文章认为 ,西部特殊重要的战略地位与经济地理结构 ,使得西部地区成为中华民族政治经济长期稳定发展的一个重要组成部分。西部大开发意味着新世纪中国国家资源配置战略与发展战略的重大调整 ,必然引起西部社会经济结构的重大变动 ,从而使得这一世纪性的重大战略国策必将产生重大的国际政治经济影响 The article holds that the special and important strategic position in the west and the economic and geographical structure make the western region an important part of the long-term stable development of the Chinese nation’s political and economic development. The great development of the western region means that major adjustments in China’s national resource allocation strategy and development strategy in the new century will inevitably cause major changes in the social and economic structure in the western region so that this century’s major strategic national policy will surely produce major international political and economic impact