地方志事业之所以被历朝历代所珍视，能伴随中华民族生生不息代代相济永不尽竭，很重要的一个原因就是其具有服务当代的特殊功能。面对新世纪的机遇和挑战，方志工作者如何更好地发掘潜能，为改革开放和经济建设服务，是摆在我们面前亟待解决的重要课题。一、服务当代是方志事? The reason why local chronicles have been historically cherished by history and can not be inexhaustible with the continuous development of the Chinese nation from generation to generation, is very important because it has the special function of serving the present. Faced with the opportunities and challenges of the new century, it is an important issue for us to better understand the potentials and serve the reform and opening up as well as economic construction. First, the service is a choreographer?