笔者两年前曾就我国跨世纪面临的机遇和严峻挑战这一主题发表一管之见①。笔者认为在回顾与展望20－21世纪的交替时期，在这个资本主义在世界范围内广泛和深入发展的时期，建设富有特色社会主义道路的中华民族处在又一个重大的历史转折关头，即能否在未来的21世纪使中华民族自 I published my opinion on the theme of the opportunities and harsh challenges confronting our country across the century two years ago. The author believes that during the period of reviewing and looking forward to the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries and the extensive and in-depth development of capitalism all over the world, the Chinese nation building a road characterized by distinctive socialism is at another momentous historical turning point, namely Whether or not to make the Chinese nation self-respect in the 21st century in the future