中国共产党第十五次全国代表大会是我们党在本世纪召开的最后一次大会。这次大会是世纪之交、承前启后、继往开来的一次极为重要的大会。大会所确立的“高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,把建设有中国特色社会主义事业全面推向二十一世纪”的主题,从根本上明确了中国朝什么方向发展、走什么道路的问题。大连开发区作为改革开放的先导区、试验区,作为大连、辽宁及东北地区对外开放的窗口,经过13年的开发建设,特别是在党的十四大以来 The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the last meeting of our party held in this century. This conference is an extremely important conference to be held at the turn of the century and to the future. The theme of “holding high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and pushing the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics to the 21st century” set forth by the General Assembly has fundamentally clarified the question of what direction China should take to develop and what path should it take. As a window of reform and opening up, Dalian Development Zone, as a window opening to the outside world in Dalian, Liaoning and Northeast China, has undergone 13 years of development and construction, especially since the 14th CPC National Congress