After the speech, Kevin Rudd answered questions of the audience. The content include Australia's competitive advantage in the financial services industry, China's way of becoming an economic power, the influences of resources and environment to China's future development, Sino-Australian free trade and other issues. A student from School of England for International Business talked from the perspective of the youth born in the 1980s in China, mentioned the enormous pressure in the cost of living, employment and buying a house, and asked the Foreign Minister's views and the life of the young people in Australia. Kevin Rudd answered in Chinese, "Patience". He said some causes took time. Dreams can be realized only by hard work and good preperation. In addition, Mr. Rudd agreed with the policies on pension, salary and housing. He thought they were effective to solve the problems of high living costs and inflation. The Australian youth also face similar problems. But with the development of globalization, the young people would have more opportunities to cooperate with people around the world. Therefore, they should look for opportunities and seize them. The prerequisite, however, is to learn foreign languages and improve their communication competence.
