Consider for a moment, the path of one of America's most famous innovators, Bill Gates.When Bill Gates quit college to begin his path towards starting Microsoft, he had no guarantee of success. On numerous occasions, he faced failures and disappointments. But he kept moving forward, because he hoped that someday, all the money he invested and all the hours he labored just might result in the creation of something special that he could call his own. And because Bill Gates received IP protection for his ideas, millions of people around the world have benefited. Somewhere in the world, perhaps somewhere in this room, is the Bill Gates of clean energy, or the Bill Gates of medical research -- and we need to make sure whoever that person is has similar protection.

让我们来想想美国最著名的创新者之一比尔•盖茨走过的道路吧。当比尔•盖茨从大学退学，踏上创办微软的道路时，没人保证他会取得成功。他遇到过数不清的失败和挫折。但他没有放弃，因为他希望有朝一日，他投入的所有金钱、时间和精力，可以产生出让他感到自豪的发明创造。而正是由于比尔•盖茨的创意受到知识产权的保护，今天世界各地成千上万人因此而获益非浅。现在世界上的某个地方，也许就在我们这个房间里，就坐着清洁能源领域的比尔•盖茨，或者医学研究领域的比尔•盖茨。我们必须确保，无论这个人是谁，他都将得到类似的保护。

Despite the impressive progress that China has made protecting intellectual property, much more still needs to be done. American and other foreign companies in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to entertainment still lose billions of dollars from counterfeiting and IP theft in China every year.

尽管中国在保护知识产权方面已经取得巨大进步，但要做的事情还很多。在从制药、生物科技到娱乐业等诸多行业中，在中国的美国及其它外国公司仍然因为仿冒及知识产权盗用而每年损失数以十亿美元计的收入。

Stronger intellectual property laws have been written – but they are only as valuable as the civil and criminal penalties people face for breaking them – and China’s enforcement of IP laws is often uneven.

中国已经制定了更有力的知识产权法律，但是这种法律的价值只有通过违反该法律的人所面临的民事或刑事惩罚才能得到体现。而在中国，知识产权法律的执法道路并不平坦。

I do hope that places like Jinan will continue to be a positive influence to convince more of China's people of the critical importance of protecting ideas and intellectual property. And I hope all of you today, will be ambassadors for that message among your family, friends and colleagues.

我很希望象暨大这样的机构能继续发挥积极影响，让中国更多人认识到保护创意和知识产权的极端重要性。并且，我希望在座各位都能在自己的家人、朋友和同事中间担当起知识产权大使的角色。

I applaud Jinan University for making intellectual property rights and protection a strategic part of the curriculum, and wish each of you much success in your academic careers and future endeavors.

对于暨南大学把知识产权及其保护作为贵校课程中的重要组成部分，我非常赞赏，并希望各位在自己的学术生涯及未来发展中取得成功。

As leaders, innovators and consumers, you will write the next chapter in China’s rich history. You have an enormous amount of responsibility riding on your shoulders because your success isn't just important to you and your family -- it's important to me and everyone else who cares about solving the world’s problems.

作为领袖、创新者和消费者，你们将为中国丰富的历史撰写新的篇章。你们肩负重任，因为你们的成功不光对你们自己和你们的家人很重要，而且对于我、以及对解决世界所面临的各种问题感到关切的每个人都很重要。

I hope you make the most of your time at Jinan.

希望大家充分利用在暨大学习和工作的时间。

Thank you for having me here today.

谢谢大家！