２００２年是我们党和国家历史上具有重大意义的一年，是我国加入ＷＴＯ，进一步推进全方位、多层次、宽领域对外开放的一年，也是劳动保障工作充满机遇和面临严峻挑战的一年。从国际环境上看，全球经济发展呈现减缓的趋势，特别是美国“９．１１事件”之后更加明显。国际经济 2002 is a year of great significance to the history of our party and our country. It is also a year for China’s accession to the WTO and further promotion of opening up to the outside world in all directions, levels and fields. It is also a year full of opportunities and harsh challenges for labor and social security work . From an international perspective, the global economic development has shown a tendency of slowing down, especially since the U.S. “9.11 incident.” International economic