木桶理论告诉我们,一只木桶能盛多少水,并不取决于最长的板,而是取决于最短的板。对区域发展来说,欠发达地区就是木桶理论中的短板。十六届五中全会审议通过的《中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十一个五年规划的建议》,以很大的篇幅专门阐述了“促进区域协调发展”,充分 Barrel theory tells us how much water a bucket can hold, not depending on the longest board, but on the shortest board. For the development of the region, less developed areas are the short board in the theory of barrels. The “Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 11th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” reviewed and passed by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China specifically elaborated on “promoting regional coordinated development”