西部大开发在许多方面都涉及到长江。对长江的治理、保护、开发和利用,构成了西部开发的重要内容。对西部开发实施宏观调控和法律保障,就需要对关于长江的工作进行规范。西部开发再次呼唤《长江法》。《长江法》是西部开发的一个重要法律保障,为了搞好西部开发,建议全国人大尽快制定《长江法》。一、依法筹开发依法开发是依法治国在西部大开发中的具体体现。建立适应西部开发的法制是搞好西部开发的根本保障。西部开发需要法制,西部开发离不开法制。本世纪30年代初,美国田纳西河流域内七个州的人均收入不到全国人均收入的一半,许多家庭的年收 The western development involves the Yangtze River in many ways. The governance, protection, development and utilization of the Yangtze River constitute an important part of the development of the western region. To implement macro-control and legal guarantee for the development of the western region, we need to standardize the work on the Yangtze River. Western Development calls again for the “Yangtze River Law.” The “Yangtze River Law” is an important legal guarantee for the development of the western region. In order to do a good job of developing the western region, it is suggested that the NPC should formulate the “Yangtze River Law” as soon as possible. First, the law-based development and development according to law are the concrete manifestation of the rule of law in the western development. Establishing a Legal System that Adapts to Western Development Is the Fundamental Guarantee for Improving the Development of the Western Region. The development of the western region needs the rule of law and the development of the west can not be separated from the rule of law. In the early 1930s, the per capita income of the seven states in the Tennessee Valley in the United States was less than half of the national per capita income, and the annual income of many families