吉首市是一个少数民族聚居的小城镇,现有居民18万人,其中农业人口占80％左右,由于受经济、技术条件的限制,财政收入多年来徘徊在百万元左右,靠国家补贴过日子。党的十一届三中全会后,进行了多方面的改革,财政经济状况有所好转,1984年实现财政收入633万元。为了进一步解决目前工业基础薄弱、技术落后、建设资金紧缺等问题,他们大力开展横向经济联合,取得了很大成绩。他们从1984年开始,成立了市政府横向经济联合领导小组,并抽调业务骨干组成办公室,现已配备专职和兼职办事人员132人。由于有—个强有力的横向联系队伍,分别与上海、广州、四川、贵州、湖北等省市联系,组成了四通八达的横向经济联合网络。为了发展横向经济联合,该市制定了有关横向联合的政策。主要有五条:(1)允许 Jishou City is a small town where ethnic minorities live together. At present, it has a population of 180,000, of which 80% are agricultural population. Due to the restriction of economic and technical conditions, the fiscal revenue has been hovering at around 1 million yuan for many years and has been subsidized by state subsidies . After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China conducted various reforms, its financial and economic conditions have been somewhat improved. In 1984, it achieved a revenue of 6.33 million yuan. In order to further solve the current problems of weak industrial foundation, backward technology and shortage of funds for construction, they have made great efforts to carry out horizontal economic cooperation and have achieved great success. Since 1984, they have set up a joint leading group for horizontal economic cooperation by the municipal government and drawn up the backbone of their business to form an office. Now they have 132 full-time and part-time staff. As there is a strong contingent of horizontal contacts with Shanghai, Guangzhou, Sichuan, Guizhou and Hubei, respectively, the formation of a horizontal economic alliance formed in all directions. In order to develop horizontal economic cooperation, the city has formulated a policy on horizontal integration. There are five main: (1) allowed