I hope that when millions of overseas passengers pass through T3, including those who do so during the Beijing Olympics, they will pause and reflect upon the distance China has traveled over the past three decades in its reform and opening to the outside world. Granted, China still has further to go, and many people may find fault with much in the country. But they should not refuse to acknowledge that China’s mission to turn a nation of 1.3 billion poor people into a developed country through peace and free trade is one of the great, honorable, and most difficult sagas in human history.
我希望当千百万海外旅客路过北京T3航站楼的时候，包括北京奥运会期间路过此地的海外旅客，能够稍事停顿，思考一下中国改革开放三十年所走过的路程。诚然，中国要走的路还很漫长，许多人还也会对这个国家的现状说三道四。可是他们不应该拒绝承认，中国通过和平与自由贸易把一个拥有13亿人口的贫困国家转变成发达国家的努力是人类历史上一部伟大、光荣而又艰巨的史诗。