思想政治工作究竟如何应对入世挑战呢?笔者以为,应从以下几个方面进行积极的思考与实践。首先,必须充分认识挑战的严峻性。入世标志着我国由“市场开放阶段”向“规则开放阶段”的过渡。这是一个更为深刻、更具意义也更为艰难的变革。新一波改革,将在WTO规则的大背景中展开,在中国与世界市场体系的链结中深化,而人们对于这一套规则和体系却知之甚少。由于人世只是给了新一波改革以强有力的规则导向和外部推力,但却丝毫不会减少改革必须付出的成本,也丝毫不会减轻改革 How do ideological and political work cope with the challenge of joining the WTO? I believe that the following aspects should be actively considered and practiced. First, we must fully understand the seriousness of the challenge. China’s accession to the WTO marks the transition from “market opening phase” to “rule opening phase” in our country. This is a more profound, more meaningful and more difficult change. The new wave of reforms will unfold in the context of the WTO rules and deepen in the linkages between China and the world market system, while people have little understanding of the set of rules and systems. Since the deathbed has only given a strong wave of rules and external thrust to the new wave of reforms, it has in no way reduced the costs it has to pay and will in no way alleviate the reform