实施西部大开发,既是实现现代化建设第三步战略目标的客观需要,也是融入经济全球化潮流、适应世界范围经济结构调整、提高我国国际竞争力的迫切要求。实践已证明,扩大开放是一个地区经济发展的强大动力,因此,西部大开发不能沿用传统的发展模式,而应研究新形势下的新思路、新方法、新机制,特别是要采取一些重大的开放政策和措施,从而在更广的范围、更深的层次推进西部大开发。二十多年来,我国对外开放从广东、福建等沿海地区向内地广大地区不断推进,取得了丰硕成果,并积累了宝贵经验。但是,与东部相比,西部地区在开放的总体水平上还存在着较大差距。据统计,去年西部的进出口贸易额占全国的比例不到百分之四,实际利用外资额不到全国的百 To implement the large-scale development of the western region is not only the objective need of realizing the third-step strategic goal of modernization but also the urgent requirement of integrating into the tide of economic globalization, adapting to the worldwide economic restructuring and raising the international competitiveness of our country. Practice has proved that expanding opening up is a powerful driving force for the development of regional economy. Therefore, the development of the western region can not follow the traditional mode of development. Instead, it should study new ideas, new methods and new mechanisms in the new situation. In particular, it is necessary to adopt some major We should open up our policies and measures to promote the development of the western region in a broader scope and at a deeper level. In the past two decades or more, our country has made continuous progress in opening up to the vast areas of the hinterland from the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian and has achieved fruitful results. It has also accumulated valuable experience. However, compared with the eastern part, there still exists a large gap in the overall opening up of the western region. According to statistics, in the past year, the import and export volume in the western part of the country accounted for less than 4% of the national total. The actual amount of foreign capital utilized was less than 100% of the national total