同志们:这次全省统计工作会议是在全省上下开始实施西部大开发战略之际召开的。我代表省人民政府向与会全体同志及全省广大统计工作者致以亲切的问候!近年来,适应社会主义市场经济体制改革和推进“两个根本性转变”新形势的需要,我省各级统计部门及广大统计工作者在省委、 Comrades: This provincial statistical work conference was held on the occasion of the start of implementation of the strategy for the grand development of the western region in the entire province. On behalf of the provincial people’s government, I would like to extend my cordial greetings to all the participating comrades and the vast numbers of statistical workers throughout the province. In recent years, in order to meet the needs of the socialist market economic system reform and the new situation of “two fundamental changes,” our province Statistics departments at all levels and the majority of statistical workers in the provincial party committee,