“中国梦”：国家、民族和人民之梦

尊敬的英国外交大臣特别顾问豪厄尔勋爵，

尊敬的四十八家集团俱乐部主席佩里先生，

“青年破冰者”组织主席岳琳女士，

青年破冰者们：

首先我要热烈祝贺“青年破冰者”组织成立五周年。这是我连续第四次出席你们的“生日聚会”。

今年适逢四十八家集团成立60周年，我也要借此机会表示热烈祝贺。60年来，四十八家集团及其继任者“四十八家集团俱乐部”秉承“破冰者”精神，坚信“世界上没有打不破的坚冰”，坚信中英之间和平发展、互利共赢是大势所趋，为中英经贸领域的合作、为中英关系的发展做出了突出贡献。

佩里先生希望我今天与大家谈谈“中国梦”，这是一个不仅在中国，也在世界上被热议的话题。

说起“梦”，近百年来，中国人对自己的国家做了不少“梦”，比如梁启超先生在20世纪初就曾在《新中国未来记》中写出了他对中国未来的期望：“无端忽作太平梦，放眼昆仑绝顶来。”梁启超先生做的是“太平盛世梦”。孙中山对中国的梦想则体现在其著作《建国方略》中，所以，孙中山先生有一个“现代化梦”。当然，中国人还有“三峡梦”“奥运梦”“世博梦”。这些梦想如今都一一成为现实。

那么最近习近平主席提出的“中国梦”，其含义是什么呢？它就是习主席阐述的——国家富强、民族复兴和人民幸福。“中国梦”是“三位一体”，缺一不可。

“中国梦”是发展目标、前进方向，那么它有没有路线图呢？我认为，中国共产党的十八大就已经为“中国梦”的实现制定了蓝图，这就是到2020年中国国内生产总值和城乡居民人均收入在2010年基础上翻一番，全面建成小康社会，简称“双倍增计划”；到21世纪中叶建成富强民主文明和谐的社会主义现代化国家。上述这两个目标，一个的完成期正好是中国共产党成立百年，另一个的目标期正好是中华人民共和国建国百年，所以又叫“两个一百年”目标。然后，在“两个一百年”目标的基础上，实现中华民族的伟大复兴。这就是实现“中国梦”的“三步走”战略。

说起“中国梦”，大家不免会想起“美国梦”。那么“中国梦”与“美国梦”的区别是什么呢？“美国梦”是1931年美国历史学家亚当斯首先提出来的概念。“美国梦”就是指一个人无论什么背景，只要通过个人奋斗，就能实现自己的梦想。而“中国梦”则是国家的梦、民族的梦和人民的梦，也是每一个中国人的梦，是个人之梦的集合、是共同的梦。正如习主席所说的：“国家好，民族好，大家才会好。”如果说“美国梦”体现了美国文化和美国国民性格的话，那么“中国梦”则充满着中华文明“家国天下”的理性光辉。

如何才能实现“中国梦”？习主席说：“空谈误国，实干兴邦。”中国已经确定在三个方面真抓实干、治国兴邦。

一是抓好经济、政治、文化、社会和生态五个建设。中国将加快转变经济发展方式，调整经济结构；大力发展人民民主，坚持走中国特色政治发展道路；促进文化繁荣发展，大力弘扬中华优秀文化；提高保障和改善民生水平，着力提高人民生活水平；努力建设美丽中国。因此，“中国梦”是民富国强之梦，是政通人和之梦，是山清水秀之梦。

二是深化改革开放。中国过去30多年的发展得益于改革开放，中国未来的发展仍要靠改革开放。“开弓没有回头箭”，改革只有进行时，没有完成时；开放的大门已经打开，就将始终敞开。改革开放将为中国未来发展提供源源不断的动力。可以说，“中国梦”也是改革之梦，开放之梦。

三是坚持走和平发展道路。“中国梦”不是要“独步武林”，独霸天下，而是要实现民族的复兴，承担大国的责任。中国的发展对世界不是威胁，而是机遇。中国将继续是世界和平的倡导者、维护者，是世界经济的增长动力。中国将继续积极参与国际政治、安全和发展事务，为维护世界和平与地区稳定发挥建设性作用，为推动公正合理的国际体系建设和全球治理做出积极努力，为促进各国合作和世界经济增长做出贡献。今后5年中国将进口10万亿美元左右的商品，中国对外投资将达到5 000亿美元，出境游人次可能超过4亿，这无疑将有力带动全球经济发展。所以，“中国梦”也是和平之梦、合作之梦、共赢之梦。

我最近访问了英吉利海峡中的根西岛，参观了法国大文豪雨果被流放期间的故居。正是在那里，他创作了传世名作《悲惨世界》。《悲惨世界》中有一句名言：“世上没有什么比梦想更能创造未来；今天看似乌托邦，明天却将是活生生的现实。”

在座的吉姆·奥尼尔先生，可能当年你提出“金砖国家”一词的时候，也不会想到今天“金砖国家”非但成为一个家喻户晓的概念，而且已经成了一个实实在在的合作共同体，成为当今世界的重要一极，重构了世界的版图。

“中国梦”也是这样，它今天是梦想，明天将是现实。

青年破冰者们，

理解“中国梦”，就是理解中国的发展动力和前进方向，就是理解中国的今天与未来。英国思想家培根说，青年擅长创造，擅长行动，擅长革新。所以我期待着你们来创造，来行动，来革新，抓住“中国梦”带来的机遇，筑就我们共同的“中英关系之梦”，为开创中英关系更加美好的明天做出贡献。

谢谢。

下面我愿回答各位的提问。

“Chinese Dream”: The Dream of a Country,a Nation and a People

Lord Howell,

Chairman Stephen Perry,

Chair Lin Yue,

Young Icebreakers,

I warmly congratulate you all on the fifth anniversary of the“Young Icebreakers.”

It has been my privilege to attend four of your“birthday parties.”

I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the 48 Group Club.

This year marks your 60th anniversary. Over the six decades, the 48 Group and its successor the 48 Group Club have carried on the spirit of the“Icebreakers.”

I admire your conviction that“there is no unbreakable ice in the world.”

I applaud your belief in peaceful development and mutual benefit between China and UK.

During the past 60 years you have made outstanding contributions to China-UK economic cooperation and overall bilateral relations.

Chairman Perry has asked me to talk about the“Chinese Dream.”I am very glad to respond to his request. This is a topic that is currently generating much interest both in China and around the world.

Dreams about China are not new. Over the past century Chinese people have dreamed a lot of dreams about our country.

For example, in the early 20th century the Chinese scholar and reformist Liang Qichao described his“Chinese Dream”in the political novel The Future of New China .He wrote with reference to one of the longest mountain ranges in China:

“I dreamed of standing on the summit of the Kunlun Mountains and seeing a peaceful China.”

So, Mr. Liang’s dream was about peace and prosperity.

For Dr. Sun Yat-sen,“Chinese Dream”was reflected in his work called the Fundamentals of National Reconstruction . That book was mostly about modernisation.

In more recent times Chinese people also had other dreams. For example:

Today all these dreams have come true.

Then what is the meaning of the“Chinese Dream”recently initiated by President Xi Jinping?

As President Xi has explained, it means:

These aspects are three-in-one. None of them are dispensable.

The“Chinese Dream”sets the goal and direction. So, is there a roadmap?

The 18th Congress Report of the Communist Party of China has drawn up a very clear roadmap. The Report includes two main goals:

The accomplishment of these two goals will coincide respectively with two centenary celebrations:

So, these aims are also known as the“Two Centenary Goals.”

Through building on the two goals, China will advance to achieve the great revitalisation of the Chinese nation. This is the three-step strategy for fulfilling the“Chinese Dream”.

Many people will inevitably compare the“Chinese Dream”with the“American Dream.”

What is the diference between the two?

The“American Dream”was first advanced in 1931 by American historian James Adams. His description suggests an individual will realise his dream through honest work irrespective of colour or faith.

This definition of the“American Dream”provides a sharp focus on the cultural difference between China and the USA. In China the“Dream”is driven by the communal interest of all the people.

The“Chinese Dream”is the dream of a country, a nation and a people.

The“Chinese Dream”is not just the dream of the government and leaders of China.

The“Chinese Dream”is also very much the heartfelt dream of every Chinese. It is a common dream.

President Xi embraced the spirit of the“Chinese Dream”when he said,

“Only when the country and the nation are better of, can every one of us be better of.”

The“American Dream”embodies American culture and national character.

In turn, the“Chinese Dream”is anchored within, and reaches out from Chinese philosophy. That can be defined in this way:

“One nation is one family and each member is responsible for its prosperity.”

How will the Chinese people come together to achieve the“Chinese Dream?”

Again, let me quote President Xi to give an answer. He said,

“Empty talk makes a country sufer, while hard work makes a country prosper.”

Building on the words of President Xi, the Chinese government has decided to work hard in three areas.

First, to make advancements in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological fields. To be specific, China will do the following:

From the above you can see that the“Chinese Dream”is about these main elements:

The second area of hard work is to deepen reform and opening-up.

China’s rapid growth in the past three decades is attributable to reform and opening up.

China’s future development still hinges on reform and opening-up.

Here I draw on an analogy. Once the arrow is released from the bow it can never return.

In the grammar for reform, there is only“continuous tense,”no“perfect tense.”

In turn, once the door is open, it will always be open.

Reform and opening-up offers an inexhaustible driving force for China’s future development.

In this sense the“Chinese Dream”is also the dream of reform and opening-up.

The third area of hard work is to stay on the path of peaceful development.

The“Chinese Dream”is not to seek supremacy. It is to regain the worthy status of China and take on the responsibility of a big country.

China’s development means opportunity, not threat to the world.

China will continue to be the champion and guardian of world peace, and the engine of the world economy. China will contribute in the following areas:

Looking forward China will continue to be a key driver of the world economy:

All these factors will undoubtedly stimulate global growth. So, the“Chinese Dream”is also a dream of peace, cooperation and mutual benefit.

I recently have been to Guernsey in the Channel Islands. There I visited the house where the French writer Victor Hugo lived during his exile. It was in that house that he wrote his masterpiece Les Miserables . In that book he made a point very relevant to my theme this evening. Victor Hugo wrote:

“There is nothing like dreams to create the future. Utopia today, flesh and blood tomorrow.”

I know Mr. Jim O’Neill is with us tonight. He is famous around the world for his concept of the BRIC countries.

When Mr. O’Neill advanced the idea of BRICS, I feel sure he could not have imagined that so soon BRICS would become a household name. I sense he would have been surprised to see the expanded BRICS operating as a group. We saw this very recently in South Africa. The BRICS have become a force for changes big enough to reshape the world landscape.

The same could be true with the“Chinese Dream.”Today it is a dream. Tomorrow,it could be reality.

Young Icebreakers,

Through understanding the“Chinese Dream”you will identify China’s goal and direction. You will understand China’s present and future.

The great British statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon wrote:

“Young men are fit to invent, for execution and for new projects.”

Perhaps I can be bold enough to update the spirit of these words and say“Young men and women!”

So, Young men and women“Icebreakers”I give you a challenge:

In conclusion I wish you many more successful anniversaries!

Thank you!

Now, I would like to take your questions. Wrakq680VPl7ZFzOFKG4MHiYTOr50OyP8oBk54kCyihK+IAydMo8lY42s/s6B+M8