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关贸总协定总干事萨瑟兰先生,在外经贸部部长助理龙永图陪同下,于5月12日来经贸大学访问并发表演讲。对外经贸大学校长孙维炎致了欢迎词。首先他对萨瑟兰的来访表示热忱欢迎,然后简略地介绍了萨瑟兰的生平:萨瑟兰先生在都柏林受的高等教育。从1969年至1981年渡过了十多年的律师生涯,其间曾任职于美国最高法院。此后作过国会议员,1984年被任命为爱尔兰驻欧共体官员。从1989年起,任联合爱尔兰银行主席及其它职务,1993年当选为关贸总协定总干事。萨瑟兰还从事学术活动,曾几次获得欧洲议会等机构颁发的奖章。此次中国之行是他第一次访问亚洲国家。
Mr. Sutherland, Director General of the GATT, accompanied by Long Yongtu, Assistant Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, visited the University of Economics and Trade on May 12 to deliver a speech. Sun Weiyan, President of the Foreign Economic and Trade University gave a welcome speech. First of all, he warmly welcomed Sutherland’s visit and briefly introduced Sutherland’s life: Sutherland’s higher education in Dublin. He spent more than a decade in his career as a lawyer from 1969 to 1981, during which he served in the United States Supreme Court. Since then, he has served as a member of parliament and was appointed as an Irish official in the European Community in 1984. Since 1989, he has served as Chairman of the Irish Bank and other positions. In 1993, he was elected Director General of the GATT. Sutherland also engages in academic activities and has received medals from several institutions such as the European Parliament. This visit to China was his first visit to Asian countries.