GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER:
Well, thank you very much, President. First of all, I want to thank President Gu for having me here, and I want to thank Mr. Qizhi for your kind introduction. Thank you very much.
It is wonderful to be here at this university. What a special place. I just looked around a little bit here, it's a gorgeous, gorgeous place. I want to congratulate you for going to this magnificent university here.
Now, the last time I was here in China was five years ago, and then I was promoting my movies. They had a movie festival here, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Festival. I remember they showed all my movies for a week -- which was a rarity, may I remind you -- and they also showed the movies on television. But we also were here to promote Special Olympics, which is an organization that helps people with mental disabilities, so I was here for both reasons.
But this time I'm here as the governor of the great state of California. I'm here representing the people of California, and we're here on a trade mission to see how we can do more business with China and to help each other, because both California is a very fast growing state, and China is a very fast growing country, and there are a lot of things that we can do for one another.
But I didn't want to miss the opportunity to come here today and to talk with the young people; as a matter of fact, to the brightest young people of China. And this is why it is so great to be here at the Tsinghua University, and I'm honored that I was invited here.
Now, I read a little bit about the history of Tsinghua, and I learned that actually this school originally prepared students to attend universities in America. Now, I also know that since the attack on our World Trade Centers it has become more and more difficult to go to the universities in America because you need to fill out all kinds of paperwork now and you have to get visas, and it's very complicated, and you have to wait a much longer period of time to go over there. But let me tell you, things are improving already. I've heard that it's easing up, the restrictions, and it's easier to get a visa. My young Chinese friends, I want to tell you that in case no one from America has ever invited you, let me do this right now personally. I want to warmly invite all of you here to come to the United States, and especially to come to California, because that's the happening place. California is the best place.
Please come and visit us, we will welcome you. I invite you all to come there and to travel, to meet the American people, and to come there and study in our universities, and some day hopefully you will come and do business over there, or maybe you'll want to move over there. Whatever your goal is, you're always welcome. America, after all, let's not forget, is the land of opportunity. And it's not only the land of opportunity for Austrians like me, but for Chinese people as well. Remember that.
I know that beginning with this century, China is also becoming a land of opportunity. It's a fast growing place, and as the students of this great university and the citizens of a rising China, I think that you have a great future also here in this country. And today I want to talk to you a little bit about the dreams, about the dreams of your future, and dreams for this country. I want to talk to you a little bit about dreams, because it seems to me that I'm somewhat of an expert in dreams, because I had a lot of my dreams become a reality. So let me just briefly tell you my story, and tell you a little bit about how I started with my career. I think that this story kind of relates a little bit also to you, and also to China.
I started way back as a weightlifter. I always liked the idea of lifting weights and being a bodybuilder. From the first moment when I gripped a barbell and held it around the bar and lifted the steel up over my head, I felt this exhilaration, and I knew then that this is something that I'm going to do; that I was in love with that, and this is going to be something that I'm going to do. I'm going to pursue the sport of weightlifting and bodybuilding.
Now, I remember the first real workout that I had. Eight miles away from my home village in Austria there was a gymnasium, and I rode to that gymnasium with a bicycle. And there I trained for half an hour, because they said that after half an hour you should stop because otherwise your body will get really sore. But after half an hour I looked at my body, and nothing had happened. So I said, "I'd better work out for another half hour." So I lifted some more. My strength didn't improve, I didn't see the muscles pop out or anything like that, so I trained for another half an hour. And then after another half hour I trained another half hour, and all together I trained two and a half hours.
Well, let me tell you something. After two and a half hours -- even though they told me that I shouldn't train that much or I would get really sore -- I left the gymnasium, I rode my bicycle home. And after the first mile I got numb, and I couldn't feel anymore the handle of the bicycle, and I fell off the bike and I fell into the ditch on the side of the road. So I got up again and I tried it again. Another few yards, I fell off the bicycle again. And I tried it three, four more times, and I just couldn't ride my bicycle because my body was so numb and my legs felt like noodles.
Well, let me tell you something. The next morning when I got up, my body was so sore that I couldn't even lift my arms to comb my hair. I had to have my mother comb my hair, and you know how embarrassing that is. But you know something? I learned a very important lesson, that pain means progress. Pain is progress. Each time my muscles were sore from a workout I knew that they were growing and they were getting stronger.
I think there is a real life lesson in that. After two or three years of discipline and determination and working out hard, I actually changed my body, and I changed my strength. And that told me something; that if I could change my body that much, and if I could change the strength of my body that much, then I could also change anything else. I could change my habits, I could change my intelligence, I could change my attitude, my mind, my future, my life. And this is exactly what I have done. I think that that lesson applies to people, and it also applies to countries. You can change, China can change, everyone in the world can change.
My parents, of course, I have to tell you, didn't understand my dreams at all. They were always wondering, they said, "What is he doing? When are you going to get a job, a real job? When are you going to make money?" And all of those questions I got. And they said, "I hope we didn't raise a bum, someone that doesn't make money and just wants to live in a gymnasium and think about their bodies." Well, I endured all of this negative thinking, and the more negative the thinking got, and the more negative the questions got, the stronger and the more positive I became, the stronger I became inside.
So of course some of your families maybe think the same way, and this is why I'm mentioning that. Some of your families maybe don't believe in your dreams. But let me tell you something, my young friends. Keep your dreams. No matter what, keep your dreams. Don't give up on them, even when you are temporarily defeated or denied. Keep your dreams.
I remember the first time I went to the United States and I was competing in a competition, the World Championships in Bodybuilding. I lost. I came in second, and I was devastated. I was crushed. I felt like a loser, a major loser, let me tell you. I cried, as a matter of fact, because I felt like I disappointed my friends and I disappointed myself. But the next day I got my act together, I shifted gears, and I said, "I'm going to learn from that lesson. I'm going to stay here in America. I'm not going to go back to Europe. I'm going to stay in America and I'm going to train with the American champions, I'm going to train the American way. I'm going to eat the American food, I'm going to train with the American machines and the principles. And a year later, in America, I became the World Champion in Bodybuilding. So I think this is a very, very important lesson.
And from then on, I continued. My career took off, and everything that I wanted to do I accomplished. First it was to become a champion in bodybuilding. Later on I became a movie star, to do all the great movies, the Conan movies and the Terminator movies and all this. Then I became the governor of the great state of California, of the sixth largest economy in the world. All of this happened because of my dreams, even though other people told me that those dreams were bogus and they were crazy, but I held onto my dreams.
And people would always say, no matter what, even in bodybuilding they said I would never make it. And later on in the movies, in Hollywood they said I would not make it. They said, "You will never make it. You have a German accent. No one in Hollywood has ever made it with a German accent. Yeah, maybe you can play some Nazi roles or something like that, but you cannot become a leading star with an accent. Plus your body, you're overdeveloped, you have all these muscles. They did Hercules movies 20 years ago, that's outdated. Now it's Woody Allen. Woody Allen is in, his body is in." And those were the messages. "And Al Pacino, the skinny guy, he is in. But not your body, it's too big. And your name, Schwarzenegger, it will never fit on a movie poster. Forget it. Forget it, you will never make it. Go back to bodybuilding."
Well, the rest is history. After Terminator 3, I became the highest paid movie star in Hollywood. And let me tell you something, it continued on. Even when I ran for governor people said, "Arnold, you will never make it. You will never become governor of California. What do you know about government?" Well, the fact is, I knew exactly as much about government as the rest of the people knew in California, which is that government is out of touch, and it's out of sync with the people, and it needed a shakeup. So I didn't listen to all those people that said I would never make it. I continued campaigning, I listened to my dreams, and the rest also is history. I became governor.
So always it just carried me on, those dreams. So bodybuilding gave me the confidence, movies gave me the money, and pubic service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself. And that is the brief story of my dreams and a brief story of my early life, and how my dreams made me successful.
A person, of course, should not be stingy with their dreams. So I, of course, don't just think and dream about myself, but I also have dreams for you, and dreams for China. So let me just talk a little bit about that. China's economy has become an engine of human progress, lifting millions of people out of poverty. This is a moral and economic good for China and for the rest of the world. I often read that China's economy is likely to become the largest in the world over the next 50 years, and I think this is terrific. This does not mean, of course, that America will get poorer; it just means that China will get richer, and the United States will benefit from China's progress as much as the U.S. benefited from the rise of Western Europe after World War II.
Some in my country fear that China's research and development will overtake America's, but I believe that America and the world will benefit from China's scientific and technological advances. I think we will benefit from that. If China makes advances in stem cell research, the rest of the world will benefit from that. If China discovers an energy breakthrough, this is good for the rest of the world, such as the benefit of a free market.
Some fear that China will buy up American companies, but that fear also existed in the '80s, when America feared that Japan was going to buy up American companies. So what? It was just good, and to the benefit of America. We should welcome China's investment in American companies, just as we welcome the billions of dollars that China has invested in U.S. treasury bonds. This shows that China has faith in America, and American investment in China shows that we have faith in you. So I believe that China and U.S. economic relations will become even closer in the years ahead. Certainly I realize that we do not agree on everything, but who does? Certainly I realize that China has major hurdles to overcome, but it is not for me to say how China should overcome those hurdles and achieve its dreams.
But I can tell you, however, what has given America such energy and strength over the last 200 years, and perhaps there are some insights in this for China. America is a nation that believes in the power of the individual, and what the individual can accomplish, no matter the color, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background of the individual.
Recently, as you probably have read, Rosa Parks, a former seamstress married to a barber, married to a hairdresser, died, and she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. People from around America came to say farewell to her and to thank her for changing our history and for changing our society. Now, what did this 92 year-old black woman do that deserved such great honor? What did she do? Well, in 1955, the days of racial segregation, she had refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. She had refused. Her simple refusal to move to the back of the bus put into motion events that led to my country's great civil rights movement. The small protest of a woman that maybe weighed less than 100 lbs. brought down a racist system. As you can see, the individual can make a difference.
Let me tell you about another individual, Ken Behring, a millionaire California businessman who found his passion in giving wheelchairs to poor and physically disabled people all around the globe, including China. He says that he has met people who have spent years in rooms with no window, just lying there and staring up at the ceiling, never seeing the outside world unless someone was willing to pick up that person and take them outside to show them the world. He says that it's no wonder so many of those physically disabled people dream about being a bird. Mr. Behring says that most of us think that a wheelchair would be a confinement, but to millions of people it is not a confinement, it is freedom, freedom to move and to go to school, freedom to vote, freedom to get a job, and freedom for hope for the future. He has given freedom and wheelchairs to 400,000 people around the world. The individual can make a difference.
My mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- I always like to mention her, because it gets me on the good side of her -- she, for instance, started an organization called Special Olympics. She stared Special Olympics which is for people with mental disabilities. And of course when she started that organization she was told by the experts, "Don't do it. You cannot take people with mental disabilities out of mental institutions and have them participate in sports events. They will drown in the swimming pools. They will kill each other out there, they will hurt each other. Don't do it." But Eunice Kennedy Shriver had a dream and a passion, and today millions of people compete in Special Olympics around the world, including right here in China. This is why I was here five years ago. Five years ago you had 50,000 participants in the Special Olympics. Today, five years later, you have 500,000 participants in Special Olympics. 500,000 people are getting a chance to participate in sports programs, getting a chance to have health care, have a chance to be treated equally, with respect and with tolerance. So Eunice Kennedy Shriver exemplifies that the individual can make a difference.
And I think what I'm trying to say to you is that each and every one of you can make a difference. So as you study and as you become smarter, and as you become richer, think about that, that there are millions of people that need your help. Now, you maybe ask yourself the question, what can I do? Well, let me tell you. Even though you maybe have no money or anything, you can go out and help a child that has not yet learned yet how to read. You maybe can go out and help a person that is physically handicapped, to lift them up and to take them outside so they can see the world. There are so many different things that you can do. You maybe can take a person that is mentally disabled, to take them to a soccer game. There are all kinds of things that the individual can do to reach out and to help.
Imagine what could be accomplished if the dreams of China's 1.3 billion individuals could be unleashed. Imagine what could happen. Each of you here has the power of the individual within you, you have the power of your dreams within you, and these are tremendous powers. You're young, you're educated, and you are the very best China has to offer. My young Chinese friends, I believe in your dreams. I believe that you can achieve them, and I believe you can make a difference, a big difference. All you have to do is just make the commitment. All you have to do is create the action and commit, and say, "Let's do it." Go out and do it. I'm asking you. Do it for yourself, do it for China, and do it for the good of the world. Thank you very much for listening. Thank you.
Now, I have promised that after I do my speech that I will answer some questions, because of course there are many different things that you maybe want to know. So I'm more than happy to answer some of the questions, maybe on things I didn't talk about, or things that I did talk about. So please feel free to ask. Do we have any questions? Yes, there's a gentleman right here. Please.
Q: Mr. Governor, welcome to Tsinghua. I'm a student in Public Policy (UI) in the school. As we know, several years ago you were a world-famous actor, and now you are a governor. Such a big change. So my question is, in your opinion, what are the common characteristics between those two roles? Thank you.
Governor: Well, thank you very much for your question. I think that, first of all, in both cases you have to be in touch with what the people want. Because you can make a movie and no one is interested in it, so then you're making the movie just for yourself. Now, there are some actors that are doing movies just to win the Academy Award, and they do a specific movie with a specific story that is not very successful at the box office with the people. This was never my style. I always wanted to do movies that are appealing to all of the people, not only to all the people in California or America, but all over the world, that has a universal message. So that's what I was interested in.
The same is in politics. You have to be in touch with what the people want rather than what you want. You have to know, what is the need of the people? Is it traffic, that they don't get fast enough to work or home because of traffic jams? Is it because they are worried that eventually the electricity is going to go out and you have blackouts? Is it that they're worried that the minimum wage is not good enough? Are they worried that they maybe don't have a job, that we are not really representing the people the right way? There are all kinds of things. You've got to be in touch with the people. So I think there is one similarity there.
But there are also a lot of differences, because when you are in the movie business you are thinking a lot about yourself and how can you make yourself a star. In politics it's more about how can you make the people the star? How can you really represent the people, and how can you make life for the people better? Every morning I get up and think about how can I make education better? How can I make health care better? How can I make transportation better? How can I make life for people better, and what do we really need to do in order to help those that are less fortunate? How can we create equal education in California? So those are the issues that you are dealing with.
So in acting you deal more about yourself, it's more self-centered. Here the energy goes more out, and you're thinking more about how can you help the people, and you think less about yourself.
Okay. Thank you for the question. Yes, back here. Yes, please.
Q: Thanks. Mr. Governor, I'm from the School of Journalism and Communication, and I have a question. As you have mentioned many times about the word 'dream'. So would you please to give us one or two key words about what is the California Dream for you? Thank you.
Governor: Well, I think that -- first of all, let me just say that California is without any doubt the most incredible place in the world, and I've traveled all over the world. Because the opportunities that California gives to people -- and like I said earlier, not just to American people, but to foreigners that come over there -- is absolutely staggering.
I think about myself. I came over to California with absolutely nothing. I was 21 years old, I came over there in 1968. I had no money, maybe 20 dollars in my pocket. And to be able to create a career like that and to be able to get really taken in by the people of America, to be taken in and welcomed -- they never looked at me like, "Oh, he's a foreigner," but just like a person. When I arrived in California there were people that were giving me silverware and dishes and cups so I could have some stuff in my apartment. People would go out and get a television set for me, to get furniture, because I had nothing. And the kind of help that I got, and the way I was received with open arms, I was kind of like adopted. I felt like an adopted child in California. So it's really extraordinary to see that firsthand.
And then the opportunities you have, because there's no one there that is an obstacle for you. People maybe said this couldn't be done, or that couldn't be done. But there is no one really creating an obstacle for you. You are your own obstacle if you create one, really. So there are endless possibilities. No matter what you can dream, you can do in California, and you can do in America. And I think that is terrific, and it is -- I've seen it firsthand, it is the land of opportunity.
And this is why it is so important for me today, and why I gave up a profession that has paid me for the last movie 30 million dollars for a movie. The reason why I gave this up is because I felt like California was in trouble. California was going down. Our politicians in California have taken the fifth largest economy in the world and have taken it almost into bankruptcy. I felt that I should step in, that I could help, that I can bring the parties together and really can bring the economy back.
And so I gave up my job, because here was a chance for me to give something back to California. For what California has done for me over the years I wanted to give something back, and this is why it is such a great pleasure for me and such a great honor to represent the people of California and to work every day. And I get no salary. Even though the job normally gives you 175,000 dollars a year salary, I gave that back to the state. I don't want anything. I want to just give now something back to my state and to my country.
Yes, please.
Q: Mr. Schwarzenegger, I'm a student (UI) I have a brother. He had an accident recently. (UI) he likes you very much. I think you can help (UI) I hope you can write some words to encourage him after your speech.
Governor: M-hmm. I understand that we should encourage -- can someone help me out here? Put the mike to your mouth, please. Thank you. Now we're talking. Stay over there. There's a mike. Okay.
Q: Actually, he has a little brother who was injured in a major car accident. He is so depressed, he is lying in bed at home. So could you please write something to him (SS)
Governor: Oh, yeah. Absolutely, yes. No problem at all. As a matter of fact we'll write him a little note. Just give me your address and his name, and I will write a little note and we'll send him something, okay? To cheer him up a little bit. Or maybe afterwards you can put me on the phone with him. Do you have his -- does he have a phone? Okay, so I'll call him. Okay, no problem.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Yes, please. The lady right here with the orange vest.
Q: Mr. Governor, I'm a student from the medical school. Many actors act for their lifetime and they get different achievements during different times of their lives. (UI) I wonder if someday you'll retire from the political circles, will you be back to the screen? And if so, what kind of roles do you want to play? Thank you.
Governor: Well, to be honest with you, I'm not thinking that far ahead. This is a little bit too far ahead. Right now, even though I love the movie business -- and I will continue fighting for the movie business to make sure that we keep our productions in Hollywood and our productions in California -- but right now what is important for me is to work for the people of California and to not think about doing movies. When I retire, whenever that is, then I can go back to movies. I can do acting, or directing, or producing, or whatever. I can think about that. But right now I'm consumed with just thinking day and night about how to make the state of California better.
And we were very fortunate that since I've come into office that we have returned and made our economy strong again. Our economy is really terrific right now. We are making extra billions and billions of dollars, 400,000 new jobs we have created. So the economy and everything in California is going really well, even though there are still a lot of things that we have to straighten out and fix, some of the systems and so on. So I concentrate more on that. I think this is my passion now, and this is my love. And I have all the energy and the enthusiasm to do everything that I can to make California again the Golden State that it once was.
Yes, please. Yes. Yes, you. Right here, the gentleman with the powder-blue shirt right here. Thank you.
Q: (IA)
Governor: Yeah, exactly.
Q: Mr. Governor, I'm a student from Material Science Engineering.
Governor: Closer, put the mike closer to your mouth. Thank you.
Q: Okay. Mr. Governor?
Governor: Yes?
Q: I have a question about, you mentioned just now that being strong would give you confidence. And I want to know how the good physical condition and strong body help you in the position as the governor? Thank you.
Governor: I think that the message about the body is that when you win championships and when you are in sports, you learn very important lessons that are very important for your life, if it is about discipline, if it is about camaraderie, if it is about that you need people to help you in order to be successful, that you need to always be encouraged. And also what is so important is that you have to be able to visualize, to visualize your goal and to lock into that goal, goal or dream, whatever you call it, and then go after that. That is the key thing. And as you do that, you gain confidence.
And like I said, one of the lessons that we have learned is that pain actually means progress. And there is such a saying in America, 'No pain, no gain', and I'm sure you maybe have something similar here in China, because we always have to overcome obstacles. There is nothing that is easy. If you want to do something special in life there is struggle involved. There is no such thing as just an upward going to achieve everything. There will be a bumpy road, you will be going up and down. And I think the key thing is that as you go down, don't go and shy away from your dream. Continue on pursuing that dream.
And that's what helped me. For instance, you asked me about how the bodybuilding and the weightlifting has helped me. I was told then that I will never be able to do it. And because I have pursued my dreams, and because I continued on in a positive way, because of that I was able to achieve it. And the same happened again in movies, the same happened again when I ran for governor. It was always like "It can't be done." I just never accept that it can't be done. Because how do you know? How do you know if something can't be done? The only way you know is if you try it. Do it. Whatever it is, do it. And if you fail, so what? We just have to do it. This is the only way you know how far you can go. The only way you know in weightlifting that you can lift 500 lbs. is not by looking at the weight but by trying to lift it. And you may lift it, maybe not. Maybe it's only 495 that you lift. But that doesn't make you a failure. That still makes you successful, you see? So the thing is, you've got to do it. That's the point of it all. Do it. There is unbelievable power that each one of you has. Dream about it, and then go after it. Thank you.
Yes, right here. Please.
Q: Mr. Governor, I'm a student from the Biology Department. I have a question. Have you ever quarreled with your wife over the policies (UI) and if you have, who wins?
Governor: Well, that's easy for you to say, but -- can you translate it for me?
Q: Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Governor: Come up here.
Q: Do you ever have arguments with your wife on the policies of President Bush? If you do, which side wins?
Governor: No wonder I didn't understand you. People ask me that question a lot of times. They always want to know how much do we argue, if it is President Bush or whoever it is. The bottom line is we never argue, especially since I've been sleeping in the garage.
But I think that is what makes my relationship with my wife such a special relationship is that I never looked for a wife that was saying yes to everything. You know, that's the last thing I need is to have more yes people around. I like it when someone is honest and says, "You're wrong." Or "I believe a different way." That's great for a relationship.
I think this is what makes our relationship really work well whatever I do. If I read scripts in the old days, my wife read my scripts, and she said, "You know, there's not enough in it for a woman like me to watch that movie. Put something in there that is part of the story that makes it interesting also for women." So we rewrote it, and it worked, and also women were interested in the movie. So I think that women can add a lot to a relationship.
And I think my wife has been an incredible partner, even though she comes from a different political background. I admire the Kennedy family. I admire many Democrats. I admire many Republicans. It doesn't mean that one you cannot admire. It's just maybe they have a different approach in how to solve problems, but you can still admire them.
So her father, Maria's father -- who worked in the Kennedy administration and started the Peace Corps and the Job Corps under President Kennedy, and the Legal Aid to the Poor and all kinds of important programs -- he's a Democrat, but he is an idol to me. He's an idol. I admire him because he always talks about public service, and reaching out to the people, and helping people. We all should do that. That's great. It has nothing to do with being a Democrat or a Republican.
And so it is with my wife. She has been very supportive. So we really actually don't have fights. We have very interesting discussions, you can imagine, until late at night. But we really don't have fights over those things. So thank you for the question.
Yes, please.
Q: Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Schwarzenegger. I'm a student from the Humanities School. My question is, what do you benefit from your bodybuilding training? And the second question is, could you share with us your remarkable achievements these two years in California as the governor? Thank you.
Governor: Well, thank you very much. My public relations agent must have groomed you for that question. No, no. Just joking.
First of all, I think that the training, the sports training, I think was very helpful for me because not only did it give me discipline and really helped me to propel and get into bodybuilding and eventually into the movie business, it helped me in everything that I've done. I wrote a lot of books, fitness books. And I had the chance because of bodybuilding and weightlifting to travel around the world. It just was really the stepping stone, the foundation for everything that I've done.
So this is why I think it is very important that we all participate in sports and fitness activities, because we learn so much from it. And it has such a great benefit on our bodies also, and on the mind, because the more you exercise the clearer your mind becomes and the more you can concentrate also on your academic performance. So it has really a great, great way of dealing with the body and the mind. And it's like Plato always said, "A sound body and sound mind," that's what you need, and I think it's key.
Now, as far as it has to do with politics and my job in California, I'm very proud that we were able, like I said earlier, to turn the economy around. We were able to create 400,000 new jobs and to bring businesses back to California, have businesses expand again. And it is important to really try to lower the costs of doing business, and that's why it was important to reform what we call Worker's Compensation, which most of you will not understand here, but it was just something that was very important, that created huge costs to do business in California which had to be reduced and reformed. So we did that, and we just tried to make it easier to do business in California, create again a positive business environment.
And at the same time we are trying to balance our budget we are trying to create as much revenue as possible, because there are growing costs in California. If it is in health care, if it is in education, if it is our prison system and all those things, the costs continued to grow and grow and grow, sometimes even faster than the revenues that are coming in, even though we are making great revenues.
So it is a huge challenge, but I think that we can do it because it is a fantastic place, it has the most diversified economy, it has the most innovative people there, and we have the entertainment business, we have the most incredible agriculture business there, the farming that is going on. And that's why we are here in China, to let the Chinese people know not only about the businesses, but to let the Chinese people know that we have these extraordinary agriculture products over there, and the wines, and grapes, and nuts, and fruits, and vegetables and all of those kinds of things. We have great entertainment. We have great movies, great music, videos and all of those kinds of things.
And I'm also here to let the people in China know how important it is to protect intellectual property, which is so important, because a lot of products that come over here to China get immediately copied and are being put on the market. And then people lose their rights of benefiting from the discoveries or from the inventions that they create, and it discourages sometimes people from really inventing and being out there, and creating great ideas and so on.
And so this is not only good for America, to protect the intellectual properties, but it's also good for the Chinese people, for European people, for anyone that creates anything. You don't want to have someone copy it and rip you off. You want to make sure that everyone has their rights to hold onto those kinds of property.
So we are here to do everything, to try to do business, to help also China with its growing need for energy, and also with the tremendous challenges that China faces when it comes to the environment. Because whenever you have this kind of industrial explosion like we have seen in Europe, as we have seen in America, mistakes were made. Unbelievable mistakes were made because we created pollution, we made the world dirty. And I think what we have to do now is we have to clean up the mess that we have created, and it is a lot of work. And I think that China can learn from that, to do everything it can to go and change from oil, from fossil fuel, for instance, to hydrogen-fueled vehicles, because that creates no pollution whatsoever, hydrogen-fueled vehicles.
We have just started in California the hydrogen highway, which is where we create fueling stations throughout California, hydrogen fueling stations, so if people have cars and vans and trucks and buses that are hydrogen fueled, that they can stop and have a fueling station there in the major cities. Already I know that China has just started a hydrogen highway, which is from Beijing to Shanghai, which I think is terrific.
So I think that you're making great moves in those directions, and so this is why we are here on this trade mission, to see what can we do to help China, and how can we benefit from the growth of China also at the same time. So it's a two-way street.
So thank you for this question. And thank you very much again for all of your questions. It is great to be here, and I'll be back. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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