各位理事、各位代表、同志们: 中国卫生经济学会第三届会员代表会暨第五届年会今天开幕了。这届理事会是1987年在咸阳市召开第二届会员代表会选举产生的,至今已5年多。按会章规定,本次会议应在去年召开,由于去年全国一些省水灾比较严重,根据中央指示精神,经常务理事会讨论,决定延期至今年。这次会议的主要任务是:审议学会4年多来的工作,讨论今后工作任务,修改学会章程,选举第三届理事会。同时,按惯例颁发“优秀学术成果”证书,表彰学会优秀活动分子,并进行学术交流。今年初,邓小平同志南巡的重要讲话和 Members, delegates, and comrades: The 3rd member representative meeting of the Chinese Health Economics Association and the 5th annual meeting opened today. This session of the council was convened in Xianyang City in 1987 when the second member representative meeting was held. It has been more than five years since then. According to the provisions of the constitution, this meeting should be held last year. Due to the serious flood disasters in some provinces throughout the country last year, according to the spirit of the Central Committee directives, the regular affairs council discussed and decided to postpone this year. The main tasks of the conference were: reviewing the work of the Institute for more than four years, discussing the tasks for the future, revising the Institute’s charter, and electing the third council. At the same time, the “Excellent Academic Achievement” certificate was issued in accordance with the convention, and commended the outstanding activists and academic exchanges. Earlier this year, Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s important speech on the southern tour and