江泽民总书记在党的十五大报告中指出：人才是科技进步和社会经济发展重要的资源。当前，铁路的改革和现代化建设已进入到了新的历史发展阶段，如何加速人才资源开发，构筑跨世纪的人才工程，是摆在铁路部门面前十分重要而紧迫的课题。专业技术人才管理工作必须乘势而上，适应 General Secretary Jiang Zemin pointed out in the report to the 15th National Party Congress: Talent is an important resource for scientific and technological progress and social and economic development. At present, the railway reform and modernization have entered a new stage of historical development. How to speed up the development of human resources and build a cross-century talent project is a very important and urgent issue before the railway sector. Professional and technical personnel management must take advantage of the momentum and adapt