“山西之长在于煤,山西之短在于水”。新中国成立以来,山西水利建设自始至终受到自然条件、生产关系和当时政治经济形势的影响和制约,其发展的快与慢、高潮与低潮、顺利与曲折、健康与失误都与这三者有着密切的关系。纵观50多年的发展历程,我们对水利在国民经济中所处地位的认? “Shanxi is the coal, Shanxi is the shortest water.” Since the founding of New China, water conservancy construction in Shanxi has been influenced and restricted by natural conditions, production relations and the current political and economic situation from beginning to end. The rapid and slow development, ups and downs, smooth and tortuous development, health and mistakes are all closely linked with these three Relationship. Throughout the course of 50 years of development, we recognize the status of water conservancy in the national economy?