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SPEECH BY MR HENG SWEE KEAT, MINISTER FOR FINANCE AT THE TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (SEM) ON SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2017 , 11.30AM AT TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, BEIJING Singapore-China Relationship: Enduring Ties, New Partnerships for a Better Future 新中关系新中关系：历久弥新：历久弥新，展望未来，展望未来 新中关系新中关系：：历久弥新历久弥新，，展望未来展望未来 Introduction 1. 大家早上好 ！我很高兴来到清华大学，和各位见面。中国文化传统向来重视“ 因材施教”、 “格物致知”和“取诸社会、用诸社会” 的精神。身为新加坡的前任教育部长，我对这三个概念 深表认同。我和教育部的同事致力于提供“ 以学生为中心，以价值为导向”的教育。我们花了 不少时间去思考和规划培养新加坡年轻一代的最佳方式。我们希望他们秉持不断探索新知 的精神，在现今复杂多变的环境能应变自如。更重要的，是能在成功后不忘回馈社会。 2. 清华大学是世界顶尖的大学，具有优良的学习传统。这里汇聚了无数求知欲强、充满创意 精神的人才。通过卓越的教育体系，培养促进国家发展和社会进步的栋梁之材，清华大学 是这方面的翘楚。清华校友人才辈出，在不同领域里取得骄人的成就。他们创办了许多知 名企业，也在政府中担任要职，这当中就包括习近平主席。今天，能和在座的各位进行交 流，我感到很高兴。 3. 在座各位精通中英双语。接下来，我用英语发言。 Re-emergence and Rise of China 4. China was an economic powerhouse during ancient times. 5. Up till the early 1800s, one of the global economic centres of gravity was China. China accounted for a quarter to a third of the world’s GDP. China was at the forefront of invention – gunpowder, the compass and paper-making. 6. Over time, the Western powers were spurred by competition to look for new resources and markets, and saw trade and colonisation as strategic imperatives. In the late 18th century, the industrial revolution began in Britain and spread to the rest of western Europe and the US, bringing with it increases in income through the skilful use of technology and productivity growth. China, in comparison, was relatively self-sufficient and turned more inward-looking. In 1793, British envoy Lord Macartney called upon the Qing Emperor Qianlong to request that China open its doors to trade with the outside world. China rejected it, because it felt it had everything it needed.