21世纪,是知识经济时代,是高科技大发展和经济管理水平大提高的时代,同时也是我国社会主义市场经济发展比较成熟的时代。大环境的变化,必然推动统计发生相应的重大发展。那么,中国统计在已经来到的21世纪有怎样的发展趋势呢?我们认为主要表现为五个方面:一、统计在经济社会发展中的地位和作用变得 The 21st century is an era of knowledge-based economy, an era in which large-scale high-tech development and economic management have been greatly enhanced. It is also an era in which the development of the socialist market economy is relatively mature. The changes in the environment are bound to promote the corresponding major development in statistics. So, what is the trend of China’s statistics in the 21st century that has come? We think it is mainly manifested in five aspects: First, the status and role of statistics in economic and social development have become