美財長向中國交涉網絡間諜問題

The newly appointed US Treasury secretary “pressed hard” in meetings with Chinese leaders over alleged Chinese cyber attacks aimed at stealing commercial secrets from American companies, according to US officials.

美國官員稱，新上任的美國財長在與中國領導人會談時，在所謂的中國爲竊取美國企業商業機密而發動網絡攻擊的問題上對中方進行“緊逼”。

Jack Lew raised the issue at a meeting on Wednesday with Li Keqiang, China’s new premier, in the Pavilion of Purple Light in Beijing’s central leadership compound, an official said.

一名官員稱，傑克??盧(Jack Lew)週三在北京中南海紫光閣與中國新總理李克強會晤時提到了網絡攻擊問題。

“It has to be recognised, as the president indicated, this is a very serious threat to our economic interests,” Mr Lew said after the meeting. “There was no mistaking how seriously we take this issue.”

“正如總統所指出的，有一點必須認識到，這是對我國經濟利益構成的非常嚴重的威脅，”傑克??盧在會晤後表示。“我方在這個問題上的嚴肅態度是不容置疑的。”

Mr Lew’s visit to Beijing, the first by a senior member of President Barack Obama’s new cabinet, was timed to coincide with the formation of a fresh Chinese government, headed by Xi Jinping, who formally took over as state leader last week.

傑克??盧此次北京之行是美國總統巴拉克??奧巴馬(Barack Obama)新內閣高級成員首次訪華。此行在時機上配合以習近平爲首的新一屆中國政府的產生。習近平在上週正式接任中國國家主席。

The meetings were the first in public for Mr Xi and Mr Li in their new roles and also Mr Lew’s opening meetings with foreign leaders since he was confirmed as Treasury secretary in February.

這是習近平和李克強擔任新職務後首次舉行公開會晤，也是傑克??盧在2月被任命爲美國財長後首次與外國領導人會晤。

In his discussion with Mr Li, Mr Lew distinguished between cyber attacks suffered by many governments and hacking by state-sponsored Chinese entities aimed at stealing commercial secrets.

傑克??盧在與李克強討論時，說明了兩件事之間的區別：一是許多國家政府都受到的網絡攻擊，二是有政府背景的中國實體爲竊取商業機密而從事的黑客活動。

China has been accused by foreign governments, companies and cyber hacking experts of supporting large-scale efforts to extract trade and commercial secrets from global companies.

外國政府、企業和網絡黑客專家指責中國支持有關從全球企業盜取行業和商業機密的大規模活動。

When confronted by such accusations, China has invariably denied any involvement in cyber hacking and insisted that it is itself a major victim of hacking attacks.

面對此類指控，中國一律否認參與任何黑客活動，並堅稱中國本身是黑客攻擊的一大受害者。

Congress in particular has become infuriated by what its members say is a wave of attacks, including from China, on US interests, and support has been building for some kind of retaliation.

美國國會對一些議員所稱的美國利益遭受的密集攻擊（包括源自中國的攻擊）極爲震怒，採取某種報復措施的提案正得到越來越大的支持。

In Wednesday’s discussion with Mr Lew, Mr Li acknowledged the Treasury secretary’s remarks but did not respond at length, according to a US official.

一名美國官員稱，李克強在週三與傑克??盧會晤期間，確認他明白美國財長的意思，但沒有詳盡答覆。

The two sides also discussed China’s exchange rate, a perennial topic in such talks for almost a decade that has slipped down the agenda following steady appreciation in the renminbi by more than 30 per cent against the dollar in eight years.

雙方還討論了人民幣匯率問題，這是近10年來此類會談的固定話題，但自人民幣在8年裏對美元升值逾30%之後，這個話題在議程上的位置有所下跌。

Mr Lew said he had raised the issue in his meetings with leaders and stressed that the value of the renminbi should be “market-determined”.

傑克??盧表示，他在與中國領導人會晤中提到了這個問題，並強調人民幣的幣值應當“由市場決定”。

Earlier on Wednesday, in a meeting with a group of US companies in China that included Boeing, Ford, General Electric, FedEx and JPMorgan Chase, Mr Lew was told that cyber security and protection of intellectual property and trade secrets were top priorities for them.

週三早些時候，在與美國在華企業——包括波音(Boeing)、福特(Ford)、通用電氣(General Electric)、聯邦快遞(FedEx)以及摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase)等——開會時，傑克??盧被告知，網絡安全以及保護知識產權和商業機密是這些企業的首要關切。

Mr Lew also discussed North Korea and its recent nuclear test. “We made clear that the US views the provocative actions of North Korea as very serious and we will continue to pursue methods available to change the policy perspective in Pyongyang,” he said. “[China and the US] share a common objective of a denuclearised Korean peninsula and we will continue to discuss it.”

傑克??盧還討論了朝鮮問題及該國最近進行的核試驗。“我方明確表示，美國認爲朝鮮的挑釁行爲是非常嚴重的，我方將繼續採取可用的手段，以求改變平壤方面的政策視角，”他表示。“（中國和美國）有着朝鮮半島棄核的共同目標，我們將繼續討論這件事。”