期刊是我国新闻出版事业的重要组成部分。新中国成立以后，尤其是党的十一届三中全会以来，我国期刊出版事业获得长足发展。１９４９年我国仅有期刊２５７种，总印数２０００万册，全国人均不足０．１册；１９７９年达 １４７０种，总印数 １１．８４亿册，人均１册；２０００ Journals are an important part of China’s news publishing. Since the founding of New China, especially since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, the periodical publishing industry in our country has made great strides. In 1949, there were only 257 kinds of periodicals in China, with a total number of 20 million printed copies and less than 0.1 copies per capita in the country. In 1979, 1,470 were printed, with 1.84 billion copies and one copy per capita.