中国已开始启动旨在把发展重点从东部沿海地区转向西部内陆地区的“西部大开发”计划。政府在1月下旬成立了由朱镕基总理领导的西部地区开发领导小组,并决定了加快社会基础设施建设等 China has started to launch the “Western Development” project aimed at shifting development from the eastern coastal areas to the western inland areas. In late January, the government set up a leading group for the development of the western region under the leadership of Premier Zhu Rongji and decided to speed up the construction of social infrastructure facilities