Ahead of his first official state visit to the U.S., Chinese President Xi Jinping provided written answers to questions submitted by The Wall Street Journal. Here is the full transcript:
中國國家主席習近平在啟程對美國進行官方國事訪問前接受了《華爾街日報》的書面采訪，這是習近平就任國家主席以來首次對美進行國事訪問。以下是書面采訪全文：

1. Under your leadership, China has been active in promoting new economic and security arrangements. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, in particular, has been a notable achievement. Is China trying to rearrange the architecture of global governance, away from the U.S. and toward China?
《華爾街日報》：在您的領導下，中國在推動新的經濟和安全安排方面表現得十分活躍，尤其是亞洲基礎設施投資銀行更是取得明顯進展。中國是否正在有意將此前以美國為主的全球治理結構加以調整使其更向中國傾斜？

XI: The global governance system is built and shared by the world, not monopolized by a single country. China certainly has no intention to do so. China is involved in building the current international system, and has always done its part to uphold the international order and system with the U.N. as its core and the purposes and principles of the U.N. charter as its foundation.
習近平：全球治理體系是由全球共建共享的，不可能由哪一個國家獨自掌握。中國沒有這種想法，也不會這樣做。中國是現行國際體系的參與者、建設者、貢獻者，一直維護以聯合國為核心、以聯合國憲章宗旨和原則為基礎的國際秩序和國際體系。

Many visionary people hold that as the global landscape evolves and major transnational and global challenges facing mankind increase, it is necessary to adjust and reform the global governance system and mechanism. Such reform is not about dismantling the existing system and creating a new one to replace it. Rather, it aims to improve the global governance system in an innovative way. We in China have a saying, “When all means are exhausted, changes are necessary; once changes are made, things will improve.” Whether for a country or the entire world, adaptation to keep pace with the times is necessary in order to maintain its vigor. To build a more equitable, just and effective architecture of global governance meets the common aspiration of all countries. China and the U.S. share broad interests in this respect and should work together to improve the global governance system. This will not only leverage our respective strengths to enhance cooperation, but also enable our two countries to jointly respond to major challenges facing mankind.
世界上很多有識之士都認為，隨著世界不斷發展變化，隨著人類面臨的重大跨國性和全球性挑戰日益增多，有必要對全球治理體制機制進行相應的調整改革。這種改革并不是推倒重來，也不是另起爐灶，而是創新完善?！案F則變，變則通?！睙o論是一個國家，還是世界，都需要與時俱進，這樣才能保持活力。推動全球治理體系朝著更加公正合理有效的方向發展，符合世界各國的普遍需求。中美在全球治理領域有著廣泛共同利益，應該共同推動完善全球治理體系。這不僅有利于雙方發揮各自優勢、加強合作，也有利于雙方合作推動解決人類面臨的重大挑戰。

China owes much of its progress in development over the past decades to international cooperation; we thus feel duty-bound to make greater contribution to international development endeavors. Many other developing countries have also expressed similar strong wishes to China. The Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) is established mainly as a response to the need of Asian countries for infrastructure development and their aspirations for further cooperation. According to the projection of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, from 2010 to 2020, the annual shortfall in funding for Asian infrastructural development is around US$800 billion. The AIIB serves as a new option to meet this shortfall, and it is therefore welcomed by both Asian countries and the wider international community. But as the funding shortage is huge, it is clear that the AIIB alone cannot possibly meet such demand. As an open and inclusive multilateral development agency, the AIIB will complement other multilateral development banks. In addition to Asian countries, countries outside Asia such as Germany, France and the U.K. have also joined the AIIB. China welcomes the U.S. to join the AIIB. This has been our position from the very outset.
中國幾十年的發展很大程度上得益于國際合作。因此，我們應該為國際發展事業作出貢獻，很多發展中國家朋友對中國提出了這方面的強烈愿望。建立亞投行，主要是為滿足亞洲地區基礎設施建設的需求以及亞洲各國在深化合作方面的愿望。據世行、亞開行測算，2010年到2020年，亞洲地區每年基礎設施建設資金缺口達8000億美元。亞投行可以為這種需求多提供一種資金投入選擇，因而受到亞洲國家和國際社會歡迎。面對這么大的需求，亞投行只是一個渠道，不可能包打天下。亞投行是一個開放和包容的多邊開發機構，將同現有多邊開發銀行相互補充。除了域內國家，德國、法國、英國等國家也都加入了亞投行。中方歡迎美國參與亞投行，從一開始我們就是這個態度。

I don't believe any country is capable of rearranging the architecture of global governance toward itself. Obviously, such practice goes against the trend of the times. The improvement of global governance architecture should be decided by all countries. As the U.N. summit commemorating the 70th anniversary draws nearer, China stands ready to work with all the other U.N. member states to build a new type of international relationship featuring win-win cooperation, improve the architecture of global governance, and build a community of shared future for mankind.
我不認為世界上哪個國家可以使全球治理結構向自己傾斜，也不認為這樣做是符合時代潮流的。全球治理結構如何完善，應該由各國共同來決定。聯合國馬上就要舉行成立70周年系列峰會。中國愿同廣大成員國一道，推動建設以合作共贏為核心的新型國際關系，完善全球治理結構，共同構建人類命運共同體。