全国政协九届五次会议期间，新疆维吾尔自治区人民政府副主席阿不都热依木·阿吉伊明委员向记者畅谈了迈入新世纪的新疆，在机遇和挑战面前的发展思路和战略举措。他说，西部是少数民族聚居的经济欠发达地区，西部开发实际上就是对民族地区的开发，就是党和国家对少数民族最大? During the fifth session of the Ninth CPPCC National Committee, member of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People’s Government, Ahmadinej Ajit Yimin, told reporters about Xinjiang’s development in the new century and its development strategy and strategic measures before the opportunities and challenges. . He said that the western region is an economically underdeveloped region where ethnic minorities live in compact communities. In fact, the development of the western region is actually the development of ethnic regions, that is, the party and the state have the largest number of ethnic minorities.