当前,全球性金融风暴仍在蔓延、深化,世界经济下行趋势更加明显,中国经济增长对外贸的依存度高达60%,巨大的挑战正在一步步逼近我们。随着我国外贸进出口增速的不断减缓,与外贸出口休戚相关的航运业,也在金融风暴中苦苦挣扎着。——编者语 At present, the global financial crisis is still spreading and deepening. The downturn in the world economy is even more pronounced. As China’s economic growth relies on foreign trade as high as 60%, great challenges are gradually approaching us. With the continuous slowdown in the growth of China’s foreign trade, the shipping industry, which has a bearing on the export of foreign trade, has also struggled in the financial turmoil. - Editors language