I'd like to extend belated Chinese New Year greetings to you and thanks to Xinhua News Agency for inviting me to share a few reflections.

向大家致以遲到的新春問候，並感謝新華社邀請我分享一些感想。

Looking back on 2018, the year felt like a series of surprises.

回顧2018年，這一年給人的感覺是驚喜連連。

In 2018, we continued to see exciting progress against poverty and disease around the world.

2018 年，我們繼續看到世界各地在消除貧困和疾病方面取得了令人振奮的進展。

China has been a major contributor to this progress.

中國是這一進展的主要貢獻者。

Over the past four million people out of poverty and became the second largest economy in the world.

過去，400 萬人擺脫了貧困，成為世界第二大經濟體。

Now it's stepping up its efforts to help solve some of the toughest challenges in the rest of the world.

現在，它正在加大力度，幫助解決世界其他地區面臨的一些最嚴峻的挑戰。

During my recent visit to China, I attended the Reinvented Toilet Expo and once again saw China's innovation capacity with companies showcasing game-changing products that will to save sanitation.

在我最近訪問中國期間，我參加了 "廁所革新 "博覽會，再次看到了中國的創新能力，各公司展示了改變遊戲規則的產品，這些產品將拯救環境衛生。

I met Chinese scientists who are discovering new drugs to tackle infectious diseases like tuberculosis that affect the poor.

我見到了中國科學家，他們正在研發新藥，以應對影響窮人的肺結核等傳染病。

And I talked with Chinese partners who are sharing lessons from China's own development so African countries can make progress on vital priorities such as strengthening health systems and controlling deadly diseases like malaria and also improving agricultural transformation.

我還與中國合作伙伴進行了交談，他們正在分享中國自身發展的經驗教訓，以便非洲國家能夠在加強衛生系統、控制瘧疾等致命疾病以及改善農業轉型等重要優先事項方面取得進展。

I believe in China's ability to help hundreds of millions of young people in the world's poorest countries fulfill their potential.

我相信中國有能力幫助世界上最貧窮國家的數億年輕人發揮潛能。