朱镕基编著的《朱镕基讲话实录(1998-2003英文版)(精)》为加深国际社会对我国改革开放历史进程的了解和认识，以对外性为出发点，对中文版进行了重新选编。由朱镕基亲自挑选篇目，选择了到今天依然具有重大现实意义的篇目；能重点反映其经济思想和治国理念的篇目；有关国际社会关注热点的篇目，如环保、民生等；以及与国外人士的对话。内容涉及中国在20世纪末21世纪初的经济社会各领域重大问题内容，包括中国财税体制改革、金融体制改革、国有企业改革、社会保障体制改革、应对亚洲金融危机冲击、治理通货膨胀等，也收入了朱镕基的部分个人信函，向外国读者展现出一个完整的、生动的，极具个人魅力的中国领导者形象。这本书以其对话与讲话实录的形式，完全还原了中国从上世纪90年代至本世纪初，经济改革的思路与历程。本卷为其任总理期间，1998-2003年间的讲话内容。

EDITOR'S NOTE

FOREWORD Henry A. Kissinger

FOREWORD Hdmut Schmidt

1998

 SPEECH AT THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF THE STATE COUNCIL

 (March 24, 1998)

 ON THE PROPER REASSIGNMENT, RESETTLEMENT, AND REEMPLOYMENT

 OF LAID-OFF WORKERS (March 25 and26, 1998)

 REFORMS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REQUIRE STRONG

 DETERMINATION, STEADY STEPS, AND SOLID WORK (April 10, 1998)

 KEY ASPECTS OF REFORM OF THE GRAIN CIRCULATION SYSTEM

 (june 3, 1998)

 A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY ROBERT E. RUBIN

 (June 26, 1998)

 CRACK DOWN HARD ON SMUGGLING (July 15, 1998)

 REBUILDING AFTER THE FLOODS WITH THE SAME SPIRIT DISPLAYED IN

 COMBATING THEM (August 31-September 10, 1998)

 A TALK WITH THE PRODUCERS OF TOPICS IN FOCUS (October 7, 1998)

 CLOSING DOWN GUANGDONG INTERNATIONAL TRUST AND

 INVESTMENT COMPANY WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO (October24, 1998)

 A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL D. EISNER, CEO, THE WALT DISNEY

 COMPANY (October 26, 1998)

 "TOFU DREG PROJECTS" ARE A CRIME AGAINST THE PEOPLE

 (December 3, 1998)

 SPEECH AT THE 1998 CENTRAL ECONOMIC WORK CONFERENCE

 (December 7, 1998)

 HAINAN MUST KEEP ITS HILLS GREEN AND ITS WATERS BLUE

 (December 19, 1998)

 ENSURE CONSTRUCTION QUALITY OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT

 AND PROPERLY RESETTLE THE AREA'S INHABITANTS (December30, 1998)

1999

 A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN GREENSPAN, CHAIRMAN, U.S. FEDERAL

 RESERVE (janua~ 12, 1999)

 A CONVERSATION WITH AN AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

 (March 31, 1999)

 REMARKS AT PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S WELCOMING CEREMONY

 (April& 1999)

 ADDRESS AT A WELCOMING DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT BILL

 CLINTON (Aping, 1999)

 THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE LIES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (june 10, 1999)

 WE MUST BE SELECTIVE IN SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM

 ENTERPRISES (June 24, 1999)

 TO TAME THE YELLOW RIVER, WE MUST CONSERVE SOIL AND WATER

 IN ITS MIDDLE AND UPPER REACHES (August 6, 1999)

 WE MUST BE DETERMINED TO STOP LOGGING IN NATURAL FORESTS

 (August 14, 1999)

 SOME THOUGHTS ON SPEEDING UP DEVELOPMENT IN ETHNIC-

 MINORITY AREAS (October 3, 1999)

 THREE MAIN APPROACHES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN

 CHINA (October29, 1999)

 THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY MUST CONTROL TOTAL OUTPUT AND

 RESTRUCTURE (December 6, 1999)

2000

 LET OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE BE PASSED DOWN FROM ONE

 GENERATION TO THE NEXT (IVebrua~ 13, 2000)

 CUSTOMS MUST REGAIN ITS FORMER STATURE (Februa~ 20, 2000)

 A CONVERSATION WITH PASCAL LAMY, EU COMMISSIONER FOR TRADE

 (March 29, 2000)

 THREE ECONOMIC RISKS WE MUST GUARD AGAINST (Ap*il 18, 2000)

 THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM MUST BE REFORMED (lune 13, 2000)

 ON USING RELENDING TO HELP LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RE-

 PAY DEBTS AND GUARANTEE PAYMENTS (August 1, 2000)

 WE SHOULD USE ECONOMIC MEASURES TO ELIMINATE OVERCAPAClTY

 (August 3, 2000)

 SEVERAL ISSUES REGARDING XINJIANG'S DEVELOPMENT (September 10, 2000)

2001

 PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND

 BUILDING THE ECO-ENVIRONMENT (]anua~ 11, 2001)

 HUNAN MUST GIVE PRIORITY TO MANAGING ITS MOUNTAINS AND WA-

 TERS (Appil 11, 2001)

 TEACHERS ARE THE BASIC DRIVING FORCE OF EDUCATION (April27, 2001)

 THE SPIRIT OF TSINGHUA 1S THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION (June 5, 2001)

 ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THREE AUTONOMOUS ETH-

 NIC-MINORITY PREFECTURES IN SICHUAN (lune 11, 2001)

 FURTHER SPEED UP TIBET'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (lune 25, 2001)

 IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT, WE MUST ACHIEVE THE

 "THREE INTEGRATIONS" (lu~ 4, 2001)

 A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SOROS (September 17, 2001)

 TOWARD A MORE OPEN AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE ECONOMY

 (September 19, 2001)

 THE IMPACT OF 9/11 ON OUR ECONOMY, AND OUR COUNTERMEASURES

 (September 27, 2001)

 CHINA CAN BECOME THE WORLD'S INVESTMENT PARADISE (October 22, 2001)

 STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT THROUGH THE MEDIA (December 6, 2001)

 STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT THROUGH PUBLICATIONS (December 13, 2001~

2O02

 HALT THE TENDENCY TO BLINDLY SEEK INCREASES IN URBAN SIZE

 (January 9, 2002)

 INNER MONGOLIA SHOULD PLAY TO ITS OWN STRENGTHS IN ITS DE-

 VELOPMENT (March 7, 2002)

 A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A.

 KISSINGER (April 14, 2002)

 ON VISITING THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF HU XUEYAN (May 5, 2002)

 A CONVERSATION WITH AN AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION

 (may 30, 2002)

 PUT"ACCURACY" FOREMOST IN STATISTICAL WORK (October 28, 2002)

 HONG KONG HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE (November 19, 2002)

 SPEECH AT THE 2002 CENTRAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC WORK

 (December 9, 2002)

2003

 COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT THE PARTY'S POLI-

 CIES ON RELIGION (January 10, 2003)

 A MEMORABLE FIVE YEARS (January 27, 2003)

 MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DEVELOP PUBLIC TRANSPORT

 (February 1, 2003)

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