Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends:女士們，先生們，朋友們：

Good afternoon.大家好。

The English edition of Zhu Rongji meets the press is being introduced here today. I would like to thank Mr. Yu Zhengshen, party secretary of Shanghai; Lord Patten, a chancellor of Oxford Univercity; Mr. Liu Xiaoming, ambassador of the People's Republic of China; and all the other friends and guests who have come here for the introduction. My good friend, Dr. Henry Kissinger, wrote a wonderful foreword, which adds luster to the book. And for this, I wish to express my thanks and respects to him. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all the editors, translators and publishers, who worked so hard on this project.《朱镕基答記者問題》一書的英文版首發式今天在這里舉行。我首先要向出席今天發布會的上海市委書記俞正聲先生、牛津大學校長彭定康先生、中華人民共和國駐英大使劉曉明先生以及各位來賓、朋友表示衷心的感謝。我的好朋友辛格博士寫了精彩的序言，為這本書增色。我要向他表示衷心的感謝和敬意。我要向所有參與、翻譯、出版工作并付出了辛勤勞動的朋友們表示衷心的感謝。

The years from 1991 to 2003, while I served as Vice Premier and Premier of the State Council of China; and also the crucial years when China was making a transition from a planned economy to a socialist market economy. We undertook serious and major reforms, beginning with reform of the finance and taxation systems. It was also during this period that China effectively brought serious inflation under control and achieved an economical soft-landing. Subsequently, we successfully coped with the impact of the Asian financial crisis, reversed a deflation trend, and maintained the stable and rapid economic growth. At the same time, after arduous negotiations, we joined the World Trade Organization, which was a greatest forward in China's opening up to the outside. All these are touched upon in the book. I hope this book will help people better understand China and promote cooperation.從1991年到2003年，在我擔任國務院副總理和總理期間，適逢中國從計劃經濟向社會主義市場經濟轉變的關鍵時期，我們進行了從財稅體制改革開始的一系列重大改革。也正是在這個時候，中國有效治理嚴重的通貨膨脹，實現了經濟軟著陸。隨后，又成為應對亞洲金融危機的沖擊，扭轉了通貨膨脹的趨勢，保持了經濟穩定、快速增長。同時，經過艱苦談判，加入了世界貿易組織。大步推進了中國的對外開放。所有這些在這本書中都有所反映。我希望這本書對大家了解中國，促進合作能有所幫助。

I dare not say how correct the arguments in the book are. Nor dare I wish that all these readers would agree with my views. What I want to say is everything I said in this book is true. This is a principle I uphold all my life. I want to take this opportunity to express my best wishes to the people of Britain. 我不敢說這本書立論如何正確，更不敢期望每個讀者都會同意我的觀點。我只想說我在本書中的講話都是真話，這是我一生堅持的原則。我借此機會向英國人民致以良好的祝愿。

Thank you.謝謝。