SARS是中国在新世纪经历的第一场重大的自然灾害,它的影响深刻而且广泛。面对已经高度信息化和全球一体化的发展环境,中国需要更新发展的观念,校准发展的方向,以提高对抗风险的能力和保证社会的均衡发展。作为“无疫区”的海南应该充分发挥作为“健康国土”的环境优势,打造“健康岛”品牌,在中国全面建设小康社会和现代化建设中发挥更大的作用。 SARS is the first major natural disaster that China has experienced in the new century. Its impact is profound and extensive. Faced with a highly informationalized and globally integrated development environment, China needs to update its concept of development and calibrate its development direction so as to enhance its ability to resist risks and ensure the balanced development of the society. As a “free zone”, Hainan should give full play to its environmental advantages as a “healthy land” and create a brand of “health island”, playing a greater role in building an overall well-to-do society and in its modernization.