濮洪九同志请我为他新近完成的《论煤炭工业转型升级》一书作序。这样德高望重、令人敬佩的老领导请年轻一辈人作序,令我忐忑不安。濮洪九同志似乎读懂了我的忧虑,说请你作序是因为你在国家能源局分管煤炭工作,对这一段时期煤炭工业发展情况比较熟悉。是的,心胸坦荡、务实睿智、不落俗套、平易近人,正是濮洪九同志的人格使然。我二话没说,欣 Comrade Pu Hongjiu asked me to give a preface to his recently completed book On the Transformation and Upgrading of the Coal Industry. It is a matter of great concern to me that such respected and admirable leaders should order young people for pre-order. Comrade Pu Hongjiu seems to have read my worries, saying that you should be prefaced because you are in charge of coal work at the National Energy Administration. You are familiar with the development of the coal industry during this period. Yes, open-minded, pragmatic and wise, unconventional, approachable, it is Comrade Pu Hongjiu personality dictates. I did not say anything else, Yan