实施西部地区大开发战略 ,加快中西部地区的发展 ,是党中央贯彻邓小平关于我国现代化建设“两个大局”战略思想 ,面向新世纪所做出的重大决策。作为东部沿海省份 ,我们山东应该怎样认识和参与西部大开发 ,是广大干部群众十分关心的问题。最近 ,李春亭省长就此回答了本刊记者提 Implementing the strategy of developing the western region and accelerating the development of the central and western regions are the major decisions made by the Party Central Committee in implementing Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking of “two general plans” for our country’s modernization and facing the new century. As an eastern coastal province, how should we know and participate in the great development of the western region in Shandong is a matter of great concern to the cadres and masses. Recently, Governor Li Chunting answered this reporter