“国家贫困地区义务教育工程”（以下简称“工程”）实施已经一年了。“工程”的顺利实施，充分体现了各级政府贯彻党中央、国务院关于“科教兴国”战略、发展贫困地区教育的决心。我刊自本期起开设《“国家贫困地区义务教育工程”专题报道》专栏，将准确、及时地宣传国家关于“工程”的方针、政策；对各地在“工程”实施中创造的典型经验、涌现的典型人物作深度报道；对“工程”实施过程中出现的问题进行专题调研，提出工作建议。本期我们请“工程”管理小组负责人、国家教委财务司副司长许琳撰写了《认真实施“国家贫困地区义务教育工程”，加快发展贫困地区教育事业》一文，供各地学习参阅 It has been one year since the “National Compulsory Education Project for Poverty-Stricken Areas” (“Project”) has been implemented. The smooth implementation of “Project” fully demonstrates the determination of governments at all levels to implement the Party Central Committee and the State Council’s strategy of “rejuvenating the country through science and education” and developing education in poor areas. Since the beginning of this issue, we have launched the column entitled “Special Report on Compulsory Education Project in Poverty-stricken Areas in China”, which will accurately and promptly publicize the national guidelines and policies on “engineering”; as well as typical experiences created by the local implementation of “engineering” The typical figures that emerge are reported in depth; special investigations are made on the problems arising in the implementation of the “Project” and work proposals are put forward. In this issue, we asked Xu Lin, the head of the Project Management Team and Xu Lin, deputy director of the Finance Department of the State Education Commission, to write a speech entitled “Seriously Implementing Compulsory Education Project in Poverty-stricken Areas in the Country” and Speeding up the Development of Education in Poverty-Stricken Areas for Reference