在新的世纪即将来临之际,中国未来发展的目标是什么呢?就是要继续追赶发达国家,就是以更快的速度追赶美国。一个世界人口最多的发展中国家追赶世界最发达的也是最强大的国家,这将构成21世纪中国影响人类发展进程的、令人关注的重大事件。那么,在21世纪中国能否追赶美国?中国如何追赶美国?在哪些方面是我们追赶美国的重点和优先领域? At the dawn of a new century, what is the goal of China’s future development? It is to continue to catch up with the developed countries by catching up with the United States at a faster pace. One of the world’s most populous developing countries, catching up with the most developed and the most powerful country in the world, will constitute a major event of concern to China in the process of human development in the 21st century. So, in the 21st century can China catch up with the United States? How does China catch up with the United States? In what ways are we pursuing the key and priority areas of the United States?