Because of you all, this life has truly been worth living

愿宁儿代代，正沐浴阳光。这也是我理想中国家该有的样子。江南小城中，我独爱绍兴。常常有人问我最喜欢的小城在哪儿？我都会说，来一趟绍兴吧。2025第五届中欧医院管理学科建设人才培养全球论坛11月15日至16日将在中国绍兴盛大启幕。我们300位中欧特邀嘉宾会一起来到绍兴东山大观酒店。我们包下了面积有600亩的整个中式山水园林酒店。2022年全新开业。要山有山，要水有水。它是古代东山再起的发源地。它也是王羲之的《兰亭序》故事发生的地方，它还是谢灵运的《山居赋》的远离尘嚣，足以忘忧。它更是中国近代文学大师鲁迅先生的家乡绍兴。先生曾经说过：希望是本无所谓有，无所谓无。这正如地上所走的路，其实没有路，走的人多了，也就成了路。只有走过最黑的地方，才能见到最亮的光。今日盛世中国如英雄们所愿。故乡广阔，南北西东九万里，人人可以成为一条潜入海里的鱼。故乡的人，来来又往往。每一个平凡的人都惊心动魄，红尘万丈。我有了世界上最好的工作，我的工作可以和万千人进行分享。中国最狠的地方就在于敢在揭不开锅的时候，把最后一粒米，当做美好未来的一颗种子种下去。中国政府的远见和执行力尤其擅长制定长达几十年的发展计划。这一点全球没有任何一个国家可以比得了。1949年新中国建立，中国只有3760个西医医生，每6千人才有一张病床。婴儿的死亡率是20%。人均寿命仅是35岁。到今天为止，中国的医疗还是属于发展阶段。国际化的医院，全球思考的院长，真正的学科带头人和优秀青年医生未来会越来越多。让我们笃定的是，我们专注做这份工作对中国医疗是非常有价值的一件大事。我多么希望新中国的医生可以成为中国社会一群有道德、有信仰、有理想、有能力的人。吾辈理当自强不息。因为有你们，人生很值得。

May our children’s children bathe in golden sunshine—such is the celestial land of my dreaming. Among Jiangnan’s watery towns, my heart belongs to Shaoxing. When asked, “Which small city captivates you most?” I always reply, “Just come to Shaoxing.” From November 15 to 16, 2025, the 5th Sino-Euro Global Forum on Hospital Management, Specialty Construction & Talent Cultivation 2025 will kick off grandly in Shaoxing, China. Three hundred invited guests from China and Europe will gather at Grand Dongshan in Shaoxing. We have reserved the entire 40-hectare estate of this newly opened (2022) classical Chinese garden-style hotel, embodying the traditional aesthetic harmony between mountains and waters. This sacred land gave birth to the legend of "Dongshan’s Rejuvenation" (referring to Eastern Jin statesman Xie An's legendary political resurgence after seclusion on Dongshan); became the setting of the story of Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion, captured Xie Lingyun’s pastoral solitude in Rhapsody on Dwelling in the Mountains, enough to banish worries; and nurtured Lu Xun, the master of modern China’s literature. As he wrote: “Hope cannot be said to exist, nor can it be said not to exist. It is just like paths across the earth. For originally the earth had no paths, they come to be as more people walk upon them.” Only through the darkest night shall we greet the brightest dawn. Now blossoms the prosperous China our forebears envisioned—a homeland spanning ninety thousand li, from north to south, east to west. In this vastness, each of us may swim freely as fish in boundless depths. The people of our homeland — they come, they go, and they return. Each ordinary life, though quietly lived, holds a tale that stirs the soul and shakes the heart, amidst the ceaseless tides of the mortal world. I have the best job in the world. My work allows me to share with thousands upon thousands of people. The most formidable and fearless part of China is that even when standing on the edge of survival, it dared to take the last grain of rice and plant it as a seed for a better future. The Chinese government’s vision and execution power are particularly evident in its ability to formulate long-term development plans spanning decades. No other country in the world can match this. When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, there were only 3,760 formally trained physicians in modern medicine across the country, with one hospital bed for every 6,000 people. The infant mortality rate was 20%, and the average life expectancy was only 35 years old. Until today, China's healthcare system is still in its developing stage. But hospitals with international vision, hospital presidents with a global thinking, true academic leaders, and excellent young doctors will become more and more in the future. What makes us certain is that our dedication to this work holds profound value for China's healthcare system. How I hope that the doctors of New China can be a group of people in our society who have morality, faith, ideals, and ability. We, of our generation, should strive to rise and forge ourselves in strength. Because of you all, this life has truly been worth living.