11月27日上午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，菲律宾前总统阿罗约（Gloria Macapagal Arroyo）发表视频讲话。

原文如下：

各位青年领袖、女士们、先生们：

祝贺本届亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕，为亚洲青年交流思想、分享经验、了解彼此的文化和发展提供了一个良机。

习近平主席去年在致中华全国青年联合会的贺信中强调，要组织动员全国青年为国家事业作出新的更大的贡献。他指出，在过去的五年里，各级青联和学联组织积极带领全国各地广大青年，为实现第一个百年奋斗目标——全面建成小康社会作出了贡献。自1921年至今，在中国共产党成立一百周年之际，中国已经完成了这一使命。如今，中国开启了实现第二个百年奋斗目标的新征程，即在中华人民共和国成立百年之际把中国建设成为繁荣、富强、民主、文明、和谐的社会主义现代化国家。习主席强调，青联和学联组织要不断推进自身改革，组织动员广大青年在新时代作出更大贡献。

习近平主席也多次鼓励世界各国青年到中国来，亲身体验，分享经验。菲律宾是一个青年众多的国家。如今，菲律宾的年轻一代已经意识到并钦佩中国巨大的经济进步。但到目前为止，菲律宾青年只耳闻过中国的巨大进步。我希望，他们之中有更多人能亲眼看到中国经济发展的奇迹。我希望，他们有机会直接了解中国对构建人类命运共同体的看法以及中国对技术推动国家进步的作用的看法。我希望，他们能和与他们相似的中国青年交流。这样，他们就能直接听到中国青年的心声。

我与中国青年最难忘的互动经历之一，是2018年在香港博鳌亚洲论坛青年会议上担任嘉宾演讲时发生的。在那次出席人数众多的论坛上，我带去了来自菲律宾各省的10位菲律宾青年领袖，以便让他们更多地了解世界，特别是中国的快速进步。这10人中，有3人身体残疾。这些菲律宾青年顺便从香港到广州做了一次短途旅行，正如我44年前去广州旅行一样。这10位菲律宾青年非常珍惜那次旅行带来的学习机会。他们受到了热情的接待，见识了广州的摩天大楼和现代化设施。让那三位残疾青年印象尤其深刻的是，在整个旅程中，他们没有感受到歧视，像其他游客一样受到尊重。他们都表示将会永远铭记在广州的那次经历。这些青年亲口告诉我，这次旅行使他们意识到，像他们这样年龄的人可以作出更多贡献，让他们的社区和国家变得更加美好。

今天的菲律宾青年将推动菲律宾走入自己的新时代。我希望，他们成为新一代的大使，传播基于开放贸易和现代技术的亚洲发展理念，正如我们在中国所看到的那样。我希望，我们的年轻一代将越来越多地参与中国的快速进步和发展。在亚洲青年领袖论坛上，这些青年领袖将以开放的心态、创新的意愿以及坚强的意志来携手应对这些挑战。我相信，这些青年能够实现建设更强大的亚洲这一愿景。

祝大家一切顺利！谢谢！


On 27 November, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Former President of the Philippines (2001-2010), delivered her remarks at the opening ceremony of Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021.

Read the speech below.

President Wu and the China Public Diplomacy Association，
Youth leaders, 
Ladies and gentlemen, 
Congratulations for giving the youth of Asia a good opportunity to share ideas and experiences and learn about each other's cultures and development through this Asia Youth Leaders Forum!

President Xi Jinping, in the letter last year to the All-China Youth Federation, stressed that the youth in the country shall be mobilized to make new and greater contributions to undertakings of the country. He said that during the past five years, Youth and Students Federations at various levels have united youth across the country and made contributions to the first centenary goal to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the Communist Party of China founded in 1921. China has accomplished this mission and now embarked on a new journey of realizing the second centenary goal, to build China into a modern socialist country that's prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious by the centenary of the People's Republic of China founded in 1949. President Xi added that Youth and Students Federations should deepen reform and innovation and mobilize the youth to make greater contributions in the new era. 

President Xi Jinping has also on multiple occasions encouraged young people from around the world to come to China, get first-hand knowledge and share their experiences.

The Philippines is a country of young people. The young generation of the Philippines are now aware of and admire the tremendous economic progress of China. For the young Filipinos who, up to now, have only heard of the tremendous progress, I hope more of them will see for themselves the result of China's economic miracle. I hope that they will get the chance to get direct insight into China's outlook towards progress in the building of a world community with a shared vision and China's outlook on the role of technology in national progress. I hope they will hear the Chinese youth similar to them, so they can hear directly from the young of China. 
Among the most memorable interactions I ever had with the youth of China was when I was guest speaker at the well-attended forum of the Youth Arm of the Boao Forum for Asia, Hong Kong in 2018. In that forum, I brought with me 10 young Filipino leaders from various Philippine provinces, so that they would learn more about the world, especially China's rapid progress. Of the ten, three were physically disabled. These Filipino youth made a side trip from Hong Kong to Guangzhou in a similar way that I traveled to Canton 44 years ago. Those 10 young Filipinos were awed by the learning opportunities from the trip, the warm reception for them, and the skyscrapers and modern amenities of Guangzhou. The three disabled young people were particularly impressed that throughout the trip, they did not feel discriminated against and were treated respectfully, just like other tourists. All of them said that they will always remember that experience in Guangzhou throughout their life. These young men and women themselves told me that the trip made them realize how people of their age could contribute to making their communities and their country a better place to live in. 

As the Filipino youth of today will be the ones to bring our country to our own new era, I hope they will be ambassadors to the new generations, spreading the word of Asian development based on open trade and modern technology, as we have witnessed in China. I hope our young generation will be increasingly involved in the rapid progress and development of China. This is a challenge that the youth leaders will address in the Asia Youth Leaders Forum with open minds and the willingness to innovate, plus a strong will to work as one. I trust that the youth can fulfill the vision of making an ever-greater Asia.