２０００年３月５日至３月１０日 ,在美国巴尔地摩召开了国际光纤通信会议，会议注册人数达１５０００人(实际参加人数更多 )。会议口头报告３００篇 ,墙报近６０篇 ,其中北京大学 ,清华大学和上海交通大学均有文章。本文结合这次会议的情况 ,介绍当前在该领域研究的一些动态。 From March 5 to March 10, 2000, an international optical fiber communications conference was held in Baltimore, United States. The number of registered participants was 15,000 (actually more participants). The meeting orally reported 300 articles, nearly 60 posters, of which Peking University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiaotong University have articles. This article combines the current situation of the conference to introduce some current developments in this field.