八年前 ,国务院发展研究中心的“中部地区政策研究”报告 ,在分析了我国东中西的发展态势后 ,提出了“谨防中部塌陷”的观点。八年后的情况表明 ,中部地区确有某种“塌陷”态势 ,其表现 ,一是东部与中部差距急剧扩大 ,两者的GDP的差额比 ,1990年为5 1∶1,1997年扩大为26 1∶1 ;人均GDP的差额比已从4 3∶1扩大为22 5∶1;二是国家对西部开发的支持政策已从90年代初的探索阶段进入到目前的实施阶段 ,因而使西部的投资增长速度大大高于中部 ,中部已成为投资增长的“锅底”。如1998年 ,西部地区固定资产投资增长31 2 %,比中部地区高出16 8个百分点。目前中部地区经济发展所面临的宏观情况是 :在市场经济运作方面落后于东部 ,国家资源分配方面又落后于西部。中部地区在我国经济发展战略中的地位举足轻重。中部地区9省是我国经济快速发展的基础 ,国土面积是全国的29 5%,人口占全国总人口的35 3%,经济总量(GDP)占28 %。这里是我国重要的农产品生产和输出基地 ,1998年在全国名列前十位的产粮省中 ,中部有4个省 ,在全国10个大产棉省中 ,中部地区有5个。中部地区还是我国重要的能源生产和输出基地 ,1998年中部地区的原煤产量占全国的56 8%,东部沿海省市净调入的全国统配煤中 ,90 %以上来自中部。从整个国民经济发展 Eight years ago, the report of “Research on Central Region Policy” issued by the State Council Development Research Center made the point of “guarding against the collapse of the central region” after analyzing the development trend of East, West and East in our country. The situation after eight years shows that there is indeed some kind of “collapse” in the central region. First, the gap between the eastern and central regions has rapidly expanded. The difference between the two is 51: 1 in 1990 and expanded to 26: 1: 1; the ratio of the per capita GDP gap has been expanded from 4 3: 1 to 22 5: 1; secondly, the state’s supportive policies for the development of the western region have entered the current implementation phase from the exploration stage in the early 1990s to the west Investment growth rate is much higher than the central, central has become the “pot bottom” of investment growth. For instance, in 1998, investment in fixed assets in the western region registered an increase of 31.2%, which was 16.8 percentage points higher than that in the central region. At present, the macroeconomic situation facing the economic development in the central region is that it lags behind the western part in terms of the operation of market economy and the allocation of national resources. The central region plays a decisive role in China’s economic development strategy. The 9 provinces in the central region are the basis for the rapid economic development in our country. The land area is 29 5% of the country, with 35.3% of the total population and 28% of the total economy. Here is an important base for the production and export of agricultural products in China. In 1998, among the top 10 grain-producing provinces in the country, there are 4 provinces in the central region, and among the 10 major cotton-producing provinces in the country, there are 5 in the central region. Central China is also an important source of energy production and output in China. In 1998, raw coal production in the central region accounted for 56.8% of the national total. Of the nationally unified coal dumped in the eastern coastal provinces and cities, over 90% came from central China. From the entire national economic development