本刊讯国家内贸局党组在学习贯彻全国人大九届三次会议精神时，认真研究了内贸部门如何积极参加西部大开发的问题。局党组书记、局长杨树德提出：实施西部大开发战略，是党中央根据邓小平同志的战略思想，为加快我国现代化建设作出的重大决策。内贸部门要积极参与西部大开发， In our study and implementation of the spirit of the Third Session of the Ninth National People’s Congress, our Party Committee of the State Bureau of Domestic Trade carefully studied how the domestic trade sector actively participated in the large-scale development of the western region. Bureau Secretary Yang Shushu pointed out: The implementation of the strategy for the great development of the western region is a major policy decision made by the Central Party Committee in accordance with Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking and in order to speed up China’s modernization. The internal trade departments should actively participate in the large-scale development of the western region,