中国的医药业怎么样？

　　You: In the past fifty years, China's pharmaceutical industry has grown from nothing into a booming industry. When the PRC was established in 1949, China's basic pharmaceutical industries were very weak.

　　在过去的50年里，中国的医药业实现了从低潮到繁荣的转变。尽管1949年建国时，中国的医药业还都十分薄弱。

　　David: The entire pharmaceutical industry?

　　你是在说整个医药行业吗？

　　You: Yes, the entire pharmaceutical industry was quite weak at the 1950s.

　　对。50年代时，医药业不大景气。

　　David: So in the last 50 years it has developed.

　　所以，你认为这些发展都要归功于近50年。

　　You: Yes, and now China has achieved an important position in the world market as a supplier of raw materials for pharmaceuticals.

　　对。中国的药品原料出口已经在世界上占有很重要的地位。

　　David: What do you mean?

　　怎么讲？

　　You: I mean that many multi national companies depend on China for raw materials, and China has cornered about 30% of the market share for pharmaceutical chemicals.

　　中国是很多跨国公司的原料供应地，而且它的化学药品在世界市场上的份额达30%之多。

　　David: It seems like in the past 50 years China's pharmaceutical market has opened to the world.

　　好像中国的医药市场在过去的50年里一直都是开放的，是吗？

　　You: Not exactly. In the first thirty years, China's economy was not open to Western countries. But since the 1980's, in the last twenty years, China's international trade has taken off.

　　是这样的。最初的30年里，步伐比较缓慢；改革开放近20年以来，发展越来越快。