王金祥副主任在《西部大开发“十一五”规划》

新闻发布会上的讲话

国家发展改革委副主任、 国务院西部开发办副主任 王金祥

    女士们、先生们、新闻界的各位朋友们：

    很高兴出席今天的新闻发布会，向大家介绍《西部大开发“十一五”规划》及西部地区发展面临的形势。

    近日，国务院正式批复国家发展改革委、国务院西部开发办组织编制的《西部大开发“十一五”规划》。这充分表明，党中央、国务院高度重视西部大开发工作。对于调动各有关部门、各地区特别是西部地区的积极性，推进东中西协调互动、优势互补，实现西部地区又好又快发展具有重大意义。

    《规划》以科学发展观为主线，明确了“十一五”期间西部大开发工作的指导思想和主要目标。特别强调要加快改革开放步伐，着力转变经济增长方式，提高发展质量，通过国家支持、自身努力和区域合作，不断增强自我发展能力，不断提高广大城乡居民物质文化水平，开创西部大开发的新局面；《规划》立足于以人为本、集中力量办大事的原则，重点部署了社会主义新农村建设、基础设施建设、特色优势产业发展、重点区域发展、生态建设、环境保护和资源节约、基本公共服务、人才队伍建设、扩大对内对外开放等八个方面的重点任务，同时，为有效落实重点建设任务，相应规划了一批重点工程和项目；《规划》从国家政策扶持、金融服务支持、企业发展激励、资源合理开发、政府协调服务、规划有效实施等六个方面，提出了进一步健全西部大开发保障机制的要求。

    《西部大开发“十一五”规划》，是具体落实国家“十一五”规划《纲要》，统筹指导西部大开发的重要纲领性文件，是规范政府行为和依法行使政府职能，推动落实西部地区重点发展任务及重大项目的主要依据。开展规划编制工作一年多来，我们充分听取各个方面的意见和建议，加强与部门规划和地方规划的相互衔接，力求提高规划对实际工作的针对性和可操作性。这个规划编制的过程，成为大家深刻领会和全面贯彻落实科学发展观的过程，也成为大家统一思想、提高认识、振奋精神、扎实工作的过程。我们相信，今后五年，规划的指导性、宏观性、战略性、政策性将会逐步显现。

    当前，西部大开发进入新时期新阶段，面临不少新情况新问题，我们需要相应研究新思路、新措施。

    实施西部大开发战略7年来，在党中央、国务院正确领导下，西部地区广大干部群众艰苦奋斗，推动西部大开发取得了重要进展，基础设施显著改善，生态建设和环境保护取得可喜成效，重点城市和优势产业发展呈现良好势头，社会事业薄弱环节得到加强，民族地区和边远贫困地区脱贫致富步伐加快，各族群众生活进一步改善。同时，促进了东中西互动，为保持国民经济平稳较快发展发挥了重要作用。这些，都为"十一五"以及今后一段时期，继续推进西部大开发奠定了重要物质基础和良好发展环境。

    但是，我们也清醒地看到，西部地区的发展也面临严峻的挑战。生产力不发达、自然生态环境脆弱、基础设施总体滞后、科教文化发展水平不高等长期性深层次矛盾仍然存在；经济结构不合理、增长方式粗放、节能减排任务艰巨等体制性机制性矛盾非常突出；“三农”问题更加严峻、绝对贫困和低收入人口比重高、城乡居民就业和社会保障困难、企业生产安全隐患较多等重大现实问题亟待解决。因此可以说，我国实现全面建设小康社会和构建社会主义和谐社会的难点和重点，都在西部地区。以更大的决心，采取更有力的措施，继续推动和支持西部地区实现又好又快发展，是一个全局性的重大任务。

    下面，我和我的同事愿意回答大家的提问。

Material for the press conference of the State Council Information Office

Opening Remarks
March 1st 2007
WANG Jinxiang, Vice Chairman of the NDRC and Deputy Director of the Office of the Leading Group for Western Region Development of the State Council

Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends from the Press,

It is my great pleasure to attend the press conference today and to make an introduction on the 11th Five Year Plan on Western Region Development and the development of the western region.

The State Council recently approved the 11th Five Year Plan on Western Region Development, the compilation of which was organized by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Office of the Leading Group for Western Region Development, which fully shows the high importance that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach to the western region development. It will be of great significance to activate the initiative of relevant departments and regions especially that of the western region, and to promote the coordinated interaction among East China, Mid China and West China to complement each other's advantages as well as the sound and rapid development of the western region.

The Plan takes the scientific approach to development and specifies the guiding principles and major objectives for western region development during the 11th Five Year period. The Plan underlines acceleration of reform and opening up, efforts on changing economic growth pattern, improvement of development quality and continuous improvement of endogenous development ability and the material and cultural standards of the urban and rural residents through national support, the efforts of western region itself and regional cooperation so that western region development will enter a new phase. The Plan, according to the principles of putting people first and concentrating the resources on the big issues, focuses on eight priorities, namely new socialist countryside building, infrastructure construction, development of industries with advantages and distinctive features, development of key areas, eco-environment building, environmental protection and resource conservation, basic public service provision, talent pool building, and expansion of opening up domestically and internationally.  Meanwhile, a set of key projects and Plans are put forward for the effective implementation of the priorities. The Plan puts forward demands on further improving the support mechanisms for western region development in six areas, i.e. national policy support, financial service support, business development incentive, rational development of resources, coordinated services of government agencies and effective implementation of Plans.

The 11th Five Year Plan on Western Region Development is an important outline to implement the National 11th Five Year Plan and to coordinate and guide western region development, and is a major basis to regulate government behavior and perform government functions according to the laws and regulations and to promote and implement priority tasks and key projects of western region development. For more than one year since the drafting of the Plan started, we have carefully listened to comments and proposals from various sides, strengthened the inter-connection with Plans of other departments and with regional Plans, and made efforts so that the Plan is well-targeted in practice and operational. The compilation of the Plan has become a process to grasp and implement the Scientific Approach to Development and to coalesce opinions, improve understanding, revivify and do a solid work. We believe that, for the next five years, the features of the Plan as a macro guidance and strategic policy will gradually be revealed.

Western region development currently enters a new period and a new phase. However, we face quite a few new problems and challenges, which accordingly require new approaches and measures.

With seven years of adopting the western region development strategy, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, people in the western region have worked hard under unfavorable conditions and have made remarkable progresses in promoting western region development. The infrastructure has been remarkably improved and great achievements have been made in eco-system building and environmental protection. The development of key cities and advantageous industries has taken on a good momentum. The weak sectors in social undertaking have been strengthened. There is an accelerated pace for ethnic, remote and impoverished area to reduce poverty and become prosperous, with further improved living standards for different groups. The interaction between East China, Mid China and West China is promoted, which plays an important role in maintaining the stable and relatively rapid national economic development. This has laid important foundation and will create good environment for western region development during and after the 11th Five Year period.

However, we are fully aware that development in the western regions still faces great challenges. There remain the long-term and deep-rooted challenges of underdeveloped productivity, vulnerable natural and ecological environment, backward infrastructure facilities in general, low level of science and education, etc. Some challenges within the system and mechanism such as irrational economic structure, external growth pattern and heavy tasks on energy conservation and emission reduction are prominent. There are some top issues of concern to people's daily lives to be dealt with, i.e. those related to agriculture, farmers and rural areas, high percentage of impoverished and low-income population, employment and social security for urban and rural residents, safety risks in business production, etc. Therefore, it is fair to say that the difficulty and focus for the realization of a moderately prosperous society and socialist harmonious society lie in the western region. It is a significant task of concern to the whole nation to continue to assist and support the western region in making sound and rapid development with more determination and more effective measures.

Now my colleagues and I are willing to take your questions.

    来源：国务院西部开发办