新千年上班第二天,国家计委主任曾培炎向媒体透露,国家将参照过去国务院特区办公室的做法,成立西部开发办公室,具体组织西部大开发的实施。这个举措不涉及任何开发实招,却因反映了西部开发的“规格”,引起了许多人的联想:西部将成为一个与当年东南沿海特区相仿的重点发展地区。 The next day after the new millennium went to work, Zeng Peiyan, director of the State Development Planning Commission, disclosed to the media that the state will set up an office for the development of the western region in the light of the past practice of the SAR office of the State Council and will specifically organize the implementation of the western development. This initiative, which does not involve any development of real tactics, has given rise to the association of many because it reflects the “specifications” of the development of the western region. The western region will become a key development area similar to that of the southeast coastal areas of the same year.