信息化是当今世界经济和社会发展的主要趋势之一。依笔者之见,经济信息化由企业信息化即生产过程的信息化、电子商务即流通过程的信息化和政府经济功能的信息化三部分组成。信息技术在其他领域的应用可归于社会信息化,如电子社区、远程教育、远程医疗、电子娱乐、电子家庭、政府社会功能的信息化等。经济是人类社会生存和发展的基础,电子商 Informationization is one of the major trends in economic and social development in the world today. According to the author’s opinion, economic informatization consists of informationization of the enterprise, that is, the informatization of the production process, the informatization of the e-commerce or circulation process, and the informatization of the government’s economic function. The application of information technology in other fields can be attributed to social informatization, such as e-community, distance education, telemedicine, electronic entertainment, electronic home, and the informatization of government’s social functions. The economy is the foundation for the survival and development of human society.