请允许我借这次国际海事会议的机会，向大家介绍上海在改革开放中发生的可喜变化和充满希望的发展前景。（一）进入90年代以来，以开发开放浦东为标志，上海在中国改革开放总格局中的地位发生了历史性变化，用一个形象化的说法就是由“后卫”提升到“前沿”。随着改革开放的加 Let me take this opportunity of this International Maritime Conference to brief you on the gratifying changes and the promising development prospects of Shanghai during its reform and opening up. (1) Since the 1990s, marked by the development and opening up of Pudong, Shanghai has undergone a historic change in its position in the overall pattern of China’s reform and opening up. From a visual point of view, it is ascertained from “guard” to “frontier.” With the reform and opening up plus