市场经济的不断发育、短缺经济时代的基本结束、加入WTO的临近,特别是国家西部大开发战略的全面启动与实施,使得内蒙古的农村牧区和农牧业迎来了一个全新的发展时期。如何抓住西部大开发的机遇,迎接市场竞争日趋加剧等的挑战,使得新时期内蒙古农牧业及其农村牧区经济的发展走上 The continuous development of the market economy and the basic end of the shortage economy have brought about a brand new period of development for rural areas, pastoral areas and farming and animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia. The entry into WTO and the comprehensive launch and implementation of the national strategy for the western development in particular have come into full play. How to seize the opportunity of the development of the western region and meet the challenge of aggravating the market competition and other issues so that the economic development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia and pastoral areas in the new era will be embarked on