2003年我国对外贸易再次迈上新台阶,进出口总额达到8512亿美元,首次超过日本成为世界第三大贸易国。我们今后的目标是继续保持外贸的稳定增长,完成由贸易大国向贸易强国的转变。当前,自觉用科学的发展观来审视我国对外贸易发展面临的问题,统筹对外贸易各方面的协调和可持续发展 In 2003, China’s foreign trade once again reached a new level with a total volume of imports and exports reaching 851.2 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing Japan for the first time to become the third largest trading nation in the world. Our future goal is to continue to maintain the steady growth of foreign trade and complete the transition from a major trading nation to a trading power. At present, we conscientiously use the scientific concept of development to examine the problems our country faces in the development of foreign trade and coordinate the coordination and sustainable development in all aspects of foreign trade