Since 1750, the world has seen four industrial revolutions. The first one took place in Britain; and China missed the boat. The second one occurred in the latter half of the 19th century; and China missed the boat. The third one was driven by the revolution in communication technology in the second half of the 20th Century. This time, Chinese leaders realized that it was a historic moment of change, and China caught the wave.

　　從1750年以來，世界進行了四次工業革命：第一次就是英國工業革命，中國失去了機會。第二次是十九世紀下半葉美國的工業革命，中國也同樣失去了機會。第三次工業革命，是20世紀后半葉出現的信息革命。當時中國的領導人敏銳地認識到了這一重大歷史變化，中國抓住了這次信息革命的重大機遇。

　　The 21st century is receiving the Fourth Industrial Revolution-the Green Revolution, symbolized by this global move to reduce emission. This time, we hope that China can be the innovator, the leader and driver running head-to-head with the U.S., Europe and Japan. To achieve this, China has to accomplish two things transition from a high carbon economy to a low carbon economy; second, participation in global governance. i.e., to shift its focus from national governance to regional and global governance.

　　進入二十一世紀，人類迎來了第四次工業革命——綠色工業革命。可以說這一次全球減排，就是綠色工業革命的標志。我們希望這一次工業革命中國要成為領導者、創新者和驅動者，和美國和歐盟和日本站在同一起跑線上領導這場革命。今后中國領導人面臨兩大迫切問題：一是如何實現中國經濟轉型，即從高碳經濟轉向低碳經濟;二是如何參與全球治理，即從國家治理轉向地區治理、全球治理。