Chinese premier Wen Jiabao identified tackling inflation as Beijing’s top economic priority this year as his government tries to make the country’s growth more sustainable and equitable.

　　中國(guó)總理溫家寶將抑制通脹列為政府的首要經(jīng)濟(jì)任務(wù)。目前中國(guó)政府正試圖使經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)更具可持續(xù)性、更加公平合理。

　　“Recently prices have risen fairly quickly and inflation expectations have increased,” Mr Wen said in his annual state of the union address in Beijing Saturday. “This problem concerns the people’s wellbeing, bears on overall interests and affects social stability.”

　　“當(dāng)前，物價(jià)上漲較快，通脹預(yù)期增強(qiáng)，”溫家寶上周六在北京作年度政府工作報(bào)告時(shí)表示。“這個(gè)問(wèn)題涉及民生、關(guān)系全局、影響穩(wěn)定。”

　　In a speech filled with exhortations to safeguard social harmony and stability, Mr Wen outlined the “brilliant achievements” made by the Communist Party over the last five years and presented a blueprint for the next five-year plan.

　　在通篇宣揚(yáng)維護(hù)社會(huì)和諧與穩(wěn)定的講話中，溫家寶介紹了共產(chǎn)黨在過(guò)去五年期間的“輝煌成就”，并陳述了下一個(gè)五年計(jì)劃的藍(lán)圖。

　　First on the list of short-term objectives was tackling persistent price rises that have lifted the benchmark consumer price index by nearly 5 per cent in each of the last three months.

　　在短期目標(biāo)清單上，抑制持續(xù)價(jià)格上漲排在首位。過(guò)去三個(gè)月來(lái)，中國(guó)的基準(zhǔn)消費(fèi)價(jià)格指數(shù)(CPI)每個(gè)月的漲幅都接近5%。

　　The government must “make it our top priority in macroeconomic control to keep overall price levels stable” , Mr Wen said.

　　政府必須“把穩(wěn)定物價(jià)總水平作為宏觀調(diào)控的首要任務(wù)”，溫家寶表示。

　　He went on to add that this task could involve “administrative means [an apparent reference to price controls] when necessary.”

　　他接著補(bǔ)充稱，這項(xiàng)任務(wù)可能涉及“必要的行政手段”，這顯然是指價(jià)格控制措施。

　　But Mr Wen also explained somewhat contradictory plans to continue the rapid minimum wage increases across the country that some analysts believe have already contributed to rising inflation expectations.

　　但是，溫家寶也解釋了有些矛盾的計(jì)劃，即繼續(xù)推進(jìn)全國(guó)各地快速提高最低工資的行動(dòng)，一些分析人士相信，此類行動(dòng)已加劇了通脹預(yù)期的上升。

　　With one eye on the wave of unrest sweeping across the Middle East, China’s leaders believe they must urgently address the country’s wide and growing income gap in order to safeguard social stability and maintain their tight grip on power.

　　面對(duì)席卷中東的動(dòng)蕩浪潮，中國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人相信，他們必須迅速采取行動(dòng)，應(yīng)對(duì)國(guó)內(nèi)收入差距巨大、且仍在不斷擴(kuò)大的問(wèn)題，以維護(hù)社會(huì)穩(wěn)定，保持他們對(duì)權(quán)力的牢牢掌控。

　　“Through unremitting efforts, we will reverse the trend of a widening income gap as soon as possible and ensure that the people share more in the fruits of reform and development,” Mr Wen promised.

　　“通過(guò)持續(xù)不斷的努力，盡快扭轉(zhuǎn)收入分配差距擴(kuò)大趨勢(shì)，努力使廣大人民群眾更多分享改革發(fā)展成果，”溫家寶承諾。

　　In his own state of the union address in late January, US President Barack Obama said America was facing a “Sputnik moment” in a reference to growing competition from the rise of countries like China and India.

　　美國(guó)總統(tǒng)巴拉克·奧巴馬(Barack Obama)在1月下旬發(fā)表國(guó)情咨文講話時(shí)曾表示，中國(guó)和印度等國(guó)的崛起，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)不斷加大，使美國(guó)面對(duì)一個(gè)“斯普特尼克時(shí)刻”。

　　Many pundits in the US and elsewhere have fretted over China’s perceived superiority in everything from high-school test scores to management of the economy but in his speech on Saturday Premier Wen highlighted the challenges facing his government.

　　從高中考試成績(jī)，到經(jīng)濟(jì)管理，在美國(guó)和其它地方的許多評(píng)論人士眼里，中國(guó)在所有領(lǐng)域都占有優(yōu)勢(shì)，這讓他們感到焦慮，但溫家寶在上周六的講話中指出了中國(guó)政府面臨的種種挑戰(zhàn)。

　　“We are keenly aware that we still have a serious problem in that our development is not yet well balanced, coordinated or sustainable,” he said.

　　“我們清醒地認(rèn)識(shí)到，我國(guó)發(fā)展中不平衡、不協(xié)調(diào)、不可持續(xù)的問(wèn)題依然突出，”他表示。

　　Environmental degradation, dwindling resources, rudimentary education and health services, over-reliance on investment rather than consumption, a lack of scientific or technical innovation, poor food safety and rampant official corruption were all serious problems identified by Mr Wen.

　　環(huán)境退化、資源枯竭、粗糙的教育和醫(yī)療服務(wù)、過(guò)于依賴投資而非消費(fèi)、缺乏科技創(chuàng)新、食品安全糟糕，以及官員腐敗現(xiàn)象嚴(yán)重——這些都是溫家寶列舉的突出問(wèn)題。