21世纪已经到来,我国经济建设跨入了一个新的发展阶段,正向小平同志提出的第三步战略目标迈进。面向新世纪,经济全球化的趋势日益明显;科技进步不断加快,知识经济在向我们逼近;我国即将加入 WTO,参与全球化过程;这些变化将对我国经济体制和结构产生重要的影响,意味着我国改革开放也将进入一个新的阶段,即建立开放型的市场经济体制,意味着中国经济与国际经济的全面接轨。这个阶段的一个显著特点是:企业面临的竞争日益成为全球化的竞争。企业必须在国际竞争中提高竞争力,通过全体员工的艰苦奋斗、创新务实 The 21st century has come. China’s economic construction has stepped into a new stage of development and is now moving toward the third-step strategic goal put forward by Comrade Xiaoping. Facing the new century, the trend of economic globalization is increasingly obvious; the scientific and technological progress is accelerating and the knowledge-based economy is approaching us; our country is about to join the WTO and is involved in the globalization process; and these changes will have an important impact on the economic structure and structure of our country, which means China’s reform and opening up will also enter a new phase of establishing an open market economy system, which means that China’s economy will be fully integrated with the international economy. A notable feature of this stage is that the competition facing enterprises is increasingly becoming a global competition. Enterprises must enhance their competitiveness in the international competition, through the hard work of all staff, innovation and pragmatic