韩国解禁美国牛肉引发政治危机对我国的启示

Revelation to China Incidental to South Korean Political Crisis Triggered by Lifting of the US Beef Ban

作者剖析了韩国因解禁美国牛肉而引发政治危机事件的发生原因,认为韩国的进口牛肉风波对我国如何科学防范疯牛病牛海绵状脑病传入、妥善处理牛肉解禁问题有着重要的启示意义:①疯牛病已经发展成为社会经济问题,事关国家经济安全和社会政局稳定;②疯牛病问题是一个科学问题,任何与疯牛病相关国际贸易的决策都要以科学为基础;③应警惕美国通过各种外交途径施加压力,强行采用政治手段解决牛肉贸易纠纷;④有必要根据疯牛病的最新科学证据和国际流行病学状况,适时调整疯牛病防控政策,掌握解禁主动权以最大限度保护国家利益;⑤应坚持正确的舆论导向,普及疯牛病科学知识,增强社会公众的心理承受能力。

Scrutiny of the cause behind the political crisis triggered by South Korea lifting of US beef ban, can be of important revelation significance for China in that South Korean US beef ban agitation has provided us with experience regarding how to scientifically avert the entry of bovine spongiform encephalopathy（BSE; mad cow disease） into our country, as well as how to handle the lifting of beef import restriction. First, BSE has become a socio-economic issue associated with the economic security and political stability of a State; secondly, BSE is a scientific issue, and any decision regarding international trade involving BSE should be based on science; thirdly, we should be vigilant against the US utilizing various diplomatic leverage to forcefully impose political means in resolving BSE trade dispute; fourthly, we should opportunely amend our disease control policy in line with updated BSE scientific evidence and international epidemiological situation, and thus put ourselves in an advantageous position in handling the lifting of beef ban, with an aim to maximize the safeguarding of national interest; fifthly, we should persist in the correct guidance of public opinion, disseminate scientific knowledge of BSE and augment public capacity to withstand psychological stress.