今年外经贸战线任务艰巨,除须完成既定出口创汇目标,还要面对并学习GATT马拉喀什会议最终协议的种种新规则,有识之士纷纷建议对此须未雨绸缪。服务贸易与知识产权、投资协议一样,是WTO诞生后需要加以认真研究的经贸新领域,本期专题以逐步开放的中国保险市场为主线,介绍了这方面的概略并附带介绍了主要发达国家保险市场各种独具特色的沿革和现状,供读者参考。当然,服务贸易是资本、劳务、信息三者之一,越过国境去接受或提供一种服务,其范围自然远远大于保险市场。 This year’s difficult task in foreign trade and economic cooperation will be enormous. In addition to fulfilling the target of earning foreign exchange for exports, we must also face and learn the new rules governing the final agreement of the GATT Marrakesh Conference. All people of insight have suggested that this should be done in a rainy day. Trade in services, like intellectual property rights and investment agreements, is a new economic and trade area that needs to be carefully studied after the birth of the WTO. This issue focuses on the gradual opening up of the Chinese insurance market. It introduces the general outline of this and introduces the major developed countries insurance Market a variety of unique history and status quo for readers reference. Of course, trade in services is one of the three components of capital, labor and information. Crossing the border to accept or provide a service, the scope of services is far greater than the insurance market.