编者按：1999年是本世纪最后一年；1999年又是中国农历兔年；1999年更是中华人民共和国建国50周年；1999年也是澳门回归祖国的一年。在这盛时盛世，盛典盛事，玉兔归月，国泰民安的大好日子里，《制鞋科技》为广大读者提供热点话题。《迎接知识经济挑战》是今年第一份为读者服 Editor’s Note: 1999 is the last year of this century; 1999 is also the year of the Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit; the year 1999 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China; and 1999 is also a year for Macao to return to the motherland. In this heyday of flourishing, festival event, rabbit back to the moon, Cathay Pacific people’s good days, “shoe technology” for the majority of readers to provide hot topics. “Meeting the challenges of knowledge economy” is the first year for readers