经济一体化是考察本世纪重大问题的大前提和大背景。从这个大前提引申出的“科技的迅猛发展”和我国的“入世”是影响中国现代远程教育发展的重要因素。发展现代远程教育是应对经济全球化的战略措施。面对入世,在远程教育的对策中,要强调的是树立教育国际化的观念、要有强烈的机遇意识、远程教育的标准化和投资渠道多元化来发展远程教育。 Economic integration is the major premise and background for examining the major issues of this century. The “rapid development of science and technology” derived from this major premise and China’s accession to the WTO are important factors that affect the development of modern distance education in China. Developing Modern Distance Education is a Strategic Measure to Deal with Economic Globalization. Facing the accession to the WTO, we must emphasize the concept of internationalization of education in the countermeasures of distance education. We should have strong sense of opportunity, standardization of distance education and diversification of investment channels to develop distance education.