西部劳动力供给和成本具有一定优势 :人力资本不足 ,知识与技术能力普遍薄弱 ;自然资源丰富 ,开发潜力很大 ;本地市场容量相对狭小 ;对外开放程度较低 ;基础设施相对落后 ;生态环境普遍脆弱。文章指出 ,西部产业发展既要发挥资源禀赋比较优势 ,更要推进体制创新 ,改善产业发展的制度环境。 Western labor supply and cost have certain advantages: insufficient human capital, generally weak knowledge and technical capabilities; rich natural resources and great potential for development; relatively small local market capacity; low degree of opening up to the outside world; backward infrastructure; and fragile ecological environment . The article points out that it is necessary to give play to the comparative advantage of resource endowment in the development of the western industry, and promote institutional innovation and improvement of the institutional environment for industrial development.