Toast by Foreign Minister Wang Yi at New Year Reception for 2014 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2013年12月11日，钓鱼台国宾馆芳菲苑
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, 11 December 2013
尊敬的杨洁篪国务委员和夫人，尊敬的各位使节、代表和夫人，女士们、先生们、朋友们：
The Honorable State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Madam Le Aimei,The Honorable Diplomatic Envoys and Representatives of InernationalOrganizations and the Spouses,Dear Friends,Ladies and Gentlemen,
非常高兴同大家欢聚一堂，同辞旧岁，共迎新年。首先，我谨代表中华人民共和国外交部，对各位朋友出席今天的招待会表示热烈欢迎，对国内各部门一年来给予外交工作的大力支持表示衷心感谢，对各位使节一年来为增进中国同各国友好合作作出的宝贵贡献表示诚挚敬意。
It is a great pleasure to join all of you here to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new. Let me begin by extending, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, my warmest welcome to all the friends attending today’s reception and my heartfelt thanks to all the ministries and departments at home for the strong support they have given to the diplomatic work over the past year. I would also like to pay tribute to all the diplomatic envoys who have made invaluable contribution over the year to stronger ties of friendship and cooperation between China and the countries they represent.
回首2013年，国际社会维护和平的呼声进一步增强，推进变革的潮流更加强劲，世界经济缓慢复苏，地区格局加速演变，国际力量对比朝着更趋均衡的方向发展。与此同时，传统与非传统安全问题相互交织，网络安全、气候变化等全球性问题进一步凸显。身处这样一个调整、变革、创新的时代，各国唯有因时而变、与时俱进，才能把握主动、开创未来。
Looking back at 2013, we have seen an even stronger appeal for peace and more vigorous support for change in the international community. World economy has recovered slowly. Changes of regional landscapes have picked up speed. And international balance of power is moving towards greater equilibrium. At the same time, traditional and non-traditional security issues are interwoven with cyber security, climate change and other global challenges becoming a lot more salient. Living in such an era of adjustment, transformation and innovation, the only way for all countries to seize the initiative and find the way to the future is to be highly adaptive and keep pace with the times.
2013年是以习近平同志为总书记的党中央外交开局之年。在中央领导下，中国外交不断推出新理念，采取新举措，展示新气象。新形势下的中国外交更具全球视野、更富进取意识、更有开创精神，打开了中国同各国友好合作的新局面。
The year 2013 has seen the groundbreaking of diplomacy under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with Comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary. With the CPC Central Committee at the helm, China has put forth a series of new concepts, taken new measures and demonstrated a new look in the country’s diplomacy. Such diplomacy, showing greater global perspective and being more enterprising and innovative under the new circumstances, has opened up a new vista of friendly cooperation between China and other countries.
我们更加坚定地走和平发展的道路。今年伊始，中共中央政治局就坚持走和平发展道路进行集体学习。习近平总书记指出，中国将坚定不移做和平发展的实践者、共同发展的推动者、多边贸易体制的维护者、全球经济治理的参与者。一年来，中国领导人的足迹遍及亚非拉和欧洲、北美各大洲，同100多位外国领导人会见接触，并邀请了数十个国家的领导人访华。我们同各国达成数百项合作协议，同冰岛、瑞士签署自贸协定。中国的和平发展正在转化为越来越多各国合作共赢的切实成果。当然，实现世界的和平与发展决不仅仅是中国一家的事，而是各国共同的责任，中国愿与各国携手努力，在此过程中不断作出我们应有的贡献。
We have become more determined in pursuing the path of peaceful development. Earlier this year, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted a collective study session on adhering to the path of peaceful development. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that China will unswervingly pursue peaceful development, promote common development, uphold the multilateral trading system and participate in global economic governance. Over the year, Chinese leaders have travelled extensively to Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America wher they met and contacted over 100 foreign leaders, and invited leaders from several dozen countries to visit China. We have reached several hundred cooperation agreements with various countries and concluded free trade agreements with Iceland and Switzerland. China’s peaceful development has been translated into tangible benefits flowing from the win-win cooperation among world’s countries of increasing numbers. Achieving world peace and development, needless to say, is not a job for China alone but a shared responsibility of all countries. China stands ready to work with other countries and keep making our due contribution to this end.
我们更加积极地构建健康稳定的大国关系。中国有决心也有信心通过与其他国家携手努力，共同走出一条大国和平共处、良性互动的新路。今年6月，习近平主席同奥巴马总统在美国加州安纳伯格庄园举行会晤，就中美构建不冲突不对抗、相互尊重、合作共赢的新型大国关系达成重要共识，为两国关系长远发展指明了方向。习近平主席就任后首访俄罗斯，同普京总统年内5次会晤，凸显中俄全面战略协作伙伴关系的高水平和特殊性。岁末之际，中欧高层交往掀起新高潮，中欧关系迎来新的发展机遇。
We have made greater efforts to build major-country relationships that are healthy and stable. China has the determination and confidence to blaze a new path of major-country relationship based on peaceful co-existence and sound interaction through joint efforts with the relevant countries. Last June, President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama met at the Annenberg Estate, California wher they reached the important agreement on building a new model of major-country relationship between China and the United States featuring non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation and pointed out the direction for the long-term development of bilateral relations. President Xi Jinping made Russia the destination of his first overseas trip after becoming China’s head of state and has since met President Putin five times, indicating the high level and extraordinary nature of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination. Toward the end of the year, China-EU high-level exchanges set off a new upsurge, blessing China-Europe relations with new opportunities of development.
