十八大热词：中国特色社会主义
胡锦涛同志在十八大报告中强调，在改革开放三十多年一以贯之的接力探索中，我们坚定不移高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜，既不走封闭僵化的老路、也不走改旗易帜的邪路。中国特色社会主义道路，中国特色社会主义理论体系，中国特色社会主义制度，是党和人民九十多年奋斗、创造、积累的根本成就，必须倍加珍惜、始终坚持、不断发展。

Throughout the past 30-plus years of continuous exploration for reform and opening up, we have held high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and rejected both the old and rigid closed-door policy and any attempt to abandon socialism and take an erroneous path. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the system of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics are the fundamental accomplishments made by the Party and people in the course of arduous struggle over the past 90-plus years. We must cherish these accomplishments, uphold them all the time and continue to enrich them.

胡锦涛提出，建设中国特色社会主义，总依据是社会主义初级阶段，总布局是五位一体，总任务是实现社会主义现代化和中华民族伟大复兴。

In building socialism with Chinese characteristics, we base ourselves on the basic reality that China is in the primary stage of socialism. Our overall approach is to promote economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological progress, and our general task is to achieve socialist modernization and the great renewal of the Chinese nation.

民生 people’s livelihood

President Hu Jintao highlighted the importance of improving people's livelihood during his keynote speech on Thursday.

胡锦涛同志在十八大报告中强调了改善民生的重要性。

In the speech, Hu introduced a series of measures including promoting fairness in education, increasing job opportunities, strengthening vocational skills training, providing basic social security for urban and rural regions, addressing the issue of the aging population and providing old-age services, improving the medical insurance system and building affordable housing.

胡锦涛同志在报告中提到了一系列改善民生的措施：促进教育公平、增加工作机会、加强职业技能培训、推进城乡社会保障体系、关注老龄人口问题、提供养老服务、改善医保体系，以及加强保障性住房建设。

To guarantee that the people share in the fruits of development, the Party must deepen reform of the income distribution system, he said.

为了保障人民能享受到发展的成果，我党必须深化收入分配体系改革。

文化逆差 cultural deficit

中国文化部副部长赵少华11日在十八大记者会上表示，十年来中华文化影响力不断扩大，全方位、多层次、宽领域的对外文化交流格局正在形成。不过，中国对外交流仍然存在“文化逆差”，这需要进一步解放思想，扩大文化交流的渠道、规模、形式、内容。

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The increase of imported films is part of what Zhao Shaohua, vice-minister of culture, called a "cultural deficit" facing the country.

进口影片增加正是文化部副部长赵少华所说的“文化逆差”的一部分。

Cultural deficit就是“文化逆差”，指中国文化贸易（cultural trade）出口少于进口，中国的对外文化交流和传播（international cultural exchange and popularization）严重“入超”。这种“文化逆差”主要表现在电影、电视剧、图书、文艺演出等文化产品（cultural products）的进口多出口少。在国际贸易中，出口多于进口的情况叫做trade surplus（贸易顺差），反之则叫做trade deficit（贸易逆差）。

今年一季度，中国取代日本成为the second-largest film market（第二大电影市场）。前十个月，domestic box office receipts（国内票房收入）比上年同期增加了40%，但是其中近60%的收入来自imported films（进口影片）。

党的建设 Party building

All Party members must focus on strengthening the Party's governance capacity, advanced nature and purity.

全党要牢牢把握加强党的执政能力建设、先进性和纯洁性建设这条主线。

Combating corruption and promoting political integrity, which is a major political issue of great concern to the people, is a clear-cut and long-term political commitment of the Party.

反对腐败、建设廉洁政治，是党一贯坚持的鲜明政治立场，是人民关注的重大政治问题。

If we fail to handle this issue well, it could prove fatal to the Party, and even cause the collapse of the Party and the fall of the state.

这个问题解决不好，就会对党造成致命伤害，甚至亡党亡国。

Centralized leadership of the Party is the source of its strength and a fundamental guarantee for China’s economic and social development, ethnic unity and progress, and enduring peace and stability.

党的集中统一是党的力量所在，是实现经济社会发展、民族团结进步、国家长治久安的根本保证。