CCTV: Concerned about the safety of their property, some private business people are reluctant to make new investments. Some are even trying to transfer their assets overseas. We have also heard complaints from private businesses about the inaction or arbitrary behaviors on the part of some government officials. Premier Li, what will your government do to resolve this problem?
李克强：中国改革开放以来，我们一直坚持“两个毫不动摇”，可以说包括国企、民企等各类所有制企业，为中国经济取得历史性成就都付出了巨大的努力，作出了贡献。现在民营企业税收占半壁江山，对城镇新增就业的贡献率达90%。当然，一段时间以来，的确出现民企投资偏弱的现象，这和产权保护以及多方面的问题相关，我们高度重视。微博@高斋翻硕 公众号:高斋翻译学堂
Premier Li: Since reform and opening-up, we have remained committed to unswervingly consolidating and developing the public sector and unswervingly supporting and developing the non-public sector. It is fair to say that businesses of all types of ownership, private as well as state-owned, have made important contributions to the historic progress of the Chinese economy in the past few decades. Nowadays, private businesses account for about half of the tax revenues. They also contribute 80% to employment and create 90% of new urban jobs. It’s true that private investment has been less than robust due to weak protection of property rights and some other factors. We are paying high attention to addressing this problem.
保护产权就是保护社会主义市场经济的基石，就是保护生产力，我们一直把各类合法产权的保护是放在心上的，而且逢难必解。记得去年在记者会上，有人担心住宅土地使用权到期后会不会有问题，我们明确表示可以延期、不影响交易，而且这方面要抓紧修法。对农民土地承包第二轮到期，我们也明确提出继续延长30年。我们还在多方面采取措施，维护合法产权，运用法律加强保护，这也是弘扬法治精神。
Property rights are the cornerstone of our socialist market economy. Protecting lawful property rights is like nurturing the productive forces. Hence it has been a high-priority item on the government agenda, and every effort has been made to tackle the problems our people have encountered in this area. For example, at last year’s press conference I was asked about the potential effect of the expiration of land use rights for residential homes. I responded by pledging automatic renewal of the rights and the protection of all such transactions. I also called for amending the relevant law to reflect this policy. Since then, we have also reaffirmed the extension of the current rural land contracts by another 30 years. These are examples of our efforts to protect property rights through means of law, which is a good indication of our commitment to the rule of law.
保护产权必须要尊重合同，弘扬契约精神，不能把合同当做废纸。的确，有些地方的某些行为不好，新官不理旧账，换了一个官员，过去的合同就不算了。政贵有恒，不能把合同当废纸。对此我们是坚决制止的，而且要予以处罚。去年我们有关部门抓住几个典型案件，把涉产权的错案纠正过来，这也表明了我们的决心，就是要持续向社会发出信号：让恒产者有恒心，让投资者有信心，让各类产权的所有者安心，给所有合法产权所有者都吃上长效的定心丸。
Let me emphasize that contracts must be honored and not treated as scrap paper. Continuity is essential to good governance. New officials must not be allowed to disavow obligations undertaken by their predecessors; those who have done so will be duly punished. Last year, some property rights cases which were poorly adjudicated were redressed. These actions are meant to send a signal to the society of our resolve to ensure that all property owners and investors, regardless of the type of ownership, will have peace of mind as long as they operate within the confines of the law.
新加坡联合早报记者：随着中国经济崛起，一些批评指出，中国越来越多地使用资本和中国市场的吸引力作为政治工具，影响他国的外交政策，甚至进行某种政治渗透。请问对此您有什么评价？您认为外界对于中国的崛起和战略扩张应该感到担忧吗？微博@高斋翻硕 公众号:高斋翻译学堂
Lianhe Zaobao of Singapore: With China’s economic rise, some critics have been saying that China is increasingly using its money and market as political tools to try to influence other countries’ foreign policies or make some sort of political infiltration. How would you respond to that? Should the world feel worried about China’s rise and its strategic expansion?
李克强：中国这些年对世界经济增长的贡献率超过30%，这不仅有利于促进世界经济复苏，而且对世界和平也是贡献。因为扩大了合作和贸易，就有了更多协商和谈判，从而避免冲突。中国文化历来主张“己所不欲、勿施于人”，我们希望的是和为贵。我们要维护国家的领土完整，绝不会也不能丢失自己的一寸土地，也不会侵占别人的一寸土地，这是同理，我们走的是和平发展道路。
Premier Li: In recent years, China’s economic growth has contributed some thirty percent to global growth. This has been conducive not only to global economic recovery but also to world peace. More trade and more cooperation mean more negotiations, and that helps to keep conflicts away. The Chinese believe that one must not do to others what one does not like to be done to himself. We always value peace. We are resolute in upholding China’s territorial integrity and will never give up a single inch of our own territory. In a similar vein, we will not take or occupy an inch of others’ land. What we pursue is a road of peaceful development.
中国过去的发展是在和平的国际环境下取得的，今后要实现现代化，也需要和平的国际环境。这里我想强调两点：
第一，中国永远不会搞扩张。中国是发展中国家，我们无意搞扩张，即使将来强大了，也不会走国强必霸的道路。我们愿意和各国在相互尊重、平等互利的基础上发展关系，共同构建人类命运共同体。我们和其他国家的经贸合作都是按照市场规则、商业原则去推进的。我们倡导“一带一路”，也是要共商共建共享。我们对于发展中国家特别是欠发达国家的援助是力所能及的，不附加任何政治条件，谈不上政治渗透。至于国际社会在有些方面希望中国承担更多国际责任，我们能承担的是与发展中国家地位相当的国际责任。如果把这些看成是战略扩张的话，那就是误读或者是误解。微博@高斋翻硕 公众号:高斋翻译学堂
Our development so far has been achieved in a peaceful international environment. Going forward, a peaceful international environment remains what China needs for attaining modernization. Let me emphasize two points: One, China will not seek expansion. China remains a developing country who has no intention to pursue expansion. Even if it grows stronger in the future, it will continue to defy the logic which predestines a rising country to hegemony. What China wants is to develop relations with all other countries and regions on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. Together, we could build a community with a shared future for mankind.
China’s business cooperation with other countries follows market principles and business rules. In pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative, we have sought shared benefits through consultation and collaboration. China’s assistance within its capacity to some other developing countries, especially underdeveloped countries, has never come with political strings. It has nothing to do with political influence. In some areas, the international community may want China to assume a greater role. Well, China is ready to fulfill its due international responsibilities commensurate with its status as a major developing country. It would be a misunderstanding to see China playing such a role as seeking strategic expansion.
第二，我们会集中精力做好自己的事。这些年来，作为总理，我深知中国发展中还有诸多困难和挑战，在民生方面还有诸多难题和痛点，政府每天要应对的是大量这类难题。我们出访和国际交往都是为了赢得和平稳定的国际与周边环境，为中国发展赢得更多的共赢机遇，这一点我们是清醒的。
My second point is that we will continue to focus on managing China’s own affairs well. As Chinese Premier, I am fully aware that my country is still confronted with many difficulties and challenges, including many pressing livelihood issues. We in the government must deal with these challenges on a daily basis. We travel and make friends around the world in order to foster a peaceful and stable environment, internationally and in our neighborhood, and create more win-win opportunities for China’s development. We know clearly that this is what we should continue to do.
人民日报社记者：我们观察到总理您在政府工作报告中指出，要让更加公平、充分的就业始终成为高质量发展的亮点，但是在现实生活中，比如大学生就业还有转岗职工再就业、复转军人再就业等仍然困难不少，这也意味着未来5年中国的就业市场将面临着诸多挑战。请问您准备如何解决这些困难？
People’s Daily: Mr. Premier, in your government work report, you said that fairer and fuller employment should always be a highlight of high quality development in China. At the same time, however, college graduates, laid-off workers from cutting overcapacity and demobilized military personnel continue to face difficulty in getting jobs, which means daunting challenges in ensuring employment. What do you plan to do to tackle this problem?
