可以预见 ,西部开发战略的全面实施与深化发展 ,将如同２０世纪８０年代的沿海改革开放战略一样 ,在实现中华民族伟大复兴的征程上 ,具有极为重要的历史意义。然而 ,西部地区的自然条件、经济基础、社会结构、民族构成、教育水平、人口素质 ,文化传统 ,皆与东部地区存在明显的 It is foreseeable that the full implementation and deepening of the western development strategy will, like the coastal reform and opening-up strategy in the 1980s, have an extremely important historical significance in the journey towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. However, the natural conditions, economic foundation, social structure, ethnic composition, educational level, population quality and cultural tradition in the western region all have obvious differences with the eastern region