广元历史上就是川陕甘三省结合部的物资集散地和商贸流通中心,素有川北“一大都会”之称。1985年建市初,市委、市政府确立了“以商兴市”的经济发展战略。我们抓住机遇,敞开北大门,开拓省际贸易,发展横向经济联合,加强商贸设施建设,强化内部管理,取得显著成效。1995年末,全市社会消费品零售总额29亿元,是建市初的5倍;城乡集市贸易成交总额11.7亿元,是建市初的11倍;商办工业产值实现 Guangyuan is the history of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces with the distribution of goods and business circulation center, known as the northern Sichuan “a metropolis ” said. In 1985, when the city was first established, the municipal party committee and municipal government established the economic development strategy of “developing the city with Shangxing”. We seized the opportunity to open the north gate, open up inter-provincial trade, develop a horizontal economic alliance, strengthen the construction of commerce and trade facilities, strengthen internal management and achieved remarkable results. At the end of 1995, the retail sales of social consumer goods in the city totaled 2.9 billion yuan, five times that of the beginning of the city; the total volume of trade between urban and rural markets was 1.17 billion yuan, 11 times that of the beginning of the city;