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1、FulltextoftheremarksbyCraigBarrett,IntelCorporateChairmanatSunYat-senUniversityWell,distinguishedfaculty,students,itisapleasuretobeonanyuniversitycampus,buttobeontheuniversitysitewithsomanystudentsinsuchalargeuniversityisindeedapleasure.todayIwantedtobrieflytalkaboutthewo

2、rldasawholeandthencomedownandtalkalittlebitaboutChina,andthenalittlebitaboutuniversityandthenalittlebitaboutyouasstudentsandwhatyoumightexpectgoingforward.IfyoulookattheworldasawholeIthinktherearetwomajorchangesthathavetakenplaceinlasttenyearsandhaveinfluencedallofourfutu

3、res.Err…Thefirstisthatpracticallyeverycountryintheworldnowispartoftheworldfreeeconomicsystem,partoftheworldfreetradesystemasotherssay,easyinterchangeofgoodsandservicesbetweenmostcountries.Andthisisamajorchangefromwherewewereonlyafewyearsago.Err…Abouthalfoftheworld’spopula

4、tionhasjoinedthefreeeconomicsysteminthelasttenyears,Chinaisincluded,India,Russia,EasternEurope,someofLatinAmerica.Sotherehasbeenamajorchangeintheworldfreeeconomicstructure,whichmeansthatifyouareinanyonecountry,youcandealwithanyothercountry,especiallyingoodsandservicesandi

5、deaswhichareknowledgebased.//TheotherchangethathastakenplaceinthelasttenyearsisassociatedwithtechnologyandtheInternet.Todayit’sveryeasytocommunicatebetweenanytwospotsontheearth.Itisveryinexpensivetodoso,suchasyoucantransferknowledge,transferinformationandcommunicateanywhe

6、reintheworldtodayforalmostnothing.Andifyoutakethesetwomajorchangestogether,whatitmeansis,ehthere’sgreatopportunityintheworldaswellasgreatcompetition.Andthecompetitioniswhatdrivesusandtheopportunityiswhatdrivesus.Andsoeverycountryhastoaccommodatethischange.Everycountryhast

7、oaccommodateinitseconomythisnewcompetitionandthisnewopportunity.Soifyoulookatwhatcountriescando,eh,theycanreallyonlydothreethingsfortheircitizenstomakethemmorecompetitivegoingforward.Oneofthethingstheycandoisthereasonyouarehereatthisuniversity.Theycanprovideyougoodeducati

8、on,andgenerallystandardoflivinggoesdirectlywitheducationlevel,sothehighertheeducationlevelwithin