世纪之交,是我国由传统的计划经济向社会主义市场经济体制转轨的重要时期,根据中央的战略布署,到下世纪初,将实行更加全方位的开放。也就是说,我国的经济将进一步融入世界经济大体系之中。因此,在二十一世纪,我国经济所面临的挑战与竞争是世界性的。要在世界经济大体系之中一比高低, The turn of the century is an important period for our country's transition from a traditional planned economy to a socialist market economy. According to the strategic deployment of the Central Government, a more comprehensive opening up will be implemented by the turn of the century. In other words, our economy will be further integrated into the world economic system. Therefore, in the twenty-first century, the challenges and competition that our economy faces are worldwide. To be higher or lower in the world economic system,