左宗棠在担任陕甘总督、督办新疆军务期间,对甘肃河西走廊的开发与建设给予了极大的关注,在经济上采取的措施有屯田垦荒,安辑流亡;修路筑城,加强管理;修渠筑坝,兴办水利;因地制宜,发展畜牧;禁种罂粟,引植棉桑。文教上采取的措施有遍设义学,遍及教育;大办书院,广育人才,还十分重视生态环境的建设,提倡植树造林,绿化道路、市镇。为河西社会经济的发展,创造了较好的条件。 Zuo Zongtang paid great attention to the development and construction of the Hexi corridor in Gansu during his tenure as governor of the Gansu and Gansu provinces and the military service of Xinjiang. In the measures taken economically, Drainage canal construction, water conservancy; local conditions, the development of animal husbandry; Prohibition of poppy, planting cotton mulberry. The cultural and educational measures have been applied in many fields, including education and education. Universities and educational institutions have been extensively employed, and the construction of ecological environment has also been attached great importance to afforestation, greening roads and towns. For Hexi social and economic development, and create better conditions.