西北地区第八届城市志研讨会于 2 0 0 3年 9月 3～ 5日在甘肃省张掖市举行。出席会议的有西北地区各省会城市地方志办公室和甘肃省地方志办公室负责同志及有关专家共 52人。会议主题是与时俱进 ,开创西北地区城市志工作新局面。西北地区城市志协作组组长孙亚伟传达了中国地方志 The 8th Symposium on Urbanism in Northwest China was held in Zhangye, Gansu Province on September 3-5, 2003. Attending the meeting were 52 local gazetteers of provincial capitals and provincial gazetteers of Gansu Province and relevant experts from the northwestern region. The theme of the conference is to keep pace with the times and open up a new prospect of urban work in northwest China. Sun Yat-wei, head of the collaboration team for urban ambition in the northwest region, conveyed the Chinese local history