吁与中国建立更加牢固的关系,说一个国家的崛起对其他国家来说也是一次机会。
"We want a stronger relationship with China. Stronger on trade, investment and dialogue," said Cameron while delivering a speech in Peking University.“我们想与中国在贸易,投资和对话方面建立更加牢固的关系,”卡梅伦在北京大学发表演讲时说道。
While stressing the importance of trade, he said the great thing about the bilateral relationship is that it is not just confined to economic interaction.在强调贸易的重要性的同时,他还说双边关系重要的方面不仅仅局限在经济方面。
英国首相卡梅隆北京大学演讲全文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 consumers 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 opportunityNow 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 mosthigh-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 US$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 povertyChina 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 responsibilitiesFirst, 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 vis ion 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'sre-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 millionThis 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 responsibilitiesBut 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 its 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 ourco-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 its 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 perspectivesIt 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 haveconstructive 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.ConclusionSo 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.。