人们可以用不同的说法描述新世纪的特征。例如,可以说21世纪是“全球化的世纪”,是“东、西方文明大碰撞的世纪”,是“海洋的世纪”,等等。但是,21世纪最根本的特征将是信息文明占主导地位的 People can use different terms to describe the characteristics of the new century. For example, we can say that the 21st century is the “century of globalization”, the “century of great collision between East and West civilizations”, the “century of the sea” and so on. However, the most fundamental feature of the 21st century will be the dominance of information civilization