展望新世纪，世界各国将在新的起跑线上展开更广泛、更激烈的竞争。具有悠久文明传统的中华民族在未来的竞争中能否再创辉煌，取决于新世纪头5年乃至中叶的发展。党的第十五届五中全会提出的制定国民经济和社会发展第十个五年计划的建议，描绘了这样一幅美好的蓝图：到2010年， Looking forward to the new century, all countries in the world will start a wider and more intense competition on the new starting line. Whether the Chinese nation, which has a long tradition of civilization, can create greater glories in its future competition depends on the development of the first five years or even the mid-century in the new century. The proposal made by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee to formulate the 10th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development has depicted such a beautiful blueprint: By 2010,