From global warming, to 24 hours are trading, in fact, the earth has become a whole. For the individual charm of culture will be an opportunity for the future prosperity of society. Communication and transportation means of progress, so that the ecological distance between the earth is increasingly "shrinking" in the face of the global population explosion. In the face of the global population explosion, atmospheric pollution and other challenges, it is significantly more difficult for countries to control events. At the same time, the world's cultural personality of the superior development advantages of the country because of sufficient cultural resources and information advantages over the country, may become and will become the 21st century has a great power of multi-functional entities.
2. Rise of the knowledge economy:
"Knowledge economy" is an economy that develops in a fully intellectualized society. It is characterized by:Sustainable economic development." Knowledge economy" is to promote the coordination of man and nature, sustainable development of the economy. Asset inputs are intangible." Knowledge economy" is an economy based on intangible assets. It is the input of knowledge, intelligence and intangible assets that plays a decisive role. Integration of the world economy. The world market is one of the main factors for sustained economic growth. Intellectualization of economic decision-making. In the era of knowledge economy, mental labor takes the main advantage, and people with intelligence become human capital itself.
3. Economy tends to be globalized:
"Globalization" refers to an economy that operates uniformly on an international scale. One of the symbols of globalization is the formation of a unified world market. High-tech-armed communication links, low transportation costs, and borderless free trade are fusing the entire world into a single market. Coca-Cola, Hollywood blockbusters, McDonald's, KFC, Windows 98 are all reflections of globalization in our daily lives.
4, high-tech to promote the global economy into a new stage of development:
According to the classification of the relevant United Nations organizations, today's high-tech can be divided into eight categories: information science and technology, life science and technology, new and renewable energy science and technology, science and technology of new materials, space science and technology, marine science and technology, high-tech and environmentally friendly and management (soft science). Science and technology. The scientific community generally believe that biotechnology and information technology will become the next century the fate of the country's key technologies.
5, information technology and the network to change people's way of life:
You can click on your bank's home page on the credit card company, department store or utility company's icon, so as to obtain information about your account. You'll be able to drill down into account and payment history. If you have a question about a bill, you can simply send an e-mail instead of writing a separate letter. Sellers will also be able to market other products and services through your online bill review homepage. For the society of the future, accessing information, learning, entertainment, and communication online will become a habit as natural as picking up the phone to talk to someone or ordering goods from a catalog.
6. Consumption tends to be personalized:
According to one's favorite news items, topics, companies, and types of funds, one can turn on the computer and read a newspaper designed for the individual. The application of advanced technology, making large-scale production of a variety of consumer goods according to the consumer's personal requirements has become possible, while the consumer's own quality and the improvement of consumption level, but also the pursuit of personalization has become a fashion trend.
7, the future of work with greater freedom:
"Virtual office, has now become the trend in some developed countries. According to the survey, the United States in 1994 has been 1/3 (43.2 million) or so of the people at least part of the time at home office, 10 million in Europe, the United Kingdom about 1.4 million.
The progress of information technology and the development of the communications industry, so that "telecommuting", "work at home", "virtual office" has become a reality, the emergence of a variety of forms of employment as well as the implementation of the "flexible working system", so that the working population can be more free to dispose of their own time.
8, education from the content to the form of major changes will occur:
The future of the classroom is almost unrecognizable, the heavy bags were replaced by portable computers and micro-computers; human-computer dialogue online learning has become a global phenomenon, those who add to the teaching of the new forms of fun and entertainment will become possible. The emergence of distance learning, multimedia teaching, interactive teaching and other new means will greatly improve the efficiency and quality of teaching, teachers will also face serious challenges.
9, technology entertainment become fashion:
April 1999, a British musician has launched his own development of network music software, you use this software, you are a musician. The future of entertainment will be due to the role of the magic power of science and technology and has an incredible charm. Fortune magazine predicts that technological entertainment will lead the way in the 21st century.
10, environmental issues are becoming more and more prominent in the international community is increasingly concerned:
Global warming, the Earth's average temperature breaks through the maximum value; storms, floods, tropical forest fires damage to the environment, the increasing number of endangered species ...... increasingly serious environmental problems plagued the world's sustainable development. Some researchers say that the next century this trend is not controlled, there will be environmental refugees.
The world is adopting the best environmental technologies, pioneering the use of energy and agriculture; the use of renewable energy, cleaning up nuclear waste, preservation of tropical rainforests; large-scale planting of trees and other measures.