《半月谈》以《西部开发热中的冷思考》为题，刊登了一组专题的报道，现摘录片断如下。有人觉得，西部开发仅仅是个经济问题、扶贫问题。事实并非如此。社科院边疆文化中心主任马大正强调，西部地区存在不同社情和民族状况，有些问题在东部开发中不成问题，可能在西部一些地区 The “Half Moon Talk” published a series of articles on the topic of “cold thinking in the hot development of the western region”. The following is an excerpt. Some people think that developing the west is only an economic issue and an issue of helping the poor. But in fact, it’s not. Ma Dazheng, director of the Frontier Culture Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, emphasized that there are different social conditions and ethnic conditions in the western region. Some problems are not a problem in the development of the eastern region and may be in some areas in western China