从江泽民在6月17日西北五省国有企业改革和发展座谈会上关于区域经济发展的一番讲话中得到这样一种印象:中国经济的一条短腿——中西部发展的时候到了。用江泽民的话说就是:加快中西部地区发展的条件已基本具备,时机已经成熟。从现在起,这要做为党和国家一项重大的战略任务,提到 From Jiang Zemin’s speech on regional economic development at the forum on state-owned enterprise reform and development in the five northwestern provinces on June 17, we get the impression that the short time of China’s economy, the time for the development of the central and western regions, has come. In the words of Jiang Zemin, the conditions for accelerating the development of the central and western regions are basically met and the time is ripe. From now on, this must be mentioned as a major strategic task for the party and the state