“质量”、“可靠性”已成为质量工作和质量文献中使用频度较高的关键词汇,但对于质量、可靠性的理解,通常处于“混为一谈”或“模糊不清”状态,对二者工作范围、特征和关系加以清晰界定的论述并不多见。事实上,明确二者的异同对于质量工作的开展很有必要。需要说明的一点是,本文中所提到的质量与可靠性为狭义概念,仅指 “Quality ”, “Reliability ” has become a key term used frequently in quality work and quality literature, but the understanding of quality and reliability is usually confused with “or ” Qing "state, the scope of work of the two, features and relationships clearly defined argument is rare. In fact, a clear distinction between the two is necessary for quality work. It should be noted that the quality and reliability mentioned in this article are narrowly defined concepts and refer only to