有关中国西部开发的理论研究，基本上是沿着两条思路展开的：一是政府主导论；二是市场主体论。前者基本上没有摆脱早期发展经济学理论分析框架的束缚，继续过分强调西部地区的独特性 (初始条件低劣、市场不完善 )，对政府直接介入开发持积极态度，这也是当前的主流认识。后者 The theoretical research on the development of western China basically follows two lines of thought: one is government-led theory; the other is market-oriented theory. The former basically did not get rid of the shackles of the framework of the theoretical analysis of early development economics. It continued to emphasize the uniqueness of the western region (poor initial conditions and imperfect markets) and took a positive attitude towards the government’s direct intervention in development. This is the current mainstream understanding. the latter