新世纪西部大开发的战略唤醒了沉睡多年的西部土地,为西部地区经济、社会的发展再次注入了生机和活力,给西部地区各业的繁荣带来了又一次历史机遇。西部大开发必将迎来西部农业的大开发,这对西部农村经济发展的重要金融支持力量———农村信用社来说,既是一次历史的挑战,又是一 The strategy of developing the western region in the new century has awakened the western land, which has been sleeping for many years, once again infusing vigor and vitality into the economic and social development in the western region and bringing another historic opportunity to the prosperity of various industries in the western region. The great development of the western region will surely usher in the great development of agriculture in the western part of our country. This is not only a historic challenge but also an important financial support force for the economic development of the western rural areas --- the rural credit cooperatives