On February 4, 2005 (Lunar Calendar December 26, 2004), the 5th anniversary Symposium of the Great Development of the West was held in Beijing. The scope of the Great Development of the West includes Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet Autonomous Region, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guizhou Autonomous Region, directly governed municipalities and other 12 provinces, autonomous regions, area of 685 million square kilometers, accounting for 71.4% of the country. At the end of 2002, the population of 3.67 billion people, accounted for 28.8% of the country. In 2003, the domestic GDP of 22.660 billion yuan, accounted for 16.8% of the country. The