若羌县地处塔里木盆地东部,行政面积20.23万平方公里,是全国面积最大的县,也是世界同纬度最干旱地区之一。上世纪六十年代,若羌县就被国家确定为新疆最边远艰苦的四类县之一,缺水、少电、资金不足、交通不便、生态环境脆弱等五大困难长期制约着县域经济的发展。2000年4月,组织上调张亚平任若羌县委书记。随着西部大开发战略的实施和自治区优势资源转换战略纵深推进,在若羌全面启动了罗布泊钾盐、塔里木盆地东部油气、阿尔金山矿业旅游三大优势资源 Ruoqiang County, located in the east of Tarim Basin, has an administrative area of ​​202,300 square kilometers and is the largest county in the country and one of the driest regions in the world with the same latitude. In the 1960s, Ruoqiang County was identified by the state as one of the four most remote and difficult counties in Xinjiang. Five major problems such as lack of water, electricity shortage, lack of funds, traffic inconvenience, and fragile ecological environment have long restricted the development of county economy . April 2000, the organization raised Zhang Yaping Ren Ruoqiang county party secretary. With the implementation of the strategy of developing the west region and the strategic transformation of advantageous resources in autonomous regions, the three major advantageous resources of Lop Nur potash, oil and gas in the eastern Tarim Basin and mining tourism in Altun Mountain have been launched in an all-round way