近年来，国家制定了一系列措施，引导外商投向西部地区，但由于各种原因，目前，西部对外贸易仍然发展缓慢，外资投入少，金融机构外汇业务量小。就重庆市而言，截至1999年末，全市金融机构外汇存款余额6.9亿美元，贷款余额9.9亿美元，分别占全国金融机构外汇存、贷款余额的0.7 In recent years, the state has formulated a series of measures to guide foreign investment in the western region. However, for various reasons, at present, the foreign trade in the western region is still developing slowly with less foreign investment and the foreign exchange business of financial institutions is small. As for Chongqing, as of the end of 1999, the city’s foreign exchange deposits in financial institutions amounted to 690 million U.S. dollars with a loan balance of 990 million U.S. dollars, accounting for 0.7 of the balance of foreign exchange deposits and loans held by financial institutions in the country respectively