2000年伊始,全国劳动和社会保障工作会议在北京召开。在这次会议上,张左己部长回顾、总结了1999年工作情况,分析了世纪之交劳动和社会保障工作所面临的形势和任务。为了更好地贯彻这次会议精神,本刊特转发张左己同志的重要讲话,以期各地劳动部门坚定信心,在新世纪不断开拓劳动和社会保障工作的新局面。——本刊编辑部 At the beginning of 2000, the national work conference on labor and social security was held in Beijing. At this meeting, Minister Zhang Zuoji reviewed and summarized the work conducted in 1999 and analyzed the situations and tasks confronting the work and social security work handed down at the turn of the century. In order to better carry out the spirit of this meeting, our magazine specially transmitted the important speech made by Comrade Zhang Zuoji with a view to resolving the confidence of the labor departments throughout the country and constantly opening up new prospects for labor and social security work in the new century. - editorial department