摘要
The objective of the West China Development Strategy was to boost economic development and to narrow the gap betweeneastern and western China.After ten years of implementation,now is the proper time to summarize and evaluate theperformance so that more suitable measures can be adopted in the subsequent stage.Applying quantitative and qualitativemethods,the author investigates the economic and social changes of the western regions between 1999 and 2008,andevaluates their performances based on the following factors:total economic output,the speed of economic growth,industrial structure,standard of living and infrastructure construction.
The objective of the West China Development Strategy was to boost economic development and to narrow the gap betweeneastern and western China.After ten years of implementation,now is the proper time to summarize and evaluate theperformance so that more suitable measures can be adopted in the subsequent stage.Applying quantitative and qualitativemethods,the author investigates the economic and social changes of the western regions between 1999 and 2008,andevaluates their performances based on the following factors:total economic output,the speed of economic growth,industrial structure,standard of living and infrastructure construction.
