Honorable presidium, all delegates:
Thank you for your trust in electing me Mayor of Shanghai and for choosing the nine-member team of new leaders for Shanghai Municipality. We're fully aware of the great responsibility we have to shoulder because of the trust you have bestowed in us, on which lies the faith of the 16 million people of Shanghai.
Since China's opening-up and reform, with the guidance of Communist Party of China and the State Council, along with the support of Chinese people, the successive party and governmental leaderships of Shanghai have held the people of Shanghai together and led them to achieve a historic breakthrough, development and change that has turned Shanghai into an energetic international metropolitan and brought it into the spotlight of the world. I'd like to take this opportunity to express my respect and gratitude to the people of Shanghai who work hard for its development, and to all the former leaders of Shanghai who have made historic contributions to Shanghai's development.
Today, I can feel the responsibility on my shoulders as the baton of leading Shanghai for further development is passed onto my hands. The power of the government is entrusted by the people; the interest of people is above all. Therefore at anytime, in any case, we shall always take the interest of people as the starting point and eventual goal of all our work.
As the Mayor of Shanghai, I'd like to share with the citizens all their happiness and troubles, and get to know their difficulties and worries. Moreover, I'd take solid measures to help them solve their problems, to protect their benefits and to mobilize their initiative.
Our citizens demand a government that is of service and concerned about the people, its worries and fears.
Our society demands a solid responsible government that is efficient, honest and diligent. Our era demands a government that respects legal system and rules strictly and impartially.
The new session of Shanghai government will manage itself strictly, work hard to bring itself to perfection, and intensify the shift of its role from administrative to public service. We have the courage to carry out further reforms and innovations despite all the difficulties we have to face. With the guidance of Shanghai committee of CPC, we will start work in various fields.
My colleagues and I will always keep in our minds the "Two Musts" which was proposed by Chairman Mao, which requests humility, cautiousness, hard work, diligence and to be thrift. We're ready to work under the supervision of the city congress and its standing committee, which will guarantee that the government will use its power to serve the people, bare all concerns on the people and work for the interest of the people. We sincerely hope you delegates, along with the people of Shanghai may support, supervise and help government's work as you've always done.
Dear delegates, Shanghai now holds an historic opportunity for new round of development. Yet, in the process of building Shanghai into an international economic, finance, trade and transportation center, we still face many new problems, new difficulties and new challenges.
However, we're sure that Shanghai faces a bright future, largely due to the strong foundation set up by former party and government leaderships, the joint efforts and progress made by all levels of cadres, and by the strong confidence and collaboration of the Shanghai people.
Led by the central body of the party with comrade Hu Jingtao at the core, and supported by the people of China, we will carry out our tasks according to the guidance proposed in the 16th Congress of CPC and the "Three Represents" theory, and fulfill the tasks planned in the government report.
We shall turn the call of the era into our motivation, and take active steps to complete our mission in building Shanghai into a more brilliant city. Hand in hand, let's create a better city and better life.
Thank you.