云南大学经济学院对外经济贸易系和云南省社会科学院德宏经济研究所合编,李茂兴、施本植、张继涛主编的《边境贸易理论与实务》一书,由云南德宏民族出版社出版,与广大读者见面了。这本书一问世,即受到社会各有关方面的欢迎和好评。这本书之所以得到青睐,很重要的一个原因,在于它的及时性和实用性。当前,边境贸易已成为整个对外经济贸易工作中的一个重要组成部份。中国幅员辽阔,海岸线和内陆边境线之长都是世界上绝大多数国家无法相比的。八十年代中后期、随着改革开放的深入,边境贸易工作有了很大发展,中国大地漫长的国境线上,普遍开展了同周边国家的边境贸易活动。边境贸易无论是从国家还是从地方来说,都具有其重要性,尤其对于地方来说,是地方政府和人民 Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, School of Economics, Yunnan University and Dehong Economic Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, edited by Li Maoxing, Shi Benzhi and Zhang Jitao, published by Dehong Ethnic Press in Yunnan Province, Met As soon as this book came out, it was welcomed and praised by all sectors of society. One of the reasons why this book is so popular is its promptness and practicality. At present, border trade has become an important part of the entire foreign trade and economic cooperation. China is vast in size and its long coastline and inland borderline are beyond comparison for the vast majority of countries in the world. In the mid-to-late 1980s, with the deepening of reform and opening up, border trade has greatly developed. On the long border of China, border trade activities with neighboring countries are generally carried out. Border trade is of great importance both nationally and locally, especially for local governments and people