1997年是我国历史发展中重要的一年，我国将恢复对香港行使主权，召开党的第十五次全国代表大会，这是举世瞩目的两件大事。面对新的形势，海关总署在前不久召开的全国海关关长会议上，对近年来海关工作的成绩作了实事求是的总结，提出了今年海关工作的总体要求：认真贯彻党的 The year 1997 is an important year for the development of our country’s history. China will resume its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and convene the fifteenth National Congress of the Party. This is a major event that attracts worldwide attention. Faced with the new situation, the General Administration of Customs at the National Customs Commissioner’s meeting held shortly before, made a practical and realistic summary of the achievements of customs work in recent years and put forward the general requirements for customs work this year: Conscientiously implement the party’s