资源富集和地域辽阔是柴达木地区的一大优势，但由于自然、历史、社会诸多方面的原因，使资源优势没有很好的转化为经济优势。在跨世纪的重要时期，西部大发展已成为国家缩小地区发展差距对策提了出来，这无疑给柴达木资源开发带来难得的发展机遇。青海要振兴，海西任务重，抓 Resource enrichment and vast territory are a major advantage of the Qaidam region. However, due to many reasons of nature, history and society, the resource advantages are not well transformed into economic advantages. In an important period of the cross-century, the development of the western region has become a national strategy for narrowing the development gap. This will undoubtedly bring about a rare development opportunity for the development of Qaidam resources. Qinghai to revitalize, Hercynian tasks, grasp