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Unit 10 Dialogue 问：在中国庆祝建国六十周年之际，您认为过去六十年取得的最大成就是什么？ A: I think one of the biggest achievements has been that through its hard work, China has solved the problem of feeding its 1.3 billion of population and brought its people out of poverty into a generally well-off society. From being a low-income nation, China has climbed to the moderate income level. In 1949, the majority of Chinese people did not have enough to eat. The average food intake was only 195 kg per person, whereas by 2008, the figure had doubled to reach 404 kg. With only 7 per cent of the world’s farmland, China has solved the problem of feeding its people, who make up 22 per cent of the world’s population. In 1949, the total GDP in China was only US$18 billion, but in 2008 it reached US$4.3 trillion, behind only the US and Japan. China has become one of the top countries in the world for its foreign exchange reserves, international trade, foreign direct investment, industrial output value and the rate at which its contribution to world economic growth is rising. Of course, we need to be aware that China is still a developing country. The GDP per capita is below that of the top 100 in the world, and only equivalent to one-thirteenth of that of the UK. There is still a long way to go before China achieves industrialisation and rises to the level of moderately developed countries. 问：您就任驻英大使有两年半，如何看待这一时期中英贸易和投资关系的发展？ A: There has been a significant development of trade and investment between the UK and China over the past few years. In 2006, the trade volume between the two countries exceeded US$30 billion for the first time, reaching US$39.4 billion in 2007 and US$45.6 billion in 2008, with an encouraging annual increase rate of over 20 per cent. The scope of bilateral business is expanding as well, and now covers