信息已在国家发展、社会进步及千家万户的日常生活中发挥着越来越重要的作用。在铁路的改革发展中,信息工作同样具有十分重要的作用。具体来讲,可概括为以下八个方面:一是在市场竞争中具有“情报”作用。当前我国正在积极建立和完善社会主义市场经济体制,以铁路、公路、航空、水运为主体的运输市场 Information has played an increasingly important role in the development of our country, in the progress of society, and in the everyday life of every household. In the railway reform and development, information work also has a very important role. Specifically, can be summarized as the following eight aspects: First, in the market competition with “intelligence” role. At present, our country is actively establishing and perfecting the socialist market economic system and the transportation market with railways, highways, airlines and waterways as its mainstay