在2003年外国最佳邮票评选活动拉开帷幕之时,本刊记者采访了外国最佳邮票评选活动组委会主任、中国人民对外友好协会会长陈昊苏。陈会长简明地回答了记者的问题。记:请问陈会长,中国对外友协为什么愿意组织这样民间形式的外国邮票评选活动呢? 陈:集邮活动是一个国际性的活动,邮票是国家的 At the opening of the 2003 Best Foreign Stamps Selection Activity, this reporter interviewed Chen Haosu, director of the Organizing Committee of the Best Stamps in Foreign Countries, and president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. President Chen concisely answered the reporter’s question. Q: Will President Chen and China Association for International Cooperation and Development wish to organize such a non-governmental foreign stamp selection activity? Chen: Philatelic activities are an international event and the stamps are state