惠普首席执行官莉在清华大学演讲英文实录文档格式.docx

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惠普首席执行官卡莉在清华大学演讲英文实录

CarlyFiorinaRemarksatTsinghuaUniversity

Beijing,China

March12,2004

Xie,xie.Xiawuhao.ThosearetheonlytwowordsofChineseIknow.That'

snotrue,Iknowathird–Nihao.IwanttothankallofyoufortakingtimeoutofyourwhatIknowthatisaverybusystudyscheduletobeheretoday.Iknowthisisvaluabletimeforyouthatyoucouldbeusingtowork,orstudy,ormaybetoplaySwordonline.Thankyouforhavingmeheretoday.

Comingfromacompanythathas“invent”aspartofourbrand,aspartofoursignature,IsometimesbeginspeechesbysayingthatinventionandinnovationhavebeenparttheDNAofHP’sformorethansixtyyears.Ourscientistsandengineerstodaygeneratemorethan11patentseveryday.Wespendmorethan4billiondollarsayearonR&

D.Soinventionispartofourfutureaswellaspartofourpast.

ThatallsoundsprettyimpressiveuntilyouthinkaboutChina’shistory,andyourealizethat“invent”hasbeenpartofChina’sDNAformorethan5,000years.EveryschoolchildinAmericalearnsaboutChina’smanygiftstothisworld—fromtheinventionofpaper,togunpowder,thewheelbarrow,thecompass,acupuncture—rightuptothefirstblastfurnaceandthefirstuseofironcasting,backinthesixthcentury.

Asacompany,weactuallyatHPareespeciallyindebtedtoamannamedBiSheng,whohadthevisionin1045A.D.toinventtheworld’sfirstmovabletype,whichledtoitsfirstprinter—afull300yearsbeforeGutenberg'

sinventionofmovabletypechangedtheWesternworld.Sotoday,IwanttoissueabelatedthankyoutoBiShengforhavingtheforesighttosetinmotionaprocessthatwouldeventuallyleadtoa20billionbusinessforHP.

ThatgreattraditionofinventionandinnovationhascertainlybeencarriedonhereatTsinghua,wheresomeofthefinestinstructorsintheworldtodayareworkingtotrainsomeofthefinestscientistsandengineers.It’sabitironicthatthisschoolwasoriginallyestablishednearly100yearsagoasaplacewhereyoungChinesecouldgotoAmericaandotherwesternnationstolearnfromus.Today,therestoftheworld,Ithink,hasmuchtolearnfromChina.

It’salwaysstruckmethattheprocessofinventionisalittlebitliketheprocessofbeingacollegestudent.Afterall,asaninventor,yougointoalabandyouhaveastrongbutperhapsvagueideaofwhatyouwanttoachieve.Byworkinghard,experimenting,learningalongtheway,andusingasaguidetheworkofthosewhowentbeforeyou–youadvancedowntheroadtowardsdiscovery.Youmaynotendupwhereyoustarted–orevenwhereyouexpected,butifyouaresuccessful,thenbeginsanotherdifficultprocessoftryingtomakeyourinventionworkintheworldaroundyou.

Likeinventors,manyofyouhavetraveledthesameroadoverthelastfouryearshereinuniversity.Thepersonyouaretoday–thegoalsyouhavetoday,thedreamsyouhavetoday–maybedifferentfromtheonesyouhadwhenyoufirstcamehere.Andnow,youarebecomingpreparedtotakeallthatyou’velearnedhereandmakeitworkintheworldaroundyou.

Ibelievethatyoungpeoplearegraduatingtodayintoaworldfilledwithmorehopeandmorepromisethaninanyothertimeinourhistory.Iknowsometimesthatmightsoundstrange,becausewethinkalwaysofthedangersandchallengesintheworldaroundus.ButIhavestudiedhistoryinmylife.Idobelievethisisaneraofgreatpromiseandgreatopportunity.

Forthoseofyouwhohaveseenourads,youknowthattheyendwiththephrase,“everythingispossible.”Acynicmightsaythatjustamarketingslogan–butIactuallybelievethat.Idon’tthinkeveryiseasy,Idon'

tthinkthingshappensrightaway.ButIdothinkthateverythingispossible.

Foralltheremarkableadvancementswehaveseeninrecentyears,nothinghasmatchedthepowerofinformationtechnologytochangeourworldforthebetter.Andinthenextdecade,itwilltakeustoplaceswecanonlyimaginetoday.

Chinaistheworld’sfastest-growingeconomy;

theworld’sleaderindirectforeigninvestment;

oneoftheworld’slargesttradingnations--aleaderonboththeproductionandconsumptionofinformationtechnology.Chinaispoisedtoplayahugepartinthatfuture–andthestudentswhograduatefromTsinghuaUniversityarepoisedtoshapethefutureoftechnologylikeneverbefore.Nowlikeanyuniversitystudents,Iknowforyoutheroadaheadhasmuchuncertainty.ButifthereisonethingIhavelearnedinthepast20yearsinthisindustry,itisthattheprinciplethatyouhavelearnedinsidethewallsofTsinghua,theprincipleismoretrueoutsidetheuniversitythaninside.TheprincipleIamspeakingofisthis:

thatgreatleaders–likegre