性別平等與婦女發(fā)展是人類追求公平、正義與平等的永恒主題，是社會文明進步的衡量尺度，是人類實現(xiàn)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的重要目標。
Gender equality and women’s development is a lasting theme of mankind’s pursuit of equality and justice, a scale for measuring social progress and an important goal in realizing sustainable development in our world.
中國婦女占世界婦女人口的五分之一。中國性別平等與婦女發(fā)展既體現(xiàn)了中國的文明進步，也是對全球平等、發(fā)展與和平的歷史貢獻。
Chinese women make up one fifth of the world’s total female population. Gender equality and women’s development in China not only give expression to China’s own progress, but also constitute a historical contribution made to global equality, development and peace.
過去20年，伴隨著經(jīng)濟社會的快速發(fā)展，中國性別平等與婦女發(fā)展取得了舉世矚目的成就。
It is obvious to all that, in tandem with rapid economic and social development, great progress has been achieved in the promotion of gender equality and women’s development in China over the past two decades.
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In tandem with open markets and open trade, the United States led in the promotion of democracy.
美國同時引領了推動民主的努力，與開放市場和開放貿(mào)易齊頭并進。
同時，中國也清醒認識到，作為世界上人口最多的發(fā)展中大國，受經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展水平和歷史文化等因素影響，中國的婦女發(fā)展還面臨諸多新情況新問題，推進性別平等的任務仍然繁重而艱巨。
At the same time, China is highly aware that, as a developing country with the world’s largest population, and restricted by its limited level of economic and social development, it will continue tobe confronted with new situations and problems in its efforts to promote women’s development. There is still a long way to go to achieve gender equality in China, and arduous tasks remain to be tackled.
中國積極促進教育公平，調(diào)整教育結構，堅持貫徹性別平等原則，努力保障男女平等接受教育的權利和機會。
China actively promotes equality in education, adjusting the structure of education, adhering to the principle of gender equality, and working hard to guarantee equal rights and opportunities for both men and women to access education.
第六次全國人口普查顯示，2010年6歲以上人口中女性平均受教育年限達到8.4年，比10年前提高了1.3年，與男性的差距比10年前縮小0.2年。
The Sixth National Census showed that the average years of schooling for women over the age of six were 8.4 years in 2010, 1.3 years more than in 2000, and the gender gap had narrowed by 0.2 year as compared with 2000.
中國已基本形成以婦幼保健機構為核心，以基層醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生機構為基礎，以大中型醫(yī)療機構和相關科研教學機構為技術支撐，覆蓋城鄉(xiāng)的婦幼保健服務網(wǎng)絡。
A network of maternal and child health services covering both urban and rural areas has taken shape in China, with maternity and child care institutions as the core, community-level health care institutionsas the foundation, and large or medium-sized medical institutions and relevant research and teaching institutions as the support.
婦女在社會文化培育、生態(tài)環(huán)境保護和家庭建設中的獨特作用日益凸顯。
Women are playing an increasingly prominent unique role in the fostering of social culture, protection of the ecological environment and family management.
在協(xié)調(diào)推進“四個全面”戰(zhàn)略布局的歷史進程中，中國將繼續(xù)貫徹男女平等基本國策，不斷健全經(jīng)濟、法律、行政和輿論等政策措施，依法有效保障婦女合法權益，推動性別平等與婦女發(fā)展事業(yè)取得更大成就。
In its efforts to advance the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, China will continue implementing the basic national policy of equality between men and women, constantly improve policies and measures in the fields of economy, law, administration and public opinion, safeguard women’s rights and interests in accordance with the law, and work to achieve greater success in the cause of gender equality and women’s development.
中國愿與其他國家一道，大力支持社會各界在促進性別平等與婦女發(fā)展中發(fā)揮積極作用，深化和拓展國際交流與合作，為全球平等、發(fā)展與和平作出新的貢獻。
China is willing to work with other countries to encourage all social sectors to contribute to the promotion of gender equality and women’s development, to strengthen and expand international exchanges and cooperation, and to contribute further to promoting worldwide equality, development and peace.
中國積極履行性別平等與婦女發(fā)展的國際公約和文書，廣泛開展婦女領域多邊、雙邊的交流合作，加強與各國婦女組織的友好交往，注重對發(fā)展中國家婦女提供技術培訓和物資援助，在推動全球性別平等與婦女發(fā)展中發(fā)揮了重要作用。
China actively implements international conventions and documentsconcerning gender equality and women’s development, takes part in international bilateral and multilateral women’s exchanges and cooperation, strengthens friendly exchanges with women organizations all over the world, and focuses on providing technical training and material assistance to women in developing countries,thus playing an important role in promoting gender equality and women’s development around the globe.
生態(tài)文明是人類文明發(fā)展到一定階段的產(chǎn)物，是反映人與自然和諧程度的新型文明形態(tài)，體現(xiàn)了人類文明發(fā)展理念的重大進步。
An ecological civilization emerges when human society reaches a certain stage of development. As a new mode of civilization that reflects a level of harmony betweenhumans and nature, ecological civilization represents a major conceptual advance for the development of human civilization.
建設生態(tài)文明，不是要放棄工業(yè)文明，回到原始的生產(chǎn)生活方式，而是要以資源環(huán)境承載能力為基礎，以自然規(guī)律為準則，以可持續(xù)發(fā)展、人與自然和諧為目標，建設生產(chǎn)發(fā)展、生活富裕、生態(tài)良好的文明社會。
Building an ecological civilization does not mean that we must abandon industrial civilization and return to a primitive way of living. Rather, it means building a civilized society with developed production, affluent standards of living, and sound ecological environments in accordance with the goals of realizing sustainable development and achieving a state of balance between humans and nature. Therefore, this is a society in which human activities are based on the carrying capacity of resources and the environment, and in which human development is governed by the objective laws of nature.
推進生態(tài)文明建設是堅持以人為本的基本要求。堅持以人為本，首先要保障好人民群眾的身心健康。
Promoting ecological progress is a basic requirement of putting people first. In maintaining a commitment to putting people first, the first thing we must do is to guarantee the mental and physical wellbeing of the people.
人民群眾過去“求溫飽”，現(xiàn)在“盼環(huán)�！保Ｍ畹沫h(huán)境優(yōu)美宜居，能喝上干凈的水、呼吸上清新的空氣、吃上安全放心的食品。
In the past, the public were concerned with having adequate shelter, warm clothes, and enough to eat; now, they have a greater demand for environmental protection. Specifically, they long for agreeable living environments, clean water, fresh air, and safe food that they can trust.
民之所望，施政所向。
The job of the government is to orient its policies towards the wishes of the people.
我們必須下大氣力解決突出的環(huán)境問題，不斷改善人民群眾生產(chǎn)生活條件，以實際效果取信于民。
Therefore, we must devote major efforts to resolving prominent environmental issues,work constantly to improve the working and living conditions of the people, and continue towin the people’s trust by delivering solid results in our environmental initiatives.
我國是海洋大國，保護海洋、經(jīng)略海洋不僅涉及我國發(fā)展空間，也涉及國家戰(zhàn)略安全。
China is a major maritime nation. For this reason, the protection and management of ocean environments has a bearing not only on China’s development, but also on its national security.
當前，大氣、水和土壤等突出的污染問題已經(jīng)到了不治不行、刻不容緩的地步，必須重點突出、重拳出擊、重典治污、力求實效。
We have come to the stage where urgent action must be taken without delay to address the serious problems of air, water, and soil pollution in China. In responding to these problems, we need to identify clear priorities, adopt striking measures, lay an emphasis onthe rectification of pollution, and strive to attain solid results.
我國不僅存在資源型缺水、工程型缺水，而且污染型缺水也較嚴重。
China’s water shortages are not only a result of insufficient resources and inadequate water conservancy facilities, but are also due to the effects of pollution.
生態(tài)文明建設需要全社會共同努力，良好的生態(tài)環(huán)境也為全社會所共享。
The establishment of an ecological civilization will call for widespread efforts from society as a whole, and all members of society stand to benefit from sound ecological environments.
