编者按1996年11月，中国地方志指导小组在我区南宁举办了本届修志以来首次“方志理论高级研讨会暨地方志工作经验交流会”。与会者宣读了许多内容丰富深刻的论文，提出了许多富有新意的见解。本刊现先将广东省志办公室主任黄勋技教授的《广东新编志书的整体评估和改进意见》全 Editor In November 1996, the Chinese local gazetteers’ steering group held the first symposium on “Local Records Theory and Local Experience Sharing Conference” in Nanning, our district, since this revision. Attendees read many rich and profound essays and put forward many innovative ideas. This issue shows the first Guangdong Provincial Office of the Director of Professor Huang Xunji “Guangdong new book review and evaluation of the overall improvement of the whole”