党的十六大提出全面建设小康社会，这是符合民心、顺从民意的战略部署。实现这一目标，需要各个方面、各个领域都要加快发展。机械工业作为装备工业更要先行一步，发展更快一些，更好一些。全面建设小康社会，要求人们的衣食住行都要提高，而这些，都离不开机械工业提供装备。 The 16th CPC National Congress proposed building a well-off society in an all-round way. This is a strategic plan that meets the requirements of the people and obeying the public opinion. To achieve this goal, we need all aspects and all fields must accelerate their development. Machinery industry as an equipment industry should take the first step, develop faster, better. To build a well-off society in an all-round way and to require people’s basic necessities of life to be improved, these are indispensable to the provision of equipment by the machinery industry.