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《腹地之行，動人之旅》——秦剛大使在《得梅因紀事報》發表署名文章
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2022年4月29日，秦剛大使在美國中西部艾奧瓦州最具影響力的第一大報《得梅因紀事報》發表題為《腹地之行，動人之旅》 (原文鏈接) 的署名文章。全文譯文如下：
我剛結束了美國中西部伊利諾伊、艾奧瓦和明尼蘇達三州的腹地之旅，我的心留在了這片廣袤的土地上。我本著增進理解、促進友好、推動合作的目的而來，我帶回華盛頓的是滿滿的收獲和動人的回憶。
我被一個又一個中美互利共贏的合作故事而打動。農業是我此訪的一條主線。我在金伯利農場直播推銷美國的農產品並試駕大型農用拖拉機，我和我的團隊在先正達種子研究基地仔細辨別種子的良莠並了解其對華推廣情況，在碩騰查爾斯城工廠獲悉該廠的大部分動物疫苗產品供應中國市場，我在史密斯菲爾德加工廠同一線工人共進午餐並高興地得知這家世界最大豬肉生產商被中國企業收購後為美創造數千就業崗位，我們在馬奎斯能源公司共同探討如何解決該企業的生物燃料乙醇和幹玉米酒糟恢複對華出口問題。可以說，我們幾乎對美國農業的全產業鏈進行了一次深入考察，從中我也發現美國農民和農業相關企業需要中國，受益於中國，並期待與中國加深合作。中美在農產品貿易方麵具有天然的適配性和互補性，中國的市場是開放的，雙方在農業領域具有廣闊合作空間。我們要共同為促進農產品雙向、正常貿易創造條件，消除目前存在的加征關稅等障礙。我們也要超越簡單的“我買你賣”，雙方可以在農業科技、應對氣變、可持續發展方麵開展深度合作。我也由衷地感到，中美經貿，特別是農業合作是中美關係的壓艙石，美國的工商界和農民是穩定中美關係的中堅力量。
我被一代又一代傳承的中美友好故事而打動。我在馬斯卡廷市參觀了1985年習近平主席考察艾奧瓦州時所住民居改建而成的“中美友誼屋”，與兩度迎接習近平主席來訪的薩拉·蘭蒂、盧卡·貝隆等友人共話友情，出席了中資企業資助當地中學生赴華交流學習的簽約儀式。我真切地感受到習近平主席親自播下的友誼種子，已經在艾奧瓦州生根、發芽、開花、結果。我也更認識到中美關係的紐帶牢不可破，連接彼此的力量是一大批長期致力於中美友好交流與務實合作的熱心者、維護者和推動者。
我被中美兩國人民間的共同品質而打動。我們一路走來，深切地感受到美國人民的熱情、友善、樸實、勤勞。我和我的同事所到之處，都感到賓至如歸。當我們長途驅車趕到Amana博物館時，已是晚上10點，而博物館的燈依然在為我們點亮。Doug and Jody Fairbanks牧場主人一家飼養著400多頭奶牛，他們20年如一日辛苦操勞。史密斯菲爾德工廠員工的上班時間是早上6點，冬日裏每天上下班都是披星戴月。兩國的農民和工人是如此相似，都有真誠的待客之道，也都在為美好的生活而努力工作奮鬥，他們共同的品格造就了中美這兩個偉大國家，也使得兩國人民天生互有好感。
我被兩國年輕一代彼此尊重和欣賞對方文化和國家而打動。我走訪了芝加哥大學、艾奧瓦州立大學，中國的青年學生在這裏孜孜以求，珍惜寶貴時光，也與美國青年建立了深厚的友情，架起中美溝通與合作的橋梁。我走進明尼蘇達州的英華學院這所沉浸式中文教學特許學校，欣賞幼兒園到8年級的學生演唱中文歌曲、演奏中國樂器、背誦中國古代詩詞，傾聽他們講述與中文的美好淵源以及中文相伴他們成長的故事。十年樹木、百年樹人，我當時就感到中美友好事業薪火相傳、後繼有人。今天的這些孩子未來就是推動中美關係發展的源源不斷的生力軍、主力軍。
當我暫時告別這塊土地時，我深深地感到中美關係大有希望、大有可為。中美關係可能會有逆流，但它就如同流經美國腹地的寬闊的密西西比河一樣，一路向南奔騰到海，勢不可擋。美國腹地，後會有期!
Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang: Looking back on a journey to the Heartland and to my heart
I leave the Heartland with my heart filled with friendship and cooperation, and more importantly, filled with confidence in the future of China-US relations.
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Qin Gang is Chinese ambassador to the United States.
As I conclude my first visit to Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota and return to Washington, my heart remains in the vast American Heartland. I came with friendship and cooperation in my heart, and I take back even more of it, plus many days of fond memories.
I have been touched by the stories of win-win cooperation. Agriculture took a major part of my visit. At the Kimberley farm, I promoted American beef and bacon on live-stream and tried my hand at driving a John Deere crawler tractor. At the Syngenta parent seed lab, my team and I joined the workers in selecting seeds and learned about their market in China. At the Zoetis plant in Charles City, we were informed that most of the plant’s animal vaccine products are exported to the Chinese market. During the lunch we had with workers at the Smithfield processing plant in Denison, we were delighted to know that the world’s largest pork producer has created thousands more American jobs since its acquisition by a Chinese company.
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We were also at Marquis Energy to discuss how to restore the company's export of ethanol fuel and DDG to China. The journey to the Heartland has afforded the entire Chinese delegation a panoramic understanding of the whole industrial chain of America’s agriculture, from which we see that American farmers and agricultural companies need China, benefit from China, and look forward to further cooperation with China. China and the United States are natural partners for agricultural trade. With the Chinese market wide open, the two sides have broad space for further agricultural cooperation, and this is a call to action to create conditions for two-way, normal agricultural trade and lift the additional tariffs and other obstacles.
On top of that, our cooperation should not just be about “buy and sell”; it can go deep into agricultural technology, climate action and sustainable development. Economic and trade ties, especially those in agriculture, are the ballast of China-US relations, and the American business community and farmers are the backbone of a stable China-US relationship — this trip has deepened my belief in this basic fact.
I have been touched by the stories of friendship passed through generations. My colleagues and I visited the Sino-US Friendship House in Muscatine, where President Xi Jinping stayed during his visit to Iowa in 1985, and we met with old friends Sarah Lande and Luca Berrone who twice welcomed Xi. Their recollection of the time-honored friendship was heart-stirring. There we also attended the signing ceremony for Chinese enterprises to sponsor local Iowa students to study in China. We could tell that the seeds of friendship first sown by Xi have taken root, sprouted, blossomed and borne fruit in Iowa. We could also see from this experience that the bond between China and the United States is unbreakable, and such bond is forged by all those people who champion the cause of China-US friendship and cooperation. More: Glad in Muscatine: What one Chinese businessman and his millions mean to this Iowa river townI have been touched by the common qualities of Chinese and Americans. Every place we visited, we felt keenly how nice and sincere, how friendly and hard-working the Americans are, and we were often overwhelmed by their hospitality. One night, we reached Amana at 10 p.m. after a long drive, and were so moved to know that the local museum had remained open just for us. Doug and Jody Fairbanks have raised as many as over 400 cows on their dairy farm, for 20 years without letup. Smithfield workers begin their workday at 6 a.m., and in winter, they literally work “from dark to dark.” Chinese and Americans have so much in common — they are both kind and genuine, and they both do all they can to earn a better life for themselves and their families. These shared qualities have made our two nations who we are today, and they are why we have natural affinity for each other.
I have been touched by young people’s respect and appreciation for the other country and its culture. At the University of Chicago and Iowa State University, we saw Chinese students pursue their study alongside their American friends, a telling example of China-US communication and cooperation. At Yinghua Academy, a Chinese immersion charter school in Minnesota, we watched its K-8 students sing Chinese songs, play Chinese musical instruments, recite ancient Chinese poems, and recount their stories of learning the Chinese language. These young people are like the seedlings of China-US friendship, who will one day grow up, take over this great cause and carry it forward into the future.
I leave the Heartland with my heart filled with friendship and cooperation, and more importantly, filled with confidence in the future of China-US relations. Just as the mighty Mississippi River cannot be stopped by any undercurrent in its course to the sea, I am convinced that the China-US relationship will also keep surging ahead, towards a better tomorrow.American Heartland, until we meet again!
