当新年钟声在五洲四海回荡，当元旦霞光普照华夏大地，一个崭新而又诱人的新世纪便宣告诞生，人类跨进了又一个千年文明。值此辞旧迎新的历史时刻，我们不能不为千百年来人类文明的进步欢欣鼓舞不能不为党和人民在过去的岁月中所创造的辉煌业绩骄傲自豪，不能不为有中国特色的 When the New Year bell echoed across the continent, when the New Year’s Day gleaming in the vast land of China, a brand new and attractive new century was proclaimed, and humanity stepped into another millennium civilization. At this historical moment, we can not but rejoice in the progress of human civilization for thousands of years. We can not but be proud of the brilliant achievements our party and the people have made in the past years. We must not be proud of having Chinese characteristics