张伯里是中央党校经济学部世界经济室主任、副教授,对世界经济的发展情况颇有研究。最近,他接受本刊记者采访,从世界经济的角度,就如何理解邓小平讲“抓住机会,发展自己”的问题,阐述了几个方面的观点。机会可得亦可失世界经济的发展是不平衡的。发达国家不一定永远走在前头,发展中国家也不一定永远落在后边,关键是看谁抓住了加快发展的机会。可以说,抓住机会,加快发展,是发展中国家赶超先进的带有普遍意义的东西。纵观全球,没有抓住机会加快发展的国家不可能赶超先进,这是不言而喻的;而抓住了机会,迅速接近或者超过先进者,也不乏成功的先例;还有一种情况尤为值得关注:一些国家曾经一度抓住机会, Zhang Boli is the director and associate professor of the World Economy Department of the Central Party School’s Department of Economics and has studied quite well the development of the world economy. He recently interviewed our correspondents and from the perspective of the world economy, he elaborated on several points of view on how to understand Deng Xiaoping’s question of “seizing opportunities and developing oneself.” Opportunities available or lost The development of the world economy is uneven. The developed countries do not always go ahead forever and the developing countries do not necessarily fall behind forever. The key is to see who has seized the opportunity to accelerate development. It can be said that seizing the opportunity and speeding up the development are the universal significance of developing countries in catching up with advanced countries. In a global perspective, it is self-evident that a country that has not seized the opportunity to speed up its development will not be able to surpass advanced countries. It is also a success precedent that seizes the opportunity to rapidly approach or surpass the advanced ones. In another particular case, It is noteworthy: Some countries once seized the opportunity,