1998年是极不平凡的一年，是全国税务干部经受严峻考验并取得显著成效的一年。面对亚洲金融危机和特大洪涝灾害对国内经济、外贸发展以及税收工作带来的不利影响，全国各级税务机关和广大税务干部以邓小平理论和党的十五大精神为指针，紧紧围绕落实中央提出的“保证全国工商税 1998 is a very special year. It is a year for the entire country’s tax cadres to undergo a severe test and achieve remarkable results. In the face of the adverse effects of the Asian financial crisis and catastrophic floods on the domestic economy and the development of foreign trade and taxation work, the tax authorities at all levels and the vast numbers of tax officials have guided Deng Xiaoping Theory and the spirit of the 15th Party Congress closely The central government has promulgated the “Guarantee of National Industrial and Commercial Tax.”