中国人民一向钦佩美国人民的求实精神和创造精神。昨天，我参观了国际商用机器公司、美国电话电报公司和贝尔实验室，领略了当代科技发展的前沿成就。科学技术的突飞猛进，越来越深刻地影响着世界政治经济的格局和人们的社会生活。坚持变革创新，理想就会变为现实。我们在扩大开放、实现现代化的进程中，重视学习和吸收美国人民创造的一切优秀文化成果。
中美两国人民的友好合作对世界具有重大影响。美国是最发达的资本主义国家，中国是最大的发展中国家。十二亿人口的中国保持稳定和加快发展，对促进亚太地区和世界的稳定与发展，具有极其重要的意义。中国拥有广大的市场和发展需求，美国拥有先进的科学技术和巨大的物质力量，两国之间有着很强的经济互补性。中国的潜在市场同国外的先进技术和资金优势结合起来，就能形成众多的发展机遇和强大的发展活力。中国和美国，在事关人类生存和发展的许多重大问题上，例如维护世界和平与安全，防止大规模杀伤性武器扩散，保护人类生存环境，打击国际犯罪等，有着广泛的共同利益，肩负着共同责任。这些都是中美两国发展友好合作的重要基础。我们应该牢牢把握中美关系的大局，妥善解决分歧，不断朝着增进了解、扩大共识、发展合作、共创未来的目标前进。
这次访问期间，我同克林顿总统就中美关系的未来发展，深入交换了意见，达成了广泛共识。双方同意，为了促进世界和平与发展的崇高事业，中美应该加强合作，努力建立面向二十一世纪的建设性的战略伙伴关系。这标志着中美关系进入了一个新的发展阶段。
哈佛大学一向重视对中国的研究。贵校已故的费正清教授，就是毕生从事中国历史文化研究的知名学者。为了有助于研究中国的历史和现实，我愿向贵校赠送一套新出版的《毛泽东评点二十四史》。二十四史是记载中国几千年历史的重要典籍。毛泽东先生一生对二十四史做过许多评点和批注，为认识中国的历史和吸取历史经验，留下了丰富的思想遗产。我高兴地得知，陆登庭校长将于明年访华，我期待在北京与你再次见面。
我很欣赏哈佛校门上的一段话：“为增长智慧走进来，为服务祖国和同胞走出去。”中国青年也把“胸怀祖国、服务人民”作为自己的座右铭。我希望中美两国青年在建设各自国家、促进世界和平与发展的事业中，加深了解，互相学习，增进友谊，为创造美好的未来而努力奋斗。
谢谢各位！
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（Prdsident Jidng begins speaing in chinese）Mr.President，Ladies and Gentlemen，I wish to thank Dr.Neil Rudenstine，President of Harvard University，for inviting me to this ancient yet modernized institution of the United States in this golden fall.
Since its founding some 360years ago，Harvard has nurtured a great number of outstanding statesmen，scientists，writers，and businessmen，including six of the American presidents and over thirty Nobel Prize winners.
The fact that Harvard was founded before the United States of America testifies to its position in American history.
Harvard was among the first American universities to accept Chinese students.The Chinese educational，scientific，and cultural communities have all along maintained academic exchanges with this university.Harvard has thus made useful contribution to the enhanced mutual understanding between the Chinese and American peoples.
Mutual understanding is the basis for state—to—state relations.Without it，it would be impossible for countries to build trust and promote cooperation with each other.Since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the United States，the exchanges and mutual understanding between our two peoples have broadened and deepened steadily.However，this is not enough.To promote the development of China—U.S.relations，China needs to know the United States better，and vice versa.
To know China better，one may approach it from different angles.China is a country with 5，000years of civilization.Therefore，it is important to approach China from a historical and cultural perspective.
I recall my first lesson on calculus in senior high school.My teacher quoted a line from Zhuang Zi，Chinese philosopher over 2，500years ago，which reads，"Cut away half of a rod and keep on halving what is left，and there will be no end to that process."This gave me a vivid concept of limit.It shows that the ancient Chinese realized the endless process of changes of matters and had a fairly good understanding of the nature.As early as in 2，000B.C.Chinese began astronomical observation and geographical survey，and gradually formed a world outlook of an "integration of the universe and humanity."China produced in its long history many outstanding philosophers，thinkers，statesmen，strategists，scientists，writers，and artists，and left us numerous volumes of literature.The scene of "contention of a hundred schools of thought"brought forth the Spring and Autumn Period 2，500years ago and the Warring States Period over 2，200years ago and the emergence of various schools of thought and their exponents，such as Lao Zi and Confucius，about 2，400years ago.All occupy a very important position in the world history of philosophy.
Ancient China made unique contributions to many areas of science，including astronomy，calendric system，geography，mathematics，agriculture，medicine，and the humanities.Records of solar and lunar eclipses are found in inions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty over 3，000years ago.In the 2，100years from the Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty （that is，from 221B.C.to 1911），the 27appearances of Halley Comet were all recorded in China.Zhang Heng，of the Han Dynasty，over 1，800years ago invented a seismograph to determine the location of earthquakes，and the celestial globe that showed the movement of the sun，moon，and other stars.Mathematicians in the pre—Qin days over 2，200years ago put forward the proposition known as the Pythagorean theorem in the West today.In the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the 4th century A.D.China's mathematician Zu Chongzhi calculated the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to be 3.1415926.China's silk—weaving，porcelain—making，metallurgy，and ship—building reached the world's advanced level in ancient times.In the Ming Dynasty，Zhu Zaiyu initiated the twelve—tone temperament，which later became the universal standard tones.Chinese medicine is a unique school of its own.Particularly，China's four great inventions of paper—making，gunpowder，printing，and compass had once changed the face of the world.These inventions and creations of China have brought forward the rationalistic brilliance of coordination between humanity and the nature，and the integration of scientific spirit with moral ideals.
