２０００年是新旧世纪交替的一年。业内专家认为，在这一年里，有十几件大事必将对世界轮胎业今后的发展产生重大影响。近些年来纯粹从生产技术的角度来讨论轮胎工业发展的论述已经很多，本文选出的１５件大事是从市场经济的角度来考虑的。１．普利司通／费尔斯通（BFS）轮胎召 The year 2000 is the year of the turn of the old and new century. Industry experts believe that in this year, more than a dozen major events will have a major impact on the future development of the world tire industry. In recent years, there have been many discussions about the development of the tire industry from the point of view of production technology. The 15 major issues selected in this paper are considered from the perspective of market economy. 1. Bridgestone/Firestone (BFS) tire call