Economic development, that is, the world-acclaimed "economic miracle," was the index and accomplishment of the first phase, which began in the 1950s and extended through the 1970s. The second phase began in the 1980s, when we built on the achievements of our economic development to accelerate our march towards political democratization. The third phase began in the late 1980s and will last into the 21st century.
經濟發展，亦即舉世讚譽的「經濟奇蹟」，是第一階段的指標和成果，其涵蓋時間自一九五○年代至一九七○年代；第二階段則始於一九八○年代，其時我們開始在經濟發展的基礎上加速政治民主化的步伐；第三階段從一九八○年代後期開始，且將延續到廿一世紀。