我们已经跨进新世纪。在新世纪里统计学将要发生哪些重大变化 ,统计科研、统计教育、统计工作将面临哪些新问题 ,这是每一位与统计或多或少有联系的人都值得关注的问题。本刊作为以统计科学研究为主要内容的学术期刊 ,当然有义务有责任更为关注上述问题。为此 ,我们特邀请了 8位全国著名的统计学专家以《2 1世纪的统计学笔谈》为题发表各自的见解 ,我们相信这些见解和想法会对广大读者有一定帮助 We have stepped into the new century. What major changes in statistics will take place in the new century? What are the new problems that statistical research, statistical education and statistics will face? This is a question that everyone who has more or less contact with statistics deserves our attention. As an academic journal whose main content is statistical science research, it is certainly obligated to have the responsibility to pay more attention to the above issues. To this end, we invited eight well-known experts in statistics to express their own opinions on the topic of “Statistical Literary Talking in the 21st Century.” We believe these opinions and ideas will certainly help readers