Ten years after the implementation of the strategy of developing the western region, the development of the western region has achieved remarkable results and entered the best development period in history. At present, the western development has stood at a new historical starting point and entered a new stage of development. The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and 2020 are the key periods for the western region to stand at a new starting point, form a new breakthrough and take a new step. Under the new situation, we should fully understand the importance and urgency of further deepening the development of the western region from the overall situation and strategic height, further clarify the strategic positioning, key tasks and major policy measures of the development of the western region, and strive to make greater strides in promoting the development of the western region from a new starting point, form a new development mechanism, build new competitive advantages and achieve greater achievements. Bring the western development to a new level and realize the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way.

First, the basic idea of phased adjustment

The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and 2020 are the key periods for the western region to stand at a new starting point, form a new breakthrough and take a new step. Under the new situation and conditions, we should do our utmost to maintain the continuation of the rapid economic and social development in the western region, consolidate the good development momentum in recent years, and make the overall development of the region enter the track of narrowing the regional gap; During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, we will continue to make steady and comprehensive progress, significantly narrow the economic and social development gap between the western region and the eastern and central regions, and finally achieve a key breakthrough in building a well-off society in an all-round way. This is not only the need of the western region's own development, but also the requirement of the country's overall development strategy.

The new stage of development needs new strategic thinking, and the strategic thinking of western development must be adjusted at a new starting point. In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and 2020, according to the requirements of Scientific Outlook on Development for comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development, we should comprehensively and deeply push forward the strategy of developing the western region around the main line of "deepening and accelerating development", push the western region to take greater steps and achieve greater achievements, make the development of the western region reach a new level, make substantial breakthroughs in narrowing the regional gap, and realize the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way.

Second, seize three favorable opportunities and enhance six development capabilities.

First, seize the favorable opportunity to accelerate the adjustment and transfer of international and regional industries and promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure in the western region. In recent years, with the acceleration of economic globalization and the development of China's economy and society, the pace of international and domestic industrial structure adjustment and industrial transfer has been accelerating. On the one hand, the world manufacturing industry continues to shift to China, and this trend has not changed; On the other hand, the cost of land, labor and other factors in the eastern region is rising, and the pressure of industrial structure adjustment, optimization and upgrading is great, and the pace of industrial transfer to the central and western regions is accelerating. The western region is low in factor cost and rich in resources. After years of development, the infrastructure has been gradually improved, and the industrial development has a good foundation. In recent years, it is becoming an increasingly important industrial transfer destination. This has provided extremely favorable conditions for the accelerated development of the western region. Promote the orderly transfer of industries from the eastern region to the western region, actively encourage and guide the western region to undertake industrial transfer according to their respective characteristics, and take undertaking industrial transfer at home and abroad as an important strategy to develop industries with distinctive advantages and promote the optimization and adjustment of economic structure.

Second, seize the favorable opportunity for the western region to enter the stage of accelerated industrialization and urbanization, and promote the process of new industrialization and urbanization in the western region. On the whole, the industrialization process in the western region is in the transition stage from the primary stage to the intermediate stage, while the urbanization process in the western region has entered the intermediate stage. According to the development law of different stages of industrialization and urbanization, after entering the middle stage of development, industrialization and urbanization have the internal motivation to accelerate development, and generally show a trend of accelerating development, and this trend will last for a long time. At this stage, industrialization and urbanization are more closely linked, and they will promote each other and jointly promote all-round economic and social progress. In recent years, the actual situation of the accelerated economic development and urbanization in the western region conforms to the development law at this stage. It can be predicted that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and 2020, the industrialization and urbanization in the western region will maintain the momentum of rapid development, and the development environment will continue to improve. The western region should seize this favorable opportunity, speed up the improvement of institutional mechanisms and development foundation, vigorously promote the process of new industrialization and urbanization, and promote the sustained and rapid economic and social development in the western region.

Third, seize the favorable opportunity to revitalize the economy and expand domestic demand after the financial crisis to promote the improvement of infrastructure and the construction of people's livelihood projects in the western region. Some important measures determined by the state in expanding domestic demand, such as people's livelihood projects, infrastructure, ecological environment construction, post-disaster reconstruction, etc., are the key tasks of the large-scale development of the western region and the urgently needed areas to be solved urgently in the western region. Among these important measures to expand domestic demand, most of the investment is concentrated in the western region, among which the nomadic settlement project and other projects and projects used in the western region are clearly put forward; Rural biogas and drinking water safety projects, water-saving renovation of large irrigation areas; Coal transportation corridor project and the construction of western trunk railways, trunk airports and feeder airports; Reconstruction of junior high school buildings in western rural areas, construction of special education schools and township comprehensive cultural stations; Shelterbelt and natural forest resources protection projects, etc. The western region should seize the favorable opportunity for the country to expand investment demand, strive for more financial support from the state, make greater breakthroughs in areas such as people's livelihood projects, infrastructure and ecological environment construction, further improve the development environment, enhance long-term development capabilities, and promote the sustained and rapid development of the western region.

At the same time, we should continue to strengthen six development capabilities, namely, continue to expand the development of advantageous industries and enhance self-development capabilities; Continue to promote the construction of people's livelihood projects and improve public service capabilities; Continue to strengthen infrastructure construction and enhance development support capabilities; Continue to strengthen the protection of ecological environment and enhance the ability of sustainable development; Continue to accelerate the pace of reform and innovation and enhance the ability of scientific development; Continue to open wider to the outside world and enhance market competitiveness.

Third, focus on five strategic changes.

First, in terms of development ideas, from laying a solid foundation to seeking breakthroughs. "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and 2020, the western development will enter the second stage of comprehensive and in-depth promotion. The general idea of development should be changed from "laying a solid foundation" to "striving for a breakthrough". Its core is to speed up the process of economic and social development, speed up the pace of industrialization, urbanization, marketization, informationization and internationalization, keep the development speed faster than the national average, and realize the turning point of narrowing the economic and social gap with the eastern and central regions and promoting the coordinated development of the eastern, central and western regions.

Second, in terms of development mode, we should change from resource-based to processing and manufacturing, and promote industrial restructuring. The development of the western region should give full play to its resource advantages, but it should not rely on the output of resource products for a long time, and should be prevented from falling into a "resource trap." At present, the proportion of resource-based and primary processing industries in the industrial structure of the western region is high, and the dependence on resources is high. In the early days of industrialization, this situation was common and reasonable. But if you suffer from resource dependence, you will fall into the trap of development. In order to prevent this situation, the western region should change the development mode, vigorously adjust the industrial structure, extend the industrial chain, improve industrial support, accelerate the upgrading of industrial structure and change the economic development mode. Accelerate the process of new industrialization in the western region, promote the transformation of industrial structure from resource development to processing and manufacturing, and build a modern industrial system with optimized structure, reasonable layout, strong competitiveness and western characteristics.

Third, in the development mechanism, from government-led to government-supported guidance and market mechanisms to jointly promote the transformation. It is necessary to organically combine government support and guidance with giving full play to the basic role of the market in allocating resources, create a good investment environment, formulate corresponding investment guidance measures, encourage and attract private capital and foreign investment, and form a diversified development pattern.

Fourth, in terms of development goals, it has changed from simple economic development to paying more attention to all-round economic and social development. Handle the relationship between economic development and social progress, pay more attention to social construction on the basis of economic development, make efforts to safeguard and improve people's livelihood and promote people's all-round development. It should be acknowledged that the economic development gap between the western region and the eastern region will exist for a long time, but there should be great progress in social development such as culture, education, medical and health care, social security and human settlements. The level of basic public services should be close to or even equalized with other parts of the country, so that all people can enjoy the right to development equally, and the quality of life of urban and rural residents will continue to improve. The ultimate goal is to keep the per capita income gap within a reasonable range while the comprehensive quality of life of residents tends to be balanced.

Fifth, in terms of development focus, we will continue to strengthen infrastructure and ecological environment construction as the core, and at the same time develop a characteristic and advantageous industrial system as the core. Development is the top priority of the western development. On the basis of continuing to improve the development environment of the western region, we will strive to enhance the industrial development capability and market competitiveness of the western region. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional resource-based characteristic industries with high technology, continue to develop and expand resource-based characteristic industries such as energy and chemical industry, important mineral development and processing industry, characteristic agriculture, animal husbandry and processing industry, concentrate on accelerating the development of non-resource-based modern advantageous industries such as equipment manufacturing and high-tech industries, actively support and cultivate emerging characteristic advantageous industries, and vigorously develop modern service industries such as tourism and modern logistics. Actively undertake industrial transfer in the eastern region, adjust and optimize the industrial structure, plan and develop a number of key industrial bases and industrial parks, promote the development of industries with distinctive advantages in the direction of scale, clustering and modernization, and push industrial development to a new level.