西部大开发的春雷已经响彻祖国大地，西部各族人民奔走相告，欢欣鼓舞。西部大开发不仅给西部各族人民带来了千载难逢的好机遇，而且将会有力地推进我国社会主义现代化建设的进程。我是一个在甘肃工作的藏族佛教界人士。甘肃的宗教界人士正在进行如何为西部大开发作贡献的讨论 The spring thunder of the western development has resounded through the motherland and the people of all ethnic groups in the western region have run along to announce their joy and encouragement. The great development of the western region has not only brought a golden opportunity to the people of all ethnic groups in the west but also vigorously promoted the process of socialist modernization in our country. I am a Tibetan Buddhist person working in Gansu. Religious figures in Gansu are discussing how to contribute to the development of the western region