2000年一开头,“西部大开发”成了中国最热火不过的话题。在北京召开的人大、政协会上,讨论西部、设计西部以至力争“挤”进西部成为代表、委员与大小官员们乐此不疲的议论焦点。和当年美国“牛仔”们开发西部,直奔淘金大梦的寄托不同的是,今天中国的地方官员们争先恐后要“争当”西部,还是因为中央打算给西部一系列“好政策”。要知道,时下在中国好政策比金子还贵重、难求呢！ At the beginning of 2000, “Western Development” became the hottest issue in China. At the People’s Congress and the Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing, they discussed the issue of discussing the western region, designing the western region and even trying to “squeeze” the western region into a representative, with the members and officials at large and small levels alike. And the difference between what the U.S. “cowboys” tried to develop in the west and went straight to the big gold dreams was that today local officials in China are scrambling to “fight” for the west or because the central government plans to give a series of “good policies” to the west. You know, nowadays in China a good deal more valuable than gold, hard to find too!