On March 16, 2000 (February 11, 2000), the Western Development Office of the State Council was officially established. The People's Daily on March 16, 2000, according to the Central Decision, the Western Development Leading Group Office of the State Council was formally established and started work recently. The Director of the National Development Plan Committee and the Director of the Western Development Commission, Yuppethan, emphasized that to accelerate the Western development, in accordance with the requirements of the socialist market economy, to fully play the role of the market mechanism, strengthen the macro-regulation of the government. Western development is not a short-term task, it takes several generations of efforts, so it is necessary to guide, protect and play well all aspects of the Western development. According to the central overall deployment, Western development will focus on four major things this year: at the end of this year bas