一、云南建设中国面向西南开放桥头堡的背景与意义2009年7月,胡锦涛总书记在云南考察工作时指出,“要充分发挥云南作为我国通往东南亚、南亚重要陆上通道的优势,深化同东南亚、南亚和大湄公河次区域的交 I. Background and Significance of Building China’s Bridgehead Facing Southwest China in July 2009 General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out in his inspection work in Yunnan that ”we must give full play to Yunnan’s advantages as an important land passage to Southeast Asia and South Asia, South East Asia, South Asia and the Greater Mekong Subregion