党的十四大提出了加快改革开放和经济发展的战略任务。完成这一任务需要做许多切实的工作,当前最急迫的一项就是加强基础设施的建设。 今年以来,我国经济发展明显加快,上半年国民生产总值比去年同期增长12％,预计全年的增长率可达9％左右。这样的速度能否持续地保持下去,在很大程度上取决于基础设施建设能否真正得到加强。因为我国的交通、能源、通讯等方面的发展长期来一 The 14th CPC National Congress proposed the strategic task of speeding up reform, opening up and economic development. To accomplish this task needs to do a lot of practical work, the most urgent one is to strengthen the infrastructure construction. Since the beginning of this year, the economic development of our country has obviously accelerated. In the first half of the year, the gross national product of our country grew by 12% over the same period of last year and the annual growth rate is expected to reach about 9%. Whether this rate can be sustained or not depends to a large extent on whether infrastructure construction can actually be strengthened. Because of our transportation, energy, communications and other aspects of the long-term development