很高兴再次访问中国,这也是我第一次在北京,到北大法学院及北大劳动法与社会保障法研究所出席这样一个会议。我要为您,叶静漪教授能够在中国举办这样一个会,表示祝贺。我希望这只是中国与西方、与美国,发展中国家与发达国家间交流联系的一个开始,将来还会有更多的机会,因为这样的交流联系对于中美两国友好关系的发展,以及建立有效的国际机构都是非常重要的。国际劳工标准的理念非常重要,在概念上它亦新亦旧。它发端于19世纪,当时市场力量 It is my pleasure to visit China again. This is the first time that I attended such a conference in Peking and attended the Peking University Law School and Peking University’s Institute of Labor Law and Social Security Law. I want to congratulate you, Professor Ye Jingyi, for holding such a conference in China. I hope this is only the beginning of exchanges and contacts between China and the West, and between the United States, developing countries and developed countries. There will be more opportunities in the future because such exchanges and contacts will not only promote the development of the friendly relations between China and the United States, but also establish Effective international agencies are all very important. The concept of international labor standards is very important and conceptually new and old. It originated in the 19th century, when market forces