新世纪的起始之年过去了。这一年我国国民经济持续、快速、健康发展，成绩来之不易。我国的人口与计划生育工作也在改革中开拓，在创新中发展，成绩同样来之不易。在这里，让我代表《人口与计划生育》杂志全体同志，向我们的读者，向全国人口与计划生育战线的同志们表示热烈的 The beginning of the new century is over. During this year, our national economy sustained, rapid and healthy development, the achievements not easy. The population and family planning work in our country has also been pioneering in the course of reform and its development has been equally hard-won in innovation. Here, let me, on behalf of all the comrades in the magazine Population and Family Planning, extend our warm greetings to our readers and comrades in the country’s population and family planning front