党中央历来十分重视西部地区的发展。早在改革开放之初,邓小平同志就提出了“两个大局”的构想。党的十五大把促进区域经济的协调发展摆在重要的战略位置,提出加大对中西部地区的支持力度。江泽民总书记近几年多次强调西部大开发问题,并于去年６月１７日,在西安召开的国有企业 The Central Party Committee has always attached great importance to the development of the western region. As early as the beginning of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping proposed the concept of “two overall plans.” The 15th National Party Congress put an important strategic position in promoting the coordinated development of regional economy and proposed to increase its support for the central and western regions. In recent years, General Secretary Jiang Zemin has repeatedly stressed the issue of the western development on many occasions. On June 17 last year, the state-owned enterprises held in Xi’an