for 191 nations to agree on a common path forward, many debates will be needed over the coming year, both within countries and among them. governments will have to work together and reach compromises, sometimes involving the sacrifice of cherished national goals or interests. and they can do so only if their peoples understand what is at stake, and firmly support it
china, with its remarkable experience in development and expertise in security, can make a leading contribution to this vital global breakthrough.
that is why i am so glad to be in beijing today, and to have the chance to speak not only to your government but also to you here, in one of china's great centres of innovation and creative thought. you young educated people have so much to contribute to development, and to meeting the global challenges that i have spoken about safeguarding world peace and security, developing friendly relations among peoples of different faith or culture, and achieving the millennium development goals.
you already have a well-developed network of solidarity between richer and poorer regions within china, and i know many of you will be serving in poor areas, after you graduate. i hope some of you will think also about serving in other parts of the world, where your skills may be even more desperately needed.
i urge you all and your contemporaries throughout china to commit yourselves to finding answers to our century's great challenges of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation. i say to you, as i have said to students in the united states, and many other countries, go out and make the world better!
but i have spoken long enough.