在目前众多对西部大开发进行理论研究的学者中,中央党校经济研究中心主任周天勇博士的观点,因其独到新颖且可操作性强,而引人注目。他强调:西部大开发的推动力是资金、人才、技术等要素的积累和流入,而要素积累和净流入在市场经济运行体制下,关键决定于要素在西部收益率的高低 Among the many current scholars who have conducted theoretical studies on the development of the western region, Dr. Zhou Tianyong, director of the Central Party School’s Center for Economic Research, is notable for his uniqueness and operability. He emphasized that the impetus to the development of the western region is the accumulation and inflow of funds, talents and technologies. The key factor for the accumulation and inflow of factors under the system of market economy is determined by the rate of return of elements in the western region.