胡锦涛主席在早稻田大学的演讲  （部分选译）

   【原文】中日友好是两国人民的共同事业，需要两国人民为之不懈努力。通过同日本人民的广泛接触，我深深感到，发展中日友好在日本有着深厚的社会基础。长期以来，日本人民、社会各界和对华友好团体积极推进中日交流，友好合作始终是两国关系发展的主流。在中国现代化建设的进程中，日本政府向中国提供了日元贷款合作，支持中国的基础设施建设、环境保护、能源开发、科技发展，为促进中国现代化建设发挥了积极作用。日本各界友人以不同形式对中国现代化建设提供了热情帮助。对日本众多友好人士为中日友好事业倾注的心血，中国人民将永远铭记。日本人民善于学习、善于创造，勤劳智慧、奋发向上。远在1400多年前，日本就先后20多次向中国派出遣隋使、遣唐使，借鉴中国的制度、典章、律令，引入佛教、汉字、技术，结合自己的实际形成了独具特色的日本文化。明治维新以后，日本人民努力学习吸收世界先进文明成果，逐步发展成为亚洲第一个现代化国家。日本人民以有限的国土资源创造出举世瞩目的发展成就，日本在制造业、信息、金融、物流等领域位居世界前列，拥有世界一流的节能环保技术。这是日本人民的骄傲，也值得中国人民学习。

   【译文】China-Japan friendship is the common cause of the two peoples and its growth requires the unremitting efforts of both sides. Through my extensive contact with the Japanese people, I have felt strongly the profound public support for China-Japan friendship here. Over the years, people from various sectors and friendship organizations of Japan have made active efforts to promote exchanges between the two countries. Friendship and cooperation have remained the mainstream of our relationship. The Japanese Government has played a positive role in China’s modernization drive by making Japanese yen loans in support of China’s infrastructure construction, environmental protection, energy development and scientific and technological advancement. In addition, Japanese friends from various sectors offered warm-hearted help to China in its course of modernization. The Chinese people will always remember those Japanese friends who have devoted themselves to China-Japan friendship. The people of Japan are hardworking and talented. They are good at learning and making innovations. As early as 1400 years ago, Japan sent envoys to China on more than 20 occasions in the Sui and Tang dynasties. They introduced China’s institutions, decrees and regulations together with Buddhism, Chinese characters and technologies into Japan and applied them in the light of local conditions, leading to the formation of the unique Japanese culture. After the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese people worked hard to absorb the advanced achievements of world civilization and gradually developed Japan into the first modernized country in Asia. People of Japan have made remarkable achievements with limited land and natural resources. Japan now leads the world in manufacturing, information, finance and logistics and has an edge in the technologies of energy conservation and environmental protection. These are a source of pride for the Japanese people, and worth learning by the Chinese people too