国务院西部开发办公室近日正式开始工作在即将跨入新世纪的重要历史时刻,以江泽民同志为核心的党中央高瞻远瞩,审时度势,不失时机地作出了实施西部大开发战略,加快中西部地区发展的重大决策。这是邓小平同志“两个大局”战略思想的具体体现,是实现我国跨世纪发展宏伟目标的必然 The Western Development Office under the State Council has officially started its work in an important historic moment about to enter the new century. The party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core has a far-sighted and long-term view of the situation and seized the opportune moment to make major decisions on implementing the strategy for developing the western region and accelerating the development of the central and western regions. This is a concrete manifestation of Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking of “two overall plans.” This is the inevitable necessity of realizing the grand goal of cross-century development in our country.