江泽民总书记在加快中西部地区发展重要讲话时指出,中西部开发要有新思路。之所以强调新思路,这是因为中西部开发比东部更困难。 中西部开发面临的困难首先来自其地区特征。如地处内陆,缺乏对外开放的区位优势,基础设施较落后,缺少与外界的广泛联系,教育发展水平低,缺乏技术人才;其次来自其经济结构。如农牧业占主导且生产水平低下,工业主要依赖资源开发及 In his important speech on accelerating the development of the central and western regions, General Secretary Jiang Zemin pointed out that new ideas must be developed in the development of the central and western regions. The reason for emphasizing new ideas is that development in the central and western regions is more difficult than in the east. The difficulties in the development of the central and western regions come first and foremost from their regional characteristics. If located inland, the lack of opening up the advantages of location, infrastructure is backward, the lack of extensive contact with the outside world, education, low level of development, the lack of skilled personnel; followed by its economic structure. If agriculture and livestock husbandry are dominant and the production level is low, the industry relies mainly on resource development