一元复始,万象更新。新年伊始,我们向辛勤工作在北京各条战线上的广大职工群众和劳动者,向在工会工作岗位上无私奉献的工会干部和工会积极分子恭贺新年。刚刚过去的1998年.是我们全面落实党的十五大提出的跨世纪目标的第一年。中央推出了一系列改革措施,并且取得初步成效;我们在亚洲乃至全球的经济动荡中,站稳了脚根,取得了发展,受到全世界关注;我们战胜了 A dollar back, Vientiane update. At the beginning of the new year, we greet the New Year to the masses of workers and workers who work diligently on all fronts in Beijing and to the union cadres and trade union activists who unselfishly devoted themselves to the work of trade unions. The just-past 1998 is the first year in which we have fully implemented the goal set by the 15th National Party Congress to cross the new century. The Central Government launched a series of reform measures and achieved initial success. We have taken root in the global economic turmoil in Asia and the world, and have gained worldwide attention. We have defeated