山区不仅是海拔上的高地、经济上的洼地;还是传统的高地、现代化的洼地;更是生态服务功能和自然资源功能的高地、现代服务功能和人力资源功能的低地。山区与平原区各有千秋,清醒认识中国山区发展战略地位,对于实现山区现代化乃至中国现代化意义深远。 Mountain area is not only highland and economic depression above sea level, but also is a traditional highland and modern depressions. It is also a lowland of ecological services and natural resources, modern service and human resources. The mountainous and plains areas have their strengths and weaknesses, and a clear understanding of the strategic status of mountainous areas in China is far-reaching for realizing the modernization of mountain areas and even China’s modernization.