2010年7月5—6日,中共中央、国务院在北京召开了西部大开发工作会议。会议确立了西部大开发战略的10年目标和规划。早在2010年3月,在全国对口支援新疆工作会议上就决定,全国中东部19个省市分别对口支援新疆地区。国资委及中央企业也曾多次前往新疆考察央企在新疆的投资 July 5-6, 2010, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council held a working conference on the western development in Beijing. The conference established the 10-year goal and plan of the strategy for the great development of the western region. As early as March 2010, at the national counterpart support work conference in Xinjiang, it was decided that 19 provinces and cities in the central and eastern parts of the country should respectively support Xinjiang. The SASAC and central enterprises have also visited Xinjiang many times to examine the investment made by central SOEs in Xinjiang