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1、FulltextoftheremarksbyCraigBarrett,IntelCorporateChairmanatSunYat-senUniversityWell,distinguishedfaculty,students,itisapleasuretobeonanyuniversitycampus,buttobeontheuniversitysitewithsomanystudentsinsuchalargeuniversityisindeedapleasure.todayIwantedtobrieflytalkabouttheworldasawholeandthencomedowna
2、ndtalkalittlebitaboutChina,andthenalittlebitaboutuniversityandthenalittlebitaboutyouasstudentsandwhatyoumightexpectgoingforward.IfyoulookattheworldasawholeIthinktherearetwomajorchangesthathavetakenplaceinlasttenyearsandhaveinfluencedallofourfutures.Err…Thefirstisthatpracticallyeverycountryintheworl
3、dnowispartoftheworldfreeeconomicsystem,partoftheworldfreetradesystemasotherssay,easyinterchangeofgoodsandservicesbetweenmostcountries.Andthisisamajorchangefromwherewewereonlyafewyearsago.Err…Abouthalfoftheworld’spopulationhasjoinedthefreeeconomicsysteminthelasttenyears,Chinaisincluded,India,Russia,
4、EasternEurope,someofLatinAmerica.Sotherehasbeenamajorchangeintheworldfreeeconomicstructure,whichmeansthatifyouareinanyonecountry,youcandealwithanyothercountry,especiallyingoodsandservicesandideaswhichareknowledgebased.//Theotherchangethathastakenplaceinthelasttenyearsisassociatedwithtechnologyandth
5、eInternet.Todayit’sveryeasytocommunicatebetweenanytwospotsontheearth.Itisveryinexpensivetodoso,suchasyoucantransferknowledge,transferinformationandcommunicateanywhereintheworldtodayforalmostnothing.Andifyoutakethesetwomajorchangestogether,whatitmeansis,ehthere’sgreatopportunityintheworldaswellasgre
6、atcompetition.Andthecompetitioniswhatdrivesusandtheopportunityiswhatdrivesus.Andsoeverycountryhastoaccommodatethischange.Everycountryhastoaccommodateinitseconomythisnewcompetitionandthisnewopportunity.Soifyoulookatwhatcountriescando,eh,theycanreallyonlydothreethingsfortheircitizenstomakethemmorecom
7、petitivegoingforward.Oneofthethingstheycandoisthereasonyouarehereatthisuniversity.Theycanprovideyougoodeducation,andgenerallystandardoflivinggoesdirectlywitheducationlevel,sothehighertheeducationlevelwithin
