Pudong Yearbook 1998·English Version is the sec-ond yearbook in English edited and published by the Edi-torial Office of Pudong Yearbook under the leadership ofthe Pudong New Area Administrative Committee.Theyearbook completely and systematically records the newachievements and experiences in politics,economy,cul-ture and social activities obtained by Pudong in the year of1997,including the new problems and conditions.Wehope sincerely that the publication of the yearbook willopen a window to the outside world by providing them withvaluable materials,information and historical factsPudong witnessed during the year of 1997.Pudong Yearbook 1998 is simply compiled in cate-gories,including writings,statistical data and pictures.In about 100 thousand words the yearbook outlines nearlyall the happenings and valuable information in this area in18 categories,such as the chronicle of events,basicfacts,development zones,construction environment,fi-nance,foreign economic relations and trade,industry,commerce and tourism,agricultural economy,economicmangement,politics,law,labor and personnel,sci-ence,education,public health and social life etc.Based on the first English Version,Pudong Year-book 1998 puts great emphasis on the recording and nar-rating of the categories about the development zones andthe economic construction,and at the same time makessome necessary adjustments in the numbers,categories,columns and contents.For example,the category of“fi-nance and tax”in the first version is put into the categoryof“economic management”in this version in accordancewith the functions it performs,while the category of“Fi-nance”is newly added to this version。
