新世纪元年,在中国举办世界印刷大会为全球印刷界的朋友们提供了一个回顾人类文明历史、展望印刷业发展前景的良好机会。众所周知,中国的古代先贤们发明了影响世界文明进程的雕版印刷术和活字印刷术,这是中华民族对人类进步事业所作出的杰出的历史性贡献。进入21世纪,世界经济一体化的步伐明显加快,印刷业的科技发展和市场变化日新月异,印刷业已经或正在向数字化、网络化方向迈进,传统印刷观念及技术将受到严峻的挑战。同时数字 In the first year of the new century, hosting the World Printing Conference in China provided a good opportunity for friends in the global printing industry to review the history of human civilization and look forward to the prospects for the development of the printing industry. As we all know, the ancient sages of China invented engraving printing and movable type printing that influenced the progress of world civilization. This is an outstanding historical contribution made by the Chinese nation to the cause of human progress. In the 21st century, the pace of world economic integration has been markedly accelerated. With the rapid development of science and technology and market changes in the printing industry, the printing industry has been or is moving toward digitalization and networking, and traditional printing concepts and technologies will be severely challenged. Simultaneous figures