国家发展计划委员会主任曾培炎在2000年1月4日国务院新闻办公室举行的记者招待会上说:“两部地区大开发的准备工作正在紧锣密鼓地进行,并将在今年迈出实质性的步伐。”他指出,西部开发是一项战略性决策,如果西部不发展,中国就无法实现到本世纪中叶达到中等发达国家水平的目标。这是国家计委继党中央做出的开发大西北战略目标后所进行具体实施阶段的开端。标志着国家对西部大开发战略已经付 Zeng Peiyan, director of the State Development Planning Commission, said at a news conference held January 4, 2000 at the State Council Information Office: "Preparations for the large-scale development of the two regions are in full swing and will make substantive strides this year. He pointed out that developing the western region is a strategic decision and that if the west does not develop, China will not achieve the goal of reaching the level of a medium-sized developed country by the middle of this century. This is the beginning of the concrete implementation stage carried out by the State Development Planning Commission following the development of the Great Northwest strategic goal by the Central Committee of the Party. It marks that the country has paid for the strategy of developing the western region