新中国的石油工业在以往的四十多年里为国民经济的发展立下了不朽的功勋，同时自身也打下了坚实的基础，取得了令世人瞩目的成就。今天，石油工业在当前世纪之交以及未来一段关键时期，能否支撑起国民经济的快速增长，愈加凸显出其特殊的战略意义。中国发展石油工业的总方针是 In the past 40 years or so, the oil industry of New China has made immortal contributions to the development of the national economy. At the same time, it has also laid a solid foundation for itself and achieved remarkable achievements. Today, whether the oil industry can support the rapid growth of the national economy at the turn of the current century and at a critical period in the future will increasingly highlight its special strategic significance. The general policy for China’s development of the oil industry is