江泽民同志在党的十五大报告中指出:“能否抓住机遇,历来是关系革命和建设兴衰成败的大问题”。对全党全国人民是这样。对长期从事水运建设事业的珠江航运工作者来说,更是这样,我们必须高度自觉牢牢抓住世纪之交的历史机遇,搞好水运基础设施建设,发展珠江航运生产力,促进珠江流域经济的繁荣。 现在,我们正处于世纪之交的历史机遇,我们党确立起已被实践证明是正确的建设有中国特色社会主义的基本理论和基本路线,将较长期地贯穿于社 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out in the report to the 15th Party Congress: “Whether we can seize the opportunity has always been a major issue concerning the success or failure of the revolution and the rise and fall of our construction.” This is true for the entire party and people across the country. For the Pearl River Shipping Workers who have been engaged in the construction of water transport for a long time, this must be the case. We must take a high degree of conscientiousness in firmly seizing the historical opportunities at the turn of the century, do a good job in the construction of water transport infrastructure, develop the productivity of the Pearl River shipping, and promote the economic prosperity. Now that we are at a historic opportunity at the turn of the century, our party has established the basic theory and basic line that has been proven to be correct in building socialism with Chinese characteristics. It will run through the society in the longer term