党中央作出西部大开发的战略决策已经整整三年了。这几年,我几乎跑遍了西部省份,在黄土高原、戈壁荒滩,我看了很多小学,发现三年级以下每个班30多个孩子,四年级以上就越来越少,由二十几个到十几个。许多孩子念到三年级会写自己名字就毕业,这使我心情很沉重。 It has been three years since the Party Central Committee made a strategic decision on the development of the western region. In recent years, I have traveled almost all over the western provinces. In the Loess Plateau and the Gobi Desert, I have seen many primary schools. I found that more than 30 children in each class under the third grade are getting fewer and fewer from the fourth grade, A few to a dozen. Many children read the third grade to write their own name to graduate, which makes me feel very heavy.