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英语发言稿作文　Ladies and gentlemen,　On this splendid moonlit night in mid-autumn, as we gather in the beautiful city of Shanghai, located on the coast of the Eastern Sea, let me, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, extend a warm welcome to the friends who have come to take part in the 99 Fortune Global Forum, which is sponsored by Time-Warner Group Inc. 　This forums theme is China: the next 50 years. China is a large developing socialist country, and its future development will not only directly affect the future of the Chinese people, but will also have important impact on the development and progreof Asia and the world. 　Over the past hundred-odd years, the Chinese people have gone through storm and stress, and in the course of vigorous struggle they have accomplished a great historic transformation. New Chinas 50 years of development have resulted in accomplishments that have astonished the world. 　Only six years ago, in this Lujiazui District of Shanghais Pudong area, where we are gathered this evening, there were only run-down houses and farms. Now it is a vibrant modern financial and businezone, full of highrise buildings. Over fifty years ago, I was in Shanghai attending university. At that time, I had a deep sense of the poverty, backwardneand feebleneof the old China. It was then that I decided to devote myself to the noble task of building an independent, free, democratic, unified, rich and powerful New China, and I have been struggling for that to this very day. Fourteen years ago, I became mayor of Shanghai and experienced the proceof reform, opening-up and modernization in this, Chinas biggest city. Im sure that all of you have seen with your own eyes the constant and unceasing transformation of Shanghai. The growth of Shanghai is one reflection of the enormous changes taking place in China. 　In the first 50 years of the 20th century, the Chinese people made unflagging efforts to change the tragic fate that had been theirs ever since the Opium