记者：世纪之交，以江泽民为核心党中央做出了实施西部大开发战略的伟大决策，这也是实现我国第二步现代化建设战略目标的重大部署。西部大开发，宁夏怎么办？成了世人关注的热点。最近，自治区党委政府发出了“西部大开发，宁夏要争先”的号召，表达了540万回汉各族人民的热切 Reporter: At the turn of the century, taking Jiang Zemin as the core, the CPC Central Committee has made the great policy of implementing the strategy for the great development of the western region. This is also a major arrangement for realizing the strategic goal of the second phase of our country’s modernization. Western Development, Ningxia how to do? Has become the focus of attention of the world. Recently, the party committee and government of the autonomous region have issued the call of “developing the west and ningxia has to strive first”, expressing the fervor of the 5.4 million people of all ethnic groups in China and the rest of the world