＠于川＠潘振锋￥铁道部财务司１铁路面临的形势和任务１．１新时期铁路肩负的责任非常重大近年来，铁路运营连续四年亏损，截止１９９７年底累计亏损额高达１５６亿元。为此，中央领导于１９９８年初提出要求完成两大任务：一是深化铁路改革，三年实现政企分开、减员增效、扭亏... @ Yu Chuan Pan Zhenfeng ¥ Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Railways 1 Situations and Tasks Faced by the Railways 1.1 The responsibilities shouldered by the railways in the new era are very great. In recent years, railways have been making losses for four consecutive years. As of the end of 1997, the accumulated losses amounted to 15.6 billion yuan. To this end, the Central Government proposed in the beginning of 1998 to fulfill two major tasks: First, to deepen the railway reform and to separate government from enterprises in the next three years;