伟大的中华人民共和国诞生四十周年了。回顾建国议来上海市公共图书馆事业曲折发展历程,深刻体会到只有坚持改革开放,坚持四项基本原则,我们的国家才能兴旺发达,各项事业包括图书馆事业才能顺利发展。这是四十年来的历史经验教训。下面,我们将四十年来尤其是党的十一届三中全会后上海公共图书馆事业发展的情况作一简述。 The 40th anniversary of the great People’s Republic of China. Recalling the twists and turns of the founding of Jianguo Public Library in Shanghai, I profoundly realized that only through adherence to the four basic principles of reform and opening up and the gradual development of our library can our country prosper and prosper. This is a history of four decades of experience and lessons. In the following, we give a brief account of the development of Shanghai public library in the past 40 years, especially after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee.