当今世界,一个以知识和信息为基础的、竞争与合作并存的全球化市场经济正在形成。世界各国都在增加向高技术产业和服务业的投资,特别是投向信息和通信技术领域。1990年,美国在信息业的投资第一次超过对其他领域的投资。1996年,全球信息技术产业投资为6,100亿美元,美国就占 In today’s world, a globalized market economy based on knowledge and information, where competition and cooperation co-exist, is taking shape. All countries in the world are increasing their investments in high-tech industries and service industries, especially in the field of information and communications technologies. For the first time in the United States, investment in the information industry surpassed investment in other areas in 1990. In 1996, the investment in the global information technology industry was 610 billion U.S. dollars, the U.S. accounted for