国务院西部开发办副主任李子彬说,西部开发要处理好五项内容:首先,必须坚持可持续发展,实现经济与环境、人口、资源的协调发展。必须集中力量抓好退耕还林还草、天然林资源保护、京津风沙源治理、天然草地恢复与建设、江河上游水污染治理、中心城市大气污染治理等生态建设和环境保护重点工程,从根本上改善西部地区的生态环境。其二,必须坚持科教兴国战略,实现跨越式发展。要依靠科技进步、加强管理和提高劳动者素质,提高经济质量、经济效益和经济竞争力,从根本上改变粗放型 Li Zibin, deputy director of the Western Development Office of the State Council, said that the development of the western region needs to deal with five major issues: First, we must uphold sustainable development and achieve the coordinated development of economy, environment, population and resources. We must concentrate our efforts on key projects of ecological construction and environmental protection such as returning farmland to forest and grassland, protection of natural forest resources, management of sandstorm sources in Beijing and Tianjin, restoration and construction of natural grasslands, water pollution control in the upper reaches of the river and air pollution control in central cities, To improve the ecological environment in the western region. Second, we must uphold the strategy of rejuvenating our country through science and education and achieve leapfrog development. To rely on scientific and technological progress, strengthen management and improve the quality of workers, improve economic quality, economic efficiency and economic competitiveness, fundamentally change the extensive