2001年国际经济环境发生了重大逆转。美国作为“世界经济的发动机”,衰退的阴影挥之不去,“9·11”事件雪上加霜,经济发展嘎然而止。世界经济和贸易出现十年来最缓慢的增长。在严峻的国际经济环境下,我国对外贸易逆势而上,保持了良好的增长势头。2001年全年,我国外贸进出口总值首次突破5000亿美元大关,达5097.7亿美元,比 In 2001, the international economic environment has undergone a major reversal. The United States, as “the engine of the world economy,” loses the shadow of the recession. The “September 11” incident even worsened and the economic development came to an end. The slowest growth in the world economy and trade in ten years. Under the severe international economic environment, our country’s foreign trade has gone up against the trend and maintained a good momentum of growth. For the first time in 2001, the total value of China’s foreign trade in import and export exceeded 500 billion U.S. dollars at a scale of 509.77 billion U.S. dollars