党的十六届三中全会提出坚持以人为本,树立全面、协调、可持续的发展观。这是贯彻“三个代表”重要思想的具体体现和根本要求。统筹国内发展和对外开放是科学发展观的重要内容。统筹国内发展和对外开放的必要性和紧迫性统筹国内发展和对外开放,是全面提高对外开放水平,进一步发 The Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee put forward the principle of putting people first and establishing a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept. This is a concrete manifestation and a fundamental requirement for implementing the important thinking of the ’Three Represents.’ To co-ordinate domestic development and opening to the outside world is an important part of the scientific concept of development. The Necessity and Urgency of Co-ordinating Domestic Development and Opening to the Outside World Co-ordinating domestic development and opening to the outside world is to raise the overall level of opening up to the outside world further