本刊记者：请问，这次贸洽会是在怎样的背景下召开的？有何重要意义？ 贾治邦：本次贸洽会是在新世纪之初和“十五”计划起步年召开的一次重要的全国性大规模投资经贸盛会。这次会议的召开必将在东部、中部与西部之间，中国与世界之间架起合作与开放的桥梁，推动我们充分利用国 Reporter: May I ask, this trade fair is held in what kind of background? What’s the point? Jia Zhibang: This Trade Fair is an important national large-scale investment and trade event held at the beginning of the new century and the start of the “10th Five-Year Plan”. The convening of this meeting will surely set up a bridge of cooperation and openness between the east, the middle and the west, and between China and the world, and promote us to make full use of our country