1996年世界经济总的形势比较平稳。从世界经济增长速度看，约为3.75％。1997年预测为4％，1998－2001年约为4．5％。1996年恰好是汽车商品化100周年，当时一场新的产业革命繁荣了世界经济，并出现了经济全球化势头。人类即将迈入21世纪，再一次面对世纪之交的经济大转折。经济 The general situation of the world economy in 1996 was relatively stable. From the world economic growth rate, about 3.75%. 4% for 1997 and about 4.5% for 1998-2001. The year 1996 was exactly the 100th anniversary of the commercialization of automobiles, when a new industrial revolution prospered the world economy and brought about the momentum of economic globalization. The human being is about to enter the 21st century and once again face the economic turning point in the turn of the century. economic