把上海建成国际经济、金融、贸易三个中心，是党的十四大的战略决策，也是邓小平同志对上海发展的战略构想。要实现这“三个中心’的战略目标，贸易必须先行。要在21世纪前10年把上海基本建成国际贸易中心，上海必须努力抢占国际贸易的制高点。作为一个国际贸易中心，必、须具 Building Shanghai into three centers of international economy, finance, and trade is the strategic decision of the Party’s 14th National Congress and is also a strategic concept of Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s development of Shanghai. To realize the strategic goals of the “three centers,” trade must go ahead.To build Shanghai into an international trade center in the first 10 years of the 21st century, Shanghai must strive to seize the commanding heights of international trade. As an international trade center, there must be