江泽民主席在1999年6月17日西北五省区国有企业改革和发展座谈会上明确指出,现在我们正处在世纪之交,应该向全党和全国人民明确指出,必须不失时机地加快中西部地区的发展,特别是抓紧研究西部地区的大开发。江泽民 At the symposium on the reform and development of state-owned enterprises in the five northwestern provinces and autonomous regions on June 17, 1999, President Jiang Zemin clearly pointed out: Now that we are at the turn of the century, we should make it clear to the entire party and the people throughout the country that we must seize the opportunity to speed up the development of the central and western regions In particular, we must pay close attention to the large-scale development of the western region. Jiang Zemin