预计今年西部地区钢材需求量将突破2000万t。1999年6月17日,江泽民主席指出,加快中西部地区发展的条件已经基本具备,时机已经成熟。他强调,加快实施西部大开发是“中华民族发展史上的一件惊天动地的伟大事业”、“世界开发史上是一个空前的壮举”。西部地区指陕西、甘肃、宁夏 It is estimated that the demand for steel in the western region will exceed 20 million tons this year. On June 17, 1999, President Jiang Zemin pointed out that the conditions for accelerating the development of the central and western regions are basically met and the time is ripe. He emphasized that speeding up the great development of the western region is a “earth-shattering and great undertaking in the history of the development of the Chinese nation,” and “an unprecedented feat in the history of world development.” The western region refers to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia