一、终身教育的必要性（一）世界经济的全球化和知识经济的兴起当前世界经济的发展趋势是以经济竞争和合作为中心，电子与信息技术的应用打破了国与国之间的地理界限，商业．金融、货币和股市的全球化使多元文化与多元经济在一个国家中同时并存。伴随国际交流的剧增和经济全球 I. The Necessity of Lifelong Education 1. Globalization of the World Economy and Rise of the Knowledge Economy The current trend of world economy is centered on economic competition and cooperation. The application of electronic and information technologies has broken the geographical boundary between countries ,business. The globalization of finance, currency and stock markets has allowed multiculturalism and pluralistic economies to co-exist in one country. With the surge in international exchanges and the global economy