印度總理莫迪清華大學(xué)英語演講稿

第頁共頁印度總理莫迪清華大學(xué)英語演講稿印度總理莫迪清華大學(xué)英語演講稿QiuYong,PresidentofTsinghuaUniversity,ForeignMinisterWangYi,ShiYigong,AssistantPresidentofTsinghuaUniversity,IamtrulydelightedtobeattheTsinghuaUniversitytoday.Youareaworldclassinstitution.YouareasymbolofsuccessofChina’seducationsector.YouarethefoundationforChina’seconomicmiracle.Youhaveproducedgreatleaders,includingPresidentXi.ItisnotsurprisingthatChina’seconomicgrowthanditsnewleadershipinresearch,scienceandtechnologyhavetakenplacetogether.IparticularlyliketheoldChinesesaying,Ifyouthinkintermsofayear,plantaseed;ifyouthinkintermsoftenyears,planttrees;ifyouthinkintermsof100years,teachthepeople.InIndia,too,theancientsayingisvyayekratevardhateevanityam,vidhyadhanamsarvadhanpradhanamThewealththatincreasesbygiving,Thatwealthisknowledgeandissupremeofallpossessions.Thisisoneexleofhowourtwonationsareunitedintheirtimelesswisdom.Thereismuchmore,though,thatlinksourtwoancientcivilizations.IbeganmyjourneyinChinainXian.Indoingso,IretracedthefootstepsoftheChinesemonkXuanzang.PresidentXi’svisitinIndialastSeptemberstartedfromAhmedabad.ItisnotfarfromVadnagar,mybirthplace,butimportant,becauseithostedXuanzangandmanypilgrimsfromChina.Theworld’sfirstlargescaleeducationalexchangeprogrammetookplacebetweenIndiaandChinaduringtheTangDynasty.Recordstalkofabout80IndianmonksingtoChinaandnearly150ChinesemonksreturningaftertheireducationinIndia.Andyes,thiswasinthe10thand11thcentury.Mumbai’sriseasaportandashipbuildingcentreisbecauseofcottontradewithChina.And,thosewholovesilkandtextilesknowthatIndia’sfamoustanchoisareesowethemselvestothreebrothersfrommystateofGujaratwholearnttheartofweavingfromChinesemastersinthe19thcentury.And,inanun