同志们:今年2月底,国务院召开了西部地区“两基”攻坚工作会议,全面部署了西部地区的“两基”攻坚工作,提出到2007年,西部地区整体上实现基本普及九年义务教育和基本扫除青壮年文盲目标,“两基”人口覆盖率达到85%以上,初中毛入学率达到90%以上,扫除600万文盲,青壮年文盲率下降 Comrades: At the end of February this year, the State Council convened the “two basics” work conference for the western region, fully deployed the “two basics” work in the western region, and proposed that by the year 2007, the western region as a whole will achieve universal access to nine-year compulsory education and Basic elimination of illiteracy targets among young and middle-aged people, the coverage rate of the “two bases” population has reached over 85%, the gross enrollment rate of junior high schools has reached more than 90%, 6 million illiterate people have been wiped out, and the illiteracy rate among young and middle-aged people has decreased.