江泽民同志在去年曾多次明确指出：“现在 ,加快中西部地区发展步伐的条件已经具备 ,时机已经成熟”。“必须不失时机地加快中西部地区的发展。从现在起 ,这要作为党和国家一项重大的战略任务 ,摆到更加突出的位置。”从长远发展看 ,要加快中西部地区的发展 ,关键是要加快中西 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out on many occasions last year that: “Now, the conditions for accelerating the pace of development in the central and western regions are already in place and the time is ripe.” “We must lose no time in accelerating the development of the central and western regions. From now on, this should be a major strategic task for the party and the country and put it in a more prominent position.” From a long-term perspective, it is necessary to speed up the development of the central and western regions. It is necessary to speed up China and the West.