左宗棠西征是对中国西部发展有着深远影响的一次重要的军事行动。晚清特殊的国情,使就地发展西北农业经济成为左宗棠争取西征胜利的首要选择。历史证明,左宗棠西征极大地促进了晚清西北农业经济的发展。在深入推进西部大开发的今天,以史为鉴,考察左宗棠西征对发展西北农业经济的贡献,具有重要的历史和现实意义。 Zuo Zongtang’s extermination is an important military operation that has a profound impact on the development of western China. The special national conditions in the late Qing dynasty made the in situ development of the northwestern agricultural economy the first choice of Zuo Zongtang’s victories in the Western Expedition. History shows that Zuo Zongtang’s expedition has greatly promoted the development of Northwest agricultural economy in the late Qing dynasty. Today, in an in-depth development of the western region, taking history as a mirror and examining the contribution of Zuo Zongtang’s western expedition to the development of the agricultural economy in the northwest has an important historical and practical significance.