《了望》周刊1998年第33期刊登原全国人大常委会副委员长、著名社会学家费孝通的文章,提出建立黄河上游多民族经济开发区。 文章说,黄河上游地区,正处在新疆、西藏、宁夏、内蒙古四个民族自治区的中心,是西部的经济文化相对发达一些的多民族聚居区,资源条件也比较好。如果先使这一地区发展成为一个中心,就有了辐射和带动西部发展 “Lookout” Weekly Issue 33, 1998 Published an article by Fei Xiaotong, former vice chairman of NPC Standing Committee and famous sociologist, proposed to establish a multi-ethnic economic development zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The article said that the upper reaches of the Yellow River are at the center of the four ethnic autonomous regions of Xinjiang, Tibet, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, and are relatively rich in economic and cultural development in the western part. The resources are also in relatively good conditions. If we first make this area a center of development, we will have radiation and drive the development of the western region