亚太经合组织的唯一使命，就是开展经济合作，不宜把讨论的范畴扩展到社会、政治、安全等非经济领域。要坚持有所为有所不为的原则，专心致志推进经济合作。

The sole mission of APEC is to promote economic cooperation. It should refrain from extending the scope of its discussions to social, political security and other non-economic fields. It is necessary to concentrate our efforts on advancing economic cooperation in a spirit of doing certain things and refraining from doing other things.

贸易投资自由化对任何成员来说都是相对的、有条件的。需要充分考虑各成员之间的差异和实际情况，坚持自主自愿、互惠互利、协商一致的原则。确定部门优先自由化，也应坚持由各成员自由选择，自主决定，资源参加，同时要承认两个时间表的差异，即考虑自身的利益，也考虑各方的利益，以利共同发展。要在平等互利、优势互补的基础上，提倡发达成员以其经济技术优势帮助发展中成员，而不应损害它们的利益。只有这样，才能既为发达成员、也为发展中成员创造更多的合作机会。

Trade and investment liberalization is a relative and conditional concept for any APEC member economy. Diversity among APEC members and their actual circumstances should be fully taken into consideration and the principles of voluntarism, mutual benefit, and consensus be observed. In identifying sectors for early voluntary liberalization, members should be allowed to maintain the freedom of choice in terms of participation. Meanwhile, the differentiation between the two timetables should be acknowledged, and both the interests of member itself as well as those of other members should be considered so as to facilitate common development. Developed members should be encouraged to use their economic and technological advantages to help developing members on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and complementarity. By no means should the interests of the developing economies be compromised. Only in this way will more opportunities for cooperation be created for both developed and developing members.

经济技术合作和贸易投资自由化是紧密结合的，应该相互促进。当代科学技术的迅猛发展，已经成为推动生产力发展最有决定意义的因素，对世界经济和社会生活产生了 深刻的影响。努力加强科技交流、技术合作和技术转让，既有利于发展中成员提高经济技术实力，也有利于发达成员增强经济持续发展的后劲。这不仅可以缩小成员之间的发展差距，也可以有利地推动贸易投资自由化进程。

Economic and technological cooperation and trade and investment liberalization are closely linked and should support each other. The rapid and dynamic advance of science and technology today has become the decisive factor behind the development of productive forces and exerted a profound impact on world economy and social life. Strengthened scientific and technological exchanges as well as technological cooperation and transfer will not only help augment the economic and technological strength of developing members, but also enhance the sustainability of economic development of the developed members. This will not only narrow the gap of development among its members but also greatly facilitate the process of trade and investment liberation.

中国多次自主降低关税，五年间关税降幅达百分之六十。中国政府决定，到2005年，将工业品的平均关税降至百分之十。中国决定加入《信息技术协议》，并就有关事宜开始谈判。我们的这些实际行动，相信将会推动亚太地区经济技术合作和贸易投资自由化的发展。

China has lowered its tariffs on a voluntary basis several times, a drop of about 60 per cent in five years. The Chinese government has decided to lower its average tariffs on industrial products to 110 per cent by 2005. In addition, China has decided to accede to the Information Technology Agreement and started negotiations on relevant issues. We believe that such practical moves on our part will promote the development of economic and technological cooperation as well as trade and investment liberalization in the Asia-Pacific region.

最后，我要热情欢迎亚太经合组织第九次领导人非正式会议在中国上海召开。我们将为会议做好充分准备。

谢谢各位。

In conclusion, I would like to warmly welcome the convocation of the ninth informal APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shanghai, China. We will make full preparations for this meeting. Thank you.