国务院总理朱鎔基近日在甘肃、青海、宁夏考察时强调,要不失时机地实施西部大开发战略。朱鎔基说,在世纪之交,中国现代化建设即将全面实现第二步战略目标,并向第三步战略目标迈进的时候,提出加快西部地区大开发,是党中央高瞻远瞩,统揽全局,审时度势作出的战略决策,这不仅在经济上,更重要的是在政治上,都具有重大的现 During his visit to Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia recently, Premier Zhu Rongji emphasized that we must seize the opportunity to implement the strategy for the development of the western region. Zhu Rongji said: At the turn of the century, when China’s modernization drive is about to fully realize the second-step strategic goal and progress toward the third-step strategic goal, it is proposed that accelerating the large-scale development of the western region is the CPC Central Committee’s vision of the future with a view to taking the overall situation into consideration. Strategic decisions, not only economically, but more importantly, are politically significant