中国商务部易小准副部长 在“八国集团与发展中国家发展部长对话会”上.doc

中国商务部易小准副部长 在“八国集团与发展中国家发展部长对话会”上 关于“千年发展目标”议题的发言 Remarks on the MDGs at the G8 Development Ministers’ Meeting By Yi Xiaozhun, Vice Minister of Commerce of China April 5, 2008, Tokyo 主席先生，Mr. Chairman, 各位同事：Dear Colleagues, 改革开放30年来，中国的经济实现了持续快速增长，综合国力进一步提高民生得到显著改善，人民生活总体上进入了小康水平。目前绝对贫困人口已从1978年的2．5亿下降万，全国9年义务教育人口覆盖率已达到98％。中国已提前实现贫困人口减半普及教育目标但是，中国人口生产力发展水平总体上比较落后，实现目标还’s reform and opening-up 30 years ago, the Chinese economy has developed continuously and rapidly. China has halved its poor population and universalized primary education ahead of schedule. Other goals are expected to be realized before 2015. However, with a large population China is still one of the middle and low-income developing countries. On the whole our productivity level is low. Our development still faces many difficulties and problems, including high resources and environmental costs for economic growth and imbalanced urban-rural development, regional development and economic and social development. China still has much work to do to realize the millennium development goals (MDGs). Towards this end, we are willing to further cooperate with international multi-lateral and bilateral agencies to address the challenges in the development process. 中国的社会经济发展得到了国际发展援助的帮助。20多年来，中国与国际多双边援助机构在扶贫开发、农村综合发展、加强公共卫生系统特别是重大疾病防治、促进生态资源保护和可持续发展等领域开展了卓有成效的国际合作，有效地促进了社会经济的和谐发展。例如，从 1982年到1988年，我国与联合国儿童基金会、世界卫生组织合作开展了扩大计划免疫-冷链项目，基本上建立起全国范围内从上到下配套，覆盖人口达9.3亿的冷链系统，这对后来降低计划免疫目标疾病，提高中国儿童健康水平起到了举足轻重的作用。这些援助在资金的利用、技术的引入、管理水平的提高和观念的更新等方面对中国的发展发挥了重要促进作用。 China’s social and economic development has benefited from international development assistance. Over the past 20 years, China has carried out fruitful cooperation with international multi-lateral and bilateral agencies on poverty reduction development and rural comprehensive development. They have also worked together to strengthen the public health system, especially the prevention and treatment of major diseases and promote ecological resources protection and sus