《中国地方志》是中国地方志指导小组指导全国修志工作的机关刊物 ,它伴随我国新方志事业的发展而诞生和发展 ,从 2 0世纪 80年代初创刊至新世纪元年 ,已经度过 2 0周年。这 2 0年 ,正好是我国新方志事业发展的一个重要时期。作为中国地方志指导小组的机关刊物和新方志事业发展的窗口 ,它反映了我国新方志事业的辉煌历程 ,也记录了我国新方志事业前进的足迹。 “China Local History” is the official journal of China’s Guidance Group on Guiding the Work of National Chi-Chi. It was born and developed with the development of our country’s new Local Records. From the beginning of the 1980s to the first year of the new century, we have passed 20 years . This 20 years is exactly an important period for the development of the new local chronicles in our country. As a window of the organ publications and the development of new chronicles in China, it reflects the glorious course of our country’s new chronicles and also marks the progress of China’s new chronicles.