对话口译如下：

电子商务

Liu Fang: Mr. Smith, as an expert working in the computing and telecommunications industry for over 10 years, can you explain what e-commerce is and its advantage?

史密斯先生：电子商务就是应用最佳的通信和计算机技术进行交易。我认为它与传统交易相比，最大的优势就是更高效。其交易成本能大大降低，而且交易速度也更快。所有这些都对生产力有极大促进，因而对整个经济都大有好处。

Liu Fang: In China, as we understand, e-commerce is for example that if someone wants to buy a TV, he'll send messages online to get others join him. In this way they can buy as a whole with a discount. Or in another example, two companies that have never had any business contact before, get to know each other through a website. After exchanging business information online, they finally conclude a business transaction. Is this the e-commerce by our side?

史密斯先生：是的。我想另外一个好处就是，任何一个公司，不管它多小，都可以把产品发布到网上。而在老体制下，小公司与大公司相比可能处于劣势。在网上，大小公司平起平坐，因为网络人人可用。这就给小公司带来了许多机遇。

Liu Fang: It is true that e-commerce have brought many opportunities to SMEs. However, they may not be able to invest enough capital in the R&D and the application of technology, which more or less will affect the result of their on-line business. Can you provide any good experience and specific examples in your country?

史密斯先生：可以。这一直是我们关注的重要问题。实际上，我们特别在这一领域设立了一些目标。我们所做的就是对投入应用信息通信技术的小公司给与税收信贷。因为我们发现，大公司在应用信息通讯技术方面行动很迅速，而小公司却步伐较慢，所以我们想在税收制度上给与激励，使他们动作快一些。我认为，这种做法很成功，我们估计去年约有 50 万家小公司开展在线贸易。可见更多的小公司适应在线业务，这很好。

Liu Fang: Under the dual-pressure of the global economic slowdown and the slugguish capital market, many high-tech companies are in difficulties and some even collapsed. How would this affect the development of e-commerce in your opinion?

史密斯先生：我想在这些方面可能会有些危险，肯定会有；有些问题需要予以解决。但是，索然目前资本市场面临困境，而全球经济也有其不确定性，我们还是看到在信息通讯技术和电子商务领域不断的取得进展。因此，我认为我们可以继续保持乐观，但需要留意一些潜在的隐患。

Liu Fang: As China is at the beginning stage of e-commerce, the business ethics environment is yet to be improved. What can we learn from you in rotecting privacy and security?

史密斯先生：这些也是我们面对的问题。 我们确实有数据资料保护的立法。我们认为，美国存在重大危险，因为政府越来越多地干预正在发生的事。因为这可能会意外地抑制许多交易，从而危害市场。所以，我们尽最大可能控制管理程度，确保我们在技术领域里的改革和创新不会受到阻碍或者损害。