18年前邓小平同志提出了“教育要面向现代化,面向世界,面向未来”的任务,迈入新世纪加快建设有自己特色社会主义现代化伟大事业步伐的中国,需要更多地了解世界。经济全球化、政治多极化、思想文化多元化是当代世界新旧世纪之交的时代特色。在这个地球上,一体化、多元化趋势都在加强。一方面世界各国越来越相互依存。另一方面世界各国又越来越多样化,这是一个越来越多样性统一的世界。尤其是今年北京申奥成功和我国行将正式加入世界贸易组织,使得中国和世界的联系更加 Eighteen years ago, Comrade Deng Xiaoping put forward the task of “education should be oriented toward modernization, facing the world and the future” and China, which steps into accelerating the pace of building a great cause of socialism with its own characteristics in the new century, needs to know more about the world. Economic globalization, political multi-polarization, and ideological and cultural pluralism are the characteristics of the times of the new century in the contemporary world. On this earth, the trends of integration and diversification are all on the rise. On the one hand, countries in the world are becoming more and more interdependent. On the other hand, various countries in the world are becoming more and more diversified. This is a more and more diverse and unified world. In particular, this year Beijing’s successful bid for the Olympic Games and our country’s forthcoming formal admission to the World Trade Organization will make the connection between China and the world even more