“战略机遇期”是指中国在21世纪最初20年有可能获得较长时间较为有利的国际环境、较为充分的内外发展条件、国力较快增长，是人民物质文化生活水平较快提高的历史时期。作出这一判断，有着充分的客观依据。从国际形势看，第一，未来一二十年，将是国际政治新格局初步形成的关 The term “strategic period of opportunity” refers to the more prosperous domestic and international conditions for China to acquire a longer-term favorable international environment in the first 20 years of the 21st century. The rapid growth of its national power is a historical period in which people’s material and cultural life has risen rapidly . To make this judgment has a full objective basis. Judging from the international situation, first, the coming one or two decades will be the initial formation of a new pattern of international politics