前言1999年,将是人类走向21世纪的重要一年。伟大祖国将迎来50岁生日,中国人民将意气风发地去创造新的辉煌,澳门将回到祖国怀抱,彻底结束殖民主义在中国的统治。1999年,也是我省打好国有企业改革与脱困目标攻坚战的关键一年,关系到我省跨世纪的发展和经济体制改革的进程。尤其是当前,国际经济全球化进程加快,科技进步突飞猛进,知识经济迅速崛起,我们在面临着更多机遇的同时也面临着更多的困难与风险。统计工作者任重道远,责无旁贷。我们 Foreword 1999 will be an important year for mankind to move towards the 21st century. The great motherland will celebrate its 50th birthday. The Chinese people will sprout new ground to create new glories. Macao will return to the embrace of the motherland and completely end the colonial rule in China. In 1999, it was also a crucial year for our province to lay a solid foundation for the stalemate in the task of reforming and turning around the difficulties of state-owned enterprises and the process of cross-century development and economic restructuring in our province. In particular, at present, the process of international economic globalization is accelerating, the progress of science and technology is making rapid progress, and the knowledge economy is rapidly emerging. We face more opportunities as well as more difficulties and risks. Statisticians have a long way to go and they are duty bound to do so. we