1　西北地区开发要有新思路江泽民总书记最近指出 ,加快开发西部地区 ,是全国发展的一个大战略、大思路。在发展社会主义经济的条件下 ,加快开发西部地区要有新的思路 ,充分考虑国内外市场需求的新变化 ,按客观经济规律办事。投资于人力资本、社会资本、无形资本的收益大大高于 1 General Secretary Jiang Zemin pointed out recently that the development of the northwest region should have new ideas. Speeding up the development of the western region is a grand strategy and a great train of thought for the development of the whole country. Under the conditions of developing the socialist economy, it is necessary to speed up the development of the western region with new ideas, give full consideration to the new changes in market demand both at home and abroad, and act according to the objective economic laws. The benefits of investing in human capital, social capital and intangible capital are much higher