2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge Kick-off Remarks (Brazil Session)
致辞整理稿（中英文对照）

Lightly edited from the Zoom auto-transcript; bilingual version for internal review

1. 开场主持 / Opening Moderation

保拉 / Paula Carvalho

公共政策、战略与发展国家科学技术研究所副研究员
Associate Researcher, National Institute of Science and Technology in Public Policies, Strategies, and Development

English (lightly edited transcript)

Hi, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here with you, launching the third edition of this amazing challenge.

Let us start by listening to the opening remarks from our organizers. I invite Professor Ana Celia Castro, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and President of the Brazilian Forum for Advanced Studies. Professor, please.

中文对应稿

大家好。很高兴能和大家一起开启这一精彩赛事的第三届。

接下来，让我们先来聆听主办方的开场致辞。我邀请里约热内卢联邦大学高级研究所所长、巴西高级研究论坛主席 Ana Celia Castro 教授发言。教授，请。

2. 主办方致辞 / Organizers’Remarks

安娜 / Prof. Ana Celia Castro

里约热内卢联邦大学高级研究所所长；巴西国际关系中心（CEBRI）高级研究员；巴西高级研究论坛主席
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Senior Fellow, Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI); President, Brazilian Forum for Advanced Studies

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

Good day once again, distinguished colleagues, dear students, honored guests, and friends, It is a great honor to be with you again today.

Yesterday, I had the privilege of opening the launch ceremony of this Poverty Alleviation Competition, and in my remarks, I emphasized two central points. First, the centrality of poverty reduction as the Sustainable Development Goal that is deeply connected to all the others. And second, the fundamental importance of combating poverty as a way of reducing the multiple vulnerabilities that affect individuals, communities, territories, and future generations.

Today, I would like to add one further reflection. We are now approaching the end of the period for which the Sustainable Development Goals were originally conceived — the horizon of 2030. This moment invites us not only to assess what has been achieved, but also to reflect on what remains unfinished.

The SDGs were never meant to be a closed agenda. They are, and must continue to be, a permanent source of inspiration. A source of ethical orientation. A source of public imagination. And a source of collective action. Their meaning goes far beyond measurable targets. They embody a vision of development centered on social justice, environmental sustainability, and shared futures.

In this sense, the fight against poverty is not only about reducing deprivation in the present. It is about expanding capacities, enhancing freedom, and strengthening dignity.

It is about creating the conditions under which people can imagine and build better futures for themselves and for their communities: our desirable tomorrows.

This is precisely why this Competition is so important. It is not only a space for ideas. It is a space for expanding the collective capacity to deal with poverty in all its dimensions, widening the horizon of freedom. As we approach 2030, let us remember that the Sustainable Development Goals are not simply a deadline. They are a living commitment, to people, to the planet, and to human dignity.

The fight against poverty is, ultimately, the fight for human flourishing and that future begins with the ideas we dare to put forward today.

Thank you very much.

中文对应稿

各位尊敬的同事、亲爱的同学们、各位贵宾、朋友们，大家好！今天能再次与诸位相聚，我深感荣幸。

昨天，我有幸出席了此次减贫竞赛的启动仪式，在发言中我强调了两个核心要点。其一，减贫作为可持续发展目标，与所有其他目标紧密相连；其二，消除贫困对于减少影响个人、社区、地区和子孙后代的多重脆弱性至关重要。

今天，我想再补充一点思考。我们即将迎来可持续发展目标最初设定的期限——2030 年。这一时刻不仅促使我们评估已取得的成就，也促使我们思考尚未完成的任务。

可持续发展目标从来都不是一个封闭的议程。它们应当，也必须永远成为灵感的源泉、道德导向的源泉、公众想象力的源泉以及集体行动的源泉。其意义远不止于可衡量的目标。它们体现了一种以社会公正、环境可持续性和共同未来为中心的发展愿景。

从这个意义上说，消除贫困不仅仅是减少当下的贫困状况。它关乎拓展能力、增强自由和强化尊严。

它关乎创造条件，让人们能够想象并为自身和所在社区构建更美好的未来：我们所向往的明天。

这正是此次竞赛如此重要的原因。它不仅是一个思想交流的空间，也是一个拓展集体应对贫困各方面问题的能力、拓宽自由视野的空间。在迈向 2030 年之际，让我们铭记，可持续发展目标并非只是一个截止日期。它们是对人民、对地球、对人类尊严的活生生的承诺。

消除贫困的斗争，归根结底，是为人类繁荣而战，而这一未来始于我们今天敢于提出的构想。非常感谢。

陈默 / Chen Mo

中国驻巴西大使馆教育参赞
Education Counselor, Chinese Embassy in Brazil

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

Thank you, Ms. Paula. I am Chen Mo from the Chinese Embassy in Brazil. It is a great honor to join you. Distinguished scholars and professors, dear students and friends, it is a great pleasure for me to join the Brazil session of the 2026 Poverty Alleviation Challenge program. I am especially pleased to see the strong interest from students in Brazil, especially from many universities.

The Poverty Alleviation Challenge offers a valuable opportunity for students from China and Latin America to work together on real-world development issues. Over the past year, more than 300 teachers and students from 27 universities have participated in this program, forming international teams and developing innovative ideas to address poverty-related challenges.

I think for students this is not only a competition, but also a chance to learn from different cultures, exchange perspectives, and gain hands-on experience in addressing global development challenges. I warmly encourage all students who are interested to take part in this initiative, share your ideas, and collaborate with peers from different countries.

The Chinese Embassy in Brazil will continue to support exchanges and cooperation between universities in China and Latin America, creating more opportunities for young people to learn, innovate, and grow together. I wish today’s session great success, and I look forward to seeing your creative ideas in the competition. I hope many of you will join us in this exciting journey. Thank you so much.

中文对应稿

谢谢你，Paula 女士。我是来自中国驻巴西大使馆的陈默。很荣幸能参加今天的活动。尊敬的学者和教授们、亲爱的同学们和朋友们，非常高兴能够参加“中拉青年应对全球挑战——2026 减贫营”巴西场的活动。我尤其高兴看到巴西学生，特别是来自许多高校的同学们，对这项活动表现出如此浓厚的兴趣。

减贫营为中国和拉美学生共同围绕现实世界的发展议题开展合作提供了宝贵机会。在过去一年中，已有来自 27 所高校的 300 多名师生参与了这一项目，组建国际团队，并围绕减贫相关挑战提出创新性想法。

我认为，对同学们来说，这不仅仅是一场比赛，也是一个了解不同文化、交流不同视角、并在应对全球发展挑战中获得实践经验的机会。我也真诚鼓励所有感兴趣的同学积极参与这项倡议，分享你们的想法，并与来自不同国家的同龄人开展合作。

中国驻巴西大使馆将继续支持中国和拉美高校之间的交流与合作，为年轻人创造更多共同学习、创新和成长的机会。祝今天的活动圆满成功，也期待在比赛中看到你们富有创造力的想法。希望有更多同学加入这段令人振奋的旅程。非常感谢。

陈涛涛 / Prof. CHEN Taotao

清华大学拉美中心主任；清华大学经管学院中国-拉丁美洲管理研究中心主任；清华大学经管学院教授
Director, Latin America Center; Director, Center for China-Latin America Management Studies, SEM; Professor, SEM, Tsinghua University

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

Thank you, Paula. Professor Ana Celia Castro, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Ms. Chen Mo, Education Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Brazil; Professor Ligia Maura Costa, Director of the Center for Ethics, Transparency, Integrity and Compliance Studies at FGV EAESP; Prof. Osvaldo Guzman, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Office of the University of Chile; Professor Cynthia Sanborn, Director of the Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Universidad del Pacífico, Peru; all the students and faculty members from Brazil; and my PhD team and colleagues from Tsinghua University—good morning and good evening.

This is the third year of the program “China–Latin America Youth Responding to Global Challenges — Poverty Alleviation Challenge.” In the previous two years, we have achieved a great deal together. I would like to mention that the year before last, this program was included in the list of outcomes of President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Brazil.

Also, last year the program attracted more than 300 students. Thanks, Ms. Chen—you have already mentioned this, but I still want to emphasize this great number. The Challenge brought together more than 300 students from 27 universities across China, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Around 100 teams registered, among which 39 were transnational teams. In the end, 12 teams won the competition and received awards. Because of that, 24 Tsinghua students and faculty members traveled to Brazil and Chile to participate in the final round of the competition last August. Then, 36 students and faculty members from Latin American countries came to China this January for a study visit.

Our student projects covered a very broad spectrum of poverty-related issues, including agriculture, mining, education, healthcare, energy, and so on. Many projects in particular tried to apply AI-enabled solutions, which was wonderful.

For these great achievements, I would like to take this chance to express my sincere thanks to all my dear university - partners in Brazil, Chile and Peru; to all the supporting Embassies, especially for Chinese Embassy in Brazil; The Consulate General of China in Rio de Janeiro, and Brazilian Embassy in China. My sincere thanks also go to all the generous sponsoring companies; to all the professionals and institutions who provided mentorship to our student teams and to every friend who helped us last year!

This year, as all of you have probably noticed, is the Culture Year for Brazil and China. I am very happy about, and deeply appreciate, the strong support from the Chinese Embassy in Brazil, which has joined forces with us as one of the key organizers. Thank you, Counselor Chen Mo.

Based on the experience of the previous two years, I would like to emphasize several key points for this year. First of all, I would suggest that we expand our focus from poverty alleviation to poverty alleviation and development. From China’s experience, even though we ended extreme poverty back in 2021, we still keep working on development, trying to stop people from falling back into poverty. So focusing on poverty alleviation and development will give people more hope for a sustainable future.

Second, I would like to remind our students that we are doing a real project here. I highly encourage you to use your own eyes to observe real poverty phenomena and work on them. At the same time, this year we have a new initiative to support you: we will invite companies and institutions that are actively tackling poverty challenges in their own work to propose topics and provide mentorship for the teams that choose those topics. In addition, we are also trying to invite institutions with best practices from different countries to raise topics for you. In this way, if their topics are selected by our student teams, that will help best practices be learned and transferred to other countries more easily. So please pay attention to those suggested topics.

Last but not least, a truly great cross-border project really requires more time, more energy, and more effort. So if you are not an award winner this year, please do not be disappointed. We will encourage you to rejoin the program next year. The same goes for student teams that did win the competition last year: we definitely encourage you to rejoin the Challenge this year. We have set a specific rule for this; I will not go into details here, but later you will learn about it. So, if you believe your project is promising, just keep working on it. Our Challenge platform will always, always support you.

So, all my young friends here, you are very welcome to this year’s Challenge Program. I look forward to seeing you during the course. Thanks, everyone, for listening.

中文对应稿

谢谢你，Paula。Ana Celia Castro 教授——里约热内卢联邦大学高级研究所所长；陈默女士——中国驻巴西大使馆教育参赞；Ligia Maura Costa 教授——FGV EAESP 伦理、透明度、诚信与合规研究中心主任；Osvaldo Guzman 教授——智利大学国际事务办公室副主任；Cynthia Sanborn 教授——秘鲁太平洋大学中国与亚太研究中心主任；来自巴西的各位老师和同学；以及清华大学的博士生团队和同事们，大家早上好，也晚上好。

这是“中拉青年应对全球挑战——减贫营”项目开展的第三年。过去两年里，我们一起取得了很多成果。我想特别提到的是，前年的时候，这个项目被纳入了习近平主席访问巴西成果清单。

此外，去年该项目吸引了 300 多名学生参与。谢谢陈参赞，您刚才已经提到这个数字了，但我还是想再次强调一下这个很了不起的数字。减贫营汇聚了来自中国、巴西、智利和秘鲁 27 所高校的 300 多名学生。大约有 100 支队伍报名，其中 39 支是跨国队伍。最终有 12 支队伍获奖。也正因为如此，去年 8 月，24 名清华师生前往巴西和智利参加了比赛决赛。今年 1 月，又有 36 名来自拉美国家的师生来到中国参加访学活动。

我们的学生项目覆盖了非常广泛的减贫议题，包括农业、采矿、教育、医疗、能源等等。尤其是许多项目尝试应用 AI 赋能的解决方案，这非常令人欣喜。

借此机会，我想向巴西、智利和秘鲁各合作高校的伙伴们致以诚挚感谢；向所有给予支持的使领馆，特别是中国驻巴西大使馆、中国驻里约热内卢总领馆以及巴西驻华大使馆，表示衷心感谢。与此同时，我也要向所有慷慨支持本项目的赞助企业、为学生团队提供指导的各位专业人士和相关机构，以及去年所有给予我们帮助的朋友们，致以诚挚谢意！

今年，我想大家都已经注意到了，这是巴西和中国的“文化年”。我非常高兴，也非常感谢中国驻巴西大使馆给予我们的强力支持，它已经作为关键主办方之一与我们并肩合作。谢谢陈默参赞。

基于过去两年的经验，我想强调今年的几个重点。第一，我建议我们把关注点从“减贫”拓展为“减贫与发展”。根据中国的经验，虽然我们在 2021 年就消除了绝对贫困，但我们仍然持续推进发展工作，努力防止人们重新返贫。因此，把重心放在“减贫与发展”上，会给人们带来更多面向可持续未来的希望。

第二，我想提醒在座同学，我们正在做的是一个真正的项目。我非常鼓励大家用自己的眼睛去观察真实的贫困现象，并围绕这些问题开展工作。同时，今年我们也推出了一项新的支持举措：我们会邀请那些在自身工作中积极应对贫困挑战的企业和机构提出选题，并为选择这些选题的团队提供指导。此外，我们也在尝试邀请来自不同国家、拥有最佳实践的机构来为大家提出选题。这样一来，如果这些选题被我们的学生团队选中，就能帮助最佳实践更容易地被学习并转移到其他国家。所以，请大家关注这些推荐选题。

最后但同样重要的是，一个真正优秀的跨国项目确实需要更多时间、更多精力和更多投入。所以，如果你今年没有获奖，也请不要失望。我们会鼓励你明年继续参加。同样，对于去年获奖的学生团队，我们也非常鼓励你们今年再次参加减贫营。我们已经为此设置了专门规则，我这里不展开说，之后你们会了解到。如果你相信自己的项目有前景，那就继续把它做下去。我们的减贫营平台会一直、一直支持你们。

所以，在座所有年轻的朋友们，非常欢迎你们参加今年的减贫营。我期待在课程期间见到大家。谢谢大家的聆听。

莉吉亚 / Ligia Maura Costa

FGV EAESP 伦理、透明度、诚信与合规研究中心（FGVethics）主任；FGV EAESP 社会与法律基础系教授
Director, Center for Ethics, Transparency, Integrity and Compliance Studies (FGVethics), FGV EAESP; Professor, Department of Social and Legal Foundations, FGV EAESP

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

Good morning, everyone. It is really a pleasure to be here representing FGV EAESP, which is one of the oldest business schools in Brazil and one of the most traditional and leading institutions when we think about management education in Brazil.

This initiative has the support of FGVethics, which is our research center on ethics, transparency, integrity, and compliance. I am truly honored to participate in the Poverty Alleviation Challenge. It is going to be our first time in this initiative, which is led by Tsinghua University and by my dear professor and friend, Taotao Chen. Thank you so much for the invitation.

It is also carried out in collaboration with outstanding partner institutions, such as the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and Universidad del Pacífico in Peru.

At FGV EAESP, we believe that business education must go beyond technical excellence. It must also prepare leaders to understand their role in addressing society’s most pressing challenges. Poverty alleviation is one of them.

This collaboration reflects something very important: poverty is a global challenge. That is why this program, this challenge, has to be global, and it requires global solutions built through cooperation across countries, institutions, and cultures.

For business school students, engaging with poverty alleviation is not optional at all. It is essential. Why? Because the decisions they will make as future business leaders will shape not only markets, but societies. Understanding inequalities, designing sustainable solutions, and integrating ethics and integrity into business models are no longer peripheral topics. They are central to responsible leadership today.

If we want better companies, better societies, and a better world, we need better leaders—and, in our case, better business leaders. And if we want better leaders, we must expose them early to real-world challenges such as poverty. That is why this initiative really matters, because it connects knowledge with purpose, and education with impact.

Thank you very much for the invitation, Taotao, once again. Xie xie. Zai jian.

中文对应稿

大家早上好。今天能够代表 FGV EAESP 来到这里，我感到非常高兴。FGV EAESP 是巴西历史最悠久的商学院之一，也是巴西管理教育领域最传统、最具引领性的机构之一。

这项倡议得到了 FGVethics 的支持。FGVethics 是我们专注于伦理、透明度、诚信与合规问题的研究中心。能够参与减贫挑战赛，我深感荣幸。这将是我们第一次参加这一倡议。该项目由清华大学发起，并由我亲爱的教授和朋友陈涛涛推动。非常感谢你的邀请。

这项倡议也是与多家杰出的合作伙伴机构共同开展的，例如里约热内卢联邦大学、智利天主教大学以及秘鲁太平洋大学。

在 FGV EAESP，我们相信商科教育不能只停留在技术卓越层面。它还必须培养领导者，使他们理解自己在应对社会最紧迫挑战中的角色。减贫就是其中之一。

这项合作体现了一个非常重要的事实：贫困是一个全球性挑战。也正因为如此，这个项目、这项挑战必须具有全球性，它需要通过跨国家、跨机构、跨文化的合作来构建全球性的解决方案。

对于商学院学生而言，关注减贫绝不是可有可无的事情，而是至关重要的。为什么？因为他们作为未来商业领袖所做出的决策，将塑造的不仅是市场，还有社会。理解不平等、设计可持续的解决方案、并将伦理与诚信纳入商业模式之中，已经不再是边缘性议题，而是当今负责任领导力的核心。

如果我们想要更好的公司、更好的社会和一个更好的世界，我们就需要更好的领导者——而就我们而言，就是更好的商业领袖。如果我们想培养更好的领导者，就必须让他们更早接触贫困这样的现实世界挑战。这也正是为什么这项倡议如此重要，因为它把知识和使命连接在一起，把教育和影响连接在一起。

再次感谢你的邀请，涛涛。谢谢。再见。

玛丽贝尔·弗洛雷斯 / Maribel Florez（预录视频 / Pre-recorded Video）

智利天主教大学国际事务副校长办公室全球学习办主任
Director, Global Learning Office, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

It is a pleasure to welcome you this morning to the China–LATAM Youth Challenge to Alleviate Poverty. My name is Maribel Florez, and I am Director of Global Learning at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

First of all, I would like to congratulate you all for taking the first step and being here today. Your presence makes a difference. We know that taking part in this kind of activity not only requires an additional effort, but also quite a bit of patience and bravery. It is not something most people do on a daily basis. It is special. Extraordinary. And you are ready to make the most of it.

I encourage you to consider reaching out and working with students from different areas and different disciplines, and forming international teams in which each of you really learns something new and meaningful from everyone else.

Then, as you progress and work on your projects, ask yourselves: where can what I learn here really be transferable in the future? How can we adapt ideas in ways that respect the social, cultural, and institutional realities of our countries? And ultimately, how can we contribute concretely and ethically to reducing inequality?

The relationships you build during this program will matter. The conversations you have, both formal and informal, may shape your thinking for years to come. I hope you make friends along the way that you will also cherish for years to come. The ideas you develop here can even become the seeds of future initiatives, research, or changes in the way public service works in this part of the world.

At a time when the world often feels fragmented, your participation in this program sends a powerful message: your collaboration across continents is not only possible, but necessary. Young leaders from Latin America and China can work together to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. I wish you huge success, and I hope you will soon have a chance to meet and interact with our students from Chile. Take care and have a wonderful kickoff. Ciao.

中文对应稿

今天早上，欢迎大家来到这场“中国—拉美青年减贫挑战”活动。我叫 Maribel Florez，是智利天主教大学全球学习办主任。

首先，我想祝贺大家迈出了第一步，并且来到了这里。你们的到来本身就意义重大。我们知道，参与这样的活动不仅需要额外投入精力，也需要相当多的耐心和勇气。这不是大多数人日常都会去做的事情。它是特别的、非同寻常的，而你们已经准备好去充分把握这样的机会。

我鼓励大家主动联系来自不同领域、不同学科的同学，与他们一起合作，组建国际化团队，让团队中的每个人都能真正从彼此身上学到新鲜而有意义的东西。

随后，当你们逐步推进并开展自己的项目时，请问一问自己：我在这里学到的东西，未来真正可以迁移到哪里？我们怎样才能以尊重本国社会、文化和制度现实的方式去调整这些想法？最终，我们又能如何以具体且合乎伦理的方式为减少不平等作出贡献？

你们在这个项目中建立起来的关系会很重要。你们进行的那些正式或非正式的交流，可能会在未来很多年里影响你们的思考。我也希望你们在这一路上结识朋友，并在未来很多年里都珍视这些友谊。你们在这里发展出的想法，甚至有可能成为未来倡议、研究，或者改变本地区公共服务运行方式的种子。

在这个世界常常让人感到割裂的时刻，你们参与这项项目本身就发出了一个强有力的信息：跨洲合作不仅是可能的，而且是必要的。拉丁美洲和中国的青年领导者完全可以携手应对我们这个时代最紧迫的一些挑战。祝大家取得巨大的成功，也希望你们很快就能有机会与我们来自智利的学生见面交流。请多保重，祝大家有一个精彩的 kick-off。再见。

辛西娅·桑伯恩 / Cynthia Sanborn（预录视频 / Pre-recorded Video）

秘鲁太平洋大学中国与亚太研究中心主任
Director, Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, Universidad del Pacífico

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

It is really a pleasure to join you again for the China–Latin America 2026 Challenge. I would like to begin by expressing our sincere appreciation to Tsinghua University, the organizing team, and Professor Chen Taotao. The word “energy” keeps being repeated for Professor Chen Taotao, but it is true: she motivates all of us as an amazing role model and driving force behind this initiative.

I would also like to thank the sponsors. We were extremely thankful to MMG Las Bambas and other companies that enabled our students last year to travel, and we thank them again for supporting this wonderful initiative.

We are especially grateful and delighted to work with colleagues and exchange with students in Chile and Brazil, as well as in China, and I think the network that is being formed here is something that goes well beyond a once-a-year program. We are really making friends and learning from each other constantly.

At Universidad del Pacífico, it is particularly meaningful for us to be involved in this initiative. We are pleased to continue supporting a space that fosters collaboration and innovation.

Our students last year learned a tremendous amount. Many of the students who participated last year had never traveled outside Peru, had certainly never traveled to China, and knew very little about the country that is our major trading partner and a major investor in our country. Their participation made a big difference in their lives and in their roles as future professionals.

Poverty remains one of the most complex and persistent challenges we all share, as has been said, and I completely agree with Professor Chen Taotao, Ana Cecilia, and Maria that it is not just poverty in the sense of income or deprivation of basic needs. There are really profound things that need to be changed in our society.

It is especially hard now, in a context of such global violence and tension and competition and hostility, yet our young people are able to look beyond that and work together to think about how to address these challenges as future leaders of each of our countries.

I would encourage all students who are interested to participate actively, to work together across borders, to form teams not only in their own country but with friends in other countries, and to participate with a great deal of apertura—openness to learning.

And as Ana Cecilia very well said, this is not really about competition; it is about collaboration and learning from each other. So again, we are very pleased to be part of this initiative. We look forward to seeing how it continues to grow this year, with new partners and new friends in each of the countries involved. Thank you again for having us.

中文对应稿

非常高兴能够再次和大家相聚，参加这场“中拉青年应对全球挑战——2026 挑战”活动。首先，我想向清华大学、组织团队以及陈涛涛教授表达我们诚挚的感谢。大家一再用“充满能量”来形容陈涛涛教授，而这确实是事实：她以非凡的榜样力量和推动力激励着我们所有人，一直推动着这项倡议向前发展。

我也想感谢各位赞助方。去年，MMG 拉斯邦巴斯以及其他公司支持了我们的学生出行，我们对此深表感谢；今年也再次感谢他们继续支持这项美好的倡议。

我们尤其感激并高兴能够与智利、巴西以及中国的同事合作，并与这些国家的学生交流。我认为，这里正在形成的网络远远超出一年一次项目本身的意义。我们确实是在不断结识朋友，并持续地彼此学习。

对秘鲁太平洋大学而言，能够参与这项倡议具有特别重要的意义。我们很高兴继续支持这样一个促进协作与创新的空间。

去年，我们的学生收获极大。许多参与项目的学生此前从未离开过秘鲁，更不用说前往中国，而且他们对这个既是我国主要贸易伙伴、也是重要投资来源国的国家，其实知之甚少。正是这次参与，极大地改变了他们的人生体验，也影响了他们作为未来专业人士所承担的角色。

正如刚才大家所说，贫困仍然是我们共同面对的最复杂、最持久的挑战之一。我也完全认同陈涛涛教授、Ana Cecilia 和 Maria 的观点：贫困并不只是收入意义上的贫困，也不只是基本需求被剥夺的问题。我们的社会中确实有很多更深层次的东西需要被改变。

尤其是在当下这个充满全球性暴力、紧张、竞争和敌意的背景之下，更显得困难；但我们的年轻人却仍然能够超越这些隔阂，携手思考，作为各自国家未来的领导者，应当如何应对这些挑战。

我鼓励所有感兴趣的同学积极参与，跨越国界开展合作，不仅与本国同学组队，也和其他国家的朋友组成团队，并以极大的 apertura——也就是对学习保持开放——来投入其中。

正如 Ana Cecilia 刚才说得非常好，这其实并不真正是关于竞争，而是关于合作，以及彼此学习。所以再次感谢，我们非常高兴能够成为这项倡议的一部分。我们也期待看到它在今年继续成长，吸引更多新的合作伙伴和来自各参与国家的新朋友。再次感谢你们邀请我们。

3. 闭幕致辞 / Closing Remarks

安娜 / Prof. Ana Celia Castro

里约热内卢联邦大学高级研究所所长；巴西国际关系中心（CEBRI）高级研究员；巴西高级研究论坛主席
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Senior Fellow, Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI); President, Brazilian Forum for Advanced Studies

 

English (lightly edited transcript)

Well, I’m very glad to be here once again. This is the third time. I hope to have all of you in the competition. Please form your teams, be aware that you need to form international competition teams, and pay attention to all the methodology and all the possibilities to create a project that is strong, robust, and addresses the real problem we are facing today.

So, thank you very much for this, and I enjoyed it a lot. I’m glad to see how many friends, how many new friends, and competitors there are who will enhance our Poverty Alleviation Challenge. Thank you very much for all of this. Thank you.

中文对应稿

很高兴能够再次来到这里。这已经是第三次了。我希望大家都能参加到这项比赛中来。请大家尽快组建团队，也请注意，你们需要组建国际化的参赛团队，同时认真关注所有的方法论以及各种可能性，去设计一个扎实、有力、并且真正回应我们今天所面对现实问题的项目。

非常感谢大家，我也非常享受今天这场活动。看到这么多朋友、这么多新朋友，以及未来会让这项减贫挑战赛更加精彩的参赛者，我感到非常高兴。非常感谢大家。谢谢。