Ladies and gentlemen,

　　Thank you for your nice welcome(and reception①).It has been a long cherished hope② of ours to visit England some day. We are fortunate to have had this rare chance today. We feel specially honoured to be given this opportunity to meet such a nice group of distinguished people like you. I am sure our stay here will be a fruitful and enjoyable one. I do hope to see more of you while we are here.