What is the significance of China's poverty alleviation and development efforts in the western region?

First, strengthen infrastructure construction and lay a solid foundation for long-term development.

Expand the scale of the railway network. We will strengthen the construction of the western railway passenger dedicated line, the inter-regional passage and the "Three West" coal transportation passage. Strengthen the capacity expansion and transformation of existing lines, speed up the capacity expansion and transformation of Shenshuo line and the construction of a number of key railways such as Lanzhou-Chongqing, Nanguang, Guiguang and Taizhongyin. Construction of Xi-Baoji Passenger Dedicated Line and the second double line of Xi-Ankang Railway started.

Accelerate the construction of trunk highway network and water transport infrastructure. We will promote the construction of eight trunk highways for the development of the western region, including Yinchuan to Wuhan and Xi to Hefei. Construction of key highways such as Anxi-Xingxingxia section of Lianhuo Expressway and Dunhuang-Dangjinshankou section of Korla-Xining western passage started. Strengthen the transformation of national and provincial roads in the western region, continue to implement the "unblocked project" and "access project" in rural areas in the western region, and focus on solving the problems of connecting roads between towns and administrative villages and asphalt (cement) roads between towns and villages. We will continue to implement special projects such as rural township passenger stations, rural highway ferry terminals and bridge reconstruction. Further promote the construction of water transport infrastructure such as the Yangtze River Golden Waterway and the coastal ports in Beibu Gulf.

Accelerate the construction of hub airports and regional airports. Accelerate the reconstruction and expansion of regional hubs such as Xi and Chengdu-Chongqing, and the construction of regional airports such as Aershan, Guyuan and Turpan. Improve the function of trunk airports, start construction of a number of regional airports, and actively promote the development of regional aviation.

Vigorously promote the implementation of key water conservancy projects. We will continue to promote the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs and the construction of flood control projects, and support the construction of water source projects such as Rundian, Zeyu, Apricot and Ziqian. Increase the continuous construction and water-saving renovation of large irrigation areas such as Dujiangyan in Sichuan, Qingtongxia in Ningxia and Hetao in Inner Mongolia. Water conservancy projects such as Tingzikou in Sichuan, Haibowan in Inner Mongolia and Pangduo in Tibet started construction.

Promote the construction of energy infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of key infrastructure projects such as the Second West-to-East Gas Transmission Line, skeleton power grid and rural power grid transformation, and improve the power grid for West-to-East Power Transmission. Promote the construction of coal-fired power bases such as Ningdong, and complete and put into operation as soon as possible to bring benefits into play.

Strengthen the construction of infrastructure such as towns and information. Accelerate the construction of rail transit in western central cities such as Chongqing, Chengdu and An. Accelerate the construction of urban sewage and garbage treatment facilities. Do a good job in the construction of telecommunications infrastructure and vigorously promote the construction of the third generation mobile communication network. Promote the construction of a unified e-government network in the western region.

Do a good job in the reserve and preliminary work of key projects. Pay close attention to the planning and research of international transport corridors in Central Asia, Pan Asia and South Asia. Accelerate the preliminary work of the national highway, the railway corridor from Xi to Chengdu, Chongqing to Guiyang to Nanning, and the railway corridor from China to neighboring countries (regions). Promote the construction of strategic safe passage for onshore energy resources. We will carry out preliminary work for projects such as diverting water from the Han River to the Weihe River, Guanjingkou in Chongqing, Hexi Water Diversion Project in Brzin, Xinjiang, and Carabeli Water Control Project.

Second, strengthen environmental protection and ecological construction, and promote the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society.

Consolidate the achievements of returning farmland to forests and grazing land to grassland. Organize and implement the plan to consolidate the achievements of returning farmland to forests, and implement various measures such as basic grain ration fields, rural energy, ecological migration, follow-up industrial development, replanting training, etc. to solve the current difficulties and long-term livelihood problems of farmers returning farmland. Do a good job in afforestation in barren hills and wasteland. Improve the policy of returning grazing to grassland, speed up the implementation of the project of returning grazing to grassland, expand the scope of implementation, strengthen the construction of artificial pasture, pastoral water conservancy and shed, and promote the balance of grass and livestock and captivity.

Continue to promote the construction of key ecological projects. Solidly promote key projects such as the Three-North Shelterbelt, the control of sandstorm sources in Beijing and Tianjin, the protection of natural forests, the construction of the "Three Rivers Source" nature reserve in Qinghai, the comprehensive management of Shiyang River Basin in Gansu, and the ecological protection construction of important water supply areas of the Yellow River in Gannan, Gansu. Do a good job in the comprehensive management of Heihe and Tarim river basins, promote soil and water conservation in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and build warping dams on the Loess Plateau. To speed up the preparation of Qilian Mountain water conservation area and the southeast edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ecological environment protection and construction planning. Strengthen the ecological protection of Diqing River in Yunnan. Promote soil erosion control in rocky desertification areas.

Strengthen comprehensive environmental management. Strengthen the prevention and control of water pollution in Danjiangkou reservoir area and its upper reaches, Three Gorges reservoir area, middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, Dianchi Lake and other key river basins and regions, and continue to carry out pilot projects for paid use and trading of emission rights. Do a good job in environmental monitoring and strengthen the comprehensive management of rural environment and industrial pollution. Deepen the second batch of national circular economy demonstration pilots, support the construction of a number of key circular economy projects, comprehensively promote clean production, and speed up the elimination of enterprises that waste resources, have serious pollution and do not have safe production conditions. Strengthen the prevention and control of geological disasters, and actively promote the restoration and management of mine geological environment and land development and reclamation in key areas. Promote the recycling of construction waste in disaster areas.

Third, adjust the industrial structure and change the mode of economic development.

Accelerate the development of characteristic agriculture. Actively transform low-and medium-yield fields and vigorously develop dry farming and water-saving agriculture. Start the comprehensive control project of soil erosion on sloping farmland and build a number of high-standard basic farmland. Strengthen the construction of grain production capacity in Chengdu Plain in Sichuan, Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi, Hetao Area in Inner Mongolia, Yellow River Basin in Ningxia and Hexi Corridor in Gansu. Actively promote the construction of high-quality cotton, sugar, oilseeds, tobacco leaves, fruits, flowers, tea, sericulture, potatoes, livestock products, Chinese herbal medicines, natural rubber and other production bases, build a number of agricultural product processing demonstration bases, and cultivate a number of leading enterprises with strong driving force. Support the construction of Yangling District in Shaanxi, Tianshui Aerospace Breeding Demonstration Zone in Gansu and Yunnan Subtropical Agriculture Demonstration Zone in Guangxi. Support the construction of production bases for high-quality agricultural products and the development of leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization, improve the level of industrialization, and strengthen the transformation and application of advanced practical technologies in agriculture and rural areas and scientific and technological services.

Promote industrial optimization and upgrading. Organize the implementation and conscientiously implement the national key industry adjustment and revitalization plan. Actively develop science and technology-oriented industries, improve the scale and level of aerospace, modern equipment manufacturing, electronic information, national defense science and technology, new energy and new materials, and promote the construction of high-tech industrial bases such as Shaanxi Yanliang Civil Aviation, Gansu Jinchang New Materials, Sichuan Chengdu Biology and Deyang Major Equipment Manufacturing. Optimize the development of resource-based industries, promote the intensive development of energy, chemical industry and mineral resources processing industry, and improve the comprehensive utilization level of resources. Xinjiang Dushanzi Petrochemical100000 tons of oil refining and100000 tons of ethylene projects will be completed, which will accelerate the construction of a number of key oil and gas production capacities such as Changqing and Sebei. Gradually build oil and gas development, comprehensive utilization and export bases in Ordos, Tarim, Junggar, Qaidam and Sichuan Basin. Further increase the pace of technological transformation of enterprises, and enhance the technical level and product competitiveness.

Enhance the ability of independent innovation. Strengthen the construction of national science and technology infrastructure in the western region and continue to build a number of national key laboratories and engineering technology research centers. Support scientific research institutes and enterprises to undertake major national scientific and technological projects and carry out scientific and technological research around the key issues facing the western region. We will continue to maintain and increase policy support for western high-tech zones and support the development of small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises. Give full play to the scientific and technological advantages of national defense industry, encourage the combination of military and civilian, and support the development of Mianyang Science and Technology City.

Improve the development level of modern service industry. Strengthen the construction of tourism infrastructure, improve the infrastructure of tourist areas, actively develop natural eco-tourism and rural folk tourism, and cultivate and develop a number of boutique tourist attractions. We will continue to promote the upgrading and transformation of agricultural products wholesale market, the market project of thousands of villages and towns, the market project of "double hundred markets" and the rural business information service project. Actively cultivate e-commerce service industry, focus on developing modern service industries such as culture, exhibition and creativity, and accelerate the development of service outsourcing. Strengthen the integration of local financial resources, vigorously improve the corporate governance of local corporate banking institutions, and encourage joint-stock commercial banks and foreign banks to set up branches in the western region. Improve the financing guarantee system for small and medium-sized enterprises, promote the development of new rural financial institutions such as village banks, and expand the coverage of rural microfinance in the western region.

Guide the orderly transfer of industries. Give full play to the advantages of capital, technology, talents and management in the eastern region and the advantages of resources, market and labor in the western region, and guide the gradient transfer of industries in the eastern region to the western region. Relying on transportation trunk lines and hubs, we will select a number of cities with certain basic conditions to carry out pilot projects to undertake industrial transfer in the eastern region, and promote the establishment of demonstration parks to undertake industrial transfer and interactive industrial cooperation between the east and the west. Strictly control industrial policies, environmental protection and intensive use of resources to prevent backward production capacity from transferring to the western region. To study and formulate specific policies for the central and western regions to undertake industrial transfer. Major industrial projects approved by the state are given priority in the western region.

Fourth, strengthen the construction of people's livelihood projects and promote social harmony.

Accelerate the construction of affordable housing projects. Accelerate the construction of low-rent housing in cities, and intensify the transformation of state-owned forest areas (fields), reclamation areas, shanty towns in mining areas, urban shanty towns and shanty towns in local coal mines decentralized by the central government. We will expand the pilot scope of nomadic settlement projects and the renovation of dangerous houses in rural areas, and accelerate the renovation of thatched houses and dangerous houses in border areas. Promote the construction of turnover houses for teachers and medical staff in remote areas.

Improve rural production and living conditions. Increase investment in rural infrastructure, and gradually cancel the matching funds for public welfare construction projects below the county level. Strive to basically solve the drinking water safety problem of rural population in the western region in 2-3 years. By 20 10, asphalt (cement) roads will be basically accessible to towns and villages, and roads will be accessible to villages. Accelerate the development of small hydropower instead of fuel and rural biogas. Improve the market system of agricultural products (15.00, -0. 14, -0.92%), support the construction of circulation infrastructure such as bulk agricultural and sideline products wholesale markets and bazaars in the western region, and promote the extension of chain operation to rural areas. Establish a policy subsidy system for rural passenger transport.

Intensify poverty alleviation and development. Continue to increase investment in poverty alleviation funds, implement measures, and fully implement poverty alleviation policies for low-income people. Strengthen the promotion of the whole village, improve the level of industrialization poverty alleviation, actively and steadily promote the poverty alleviation work of immigrants, and improve the self-development ability of the rural poor. Give priority to supporting poverty alleviation and development in old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas and border areas, and increase support for special poverty-stricken areas. An effective way to link the rural minimum living security system with the poverty alleviation and development policy.

Do a good job in farmers' entrepreneurship and employment. On the basis of summarizing the pilot experience of Nanchong, Ganzi and Gannan in Sichuan, some mature counties (cities) were selected to expand the pilot scope of farmers' entrepreneurship promotion project. Strengthen the construction of rural labor transfer employment service and vocational skills training system, and continue to implement rural labor skills employment plan, rural labor transfer training sunshine project, spark science and technology training, and rain and dew training plan. Guide farmers to go out for employment in an orderly manner, encourage farmers to find jobs nearby, support migrant workers to return home to start businesses, and increase non-agricultural income.

Five, accelerate the development of social undertakings, improve the level of basic public services.

Give priority to the development of education. Further popularize and consolidate nine-year compulsory education and continue to support the remaining 42 counties in the western region to complete the "two basics" task as soon as possible. Strive to basically solve the rural "Nine-Year Plan" debt problem within three years. Support "bilingual" education in ethnic areas. We will continue to implement the renovation project of rural junior high school buildings and the safety project of primary and secondary school buildings, and intensify the renovation of dilapidated buildings and the construction of rural boarding schools. Accelerate the development of rural secondary vocational education, improve school conditions, strengthen basic capacity building, and gradually implement free secondary vocational education. Basically, every prefecture-level city and county with a population of more than 300,000 has 1 independent special education schools. Continue to support the development of higher education, and gradually improve the admission rate of college entrance examination in areas with shortage of higher education resources in the west.

Improve basic medical and health services. Actively promote the reform of medical and health system, optimize regional health planning, strengthen the construction of public health service system, and give greater tilt to the western region in the funds for special medical and health construction such as standardization of county hospitals. Vigorously develop traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine. Consolidate and develop the new rural cooperative medical system, expand the beneficiaries of participating farmers and improve the degree of benefit. Strengthen the prevention and treatment of major diseases and endemic diseases and the handling of public health emergencies. Accelerate the construction of maternal and child health and family planning service system at the grassroots level, stabilize the low fertility level, and expand the implementation scope of the project of having fewer children and getting rich quickly.

Improve the grass-roots public cultural service system. Accelerate the construction of radio and television coverage, township comprehensive cultural stations, the fourth phase of the West New Project, the enjoyment of national cultural information resources, the flow of stage car and rural film screening, and improve the grade standards of county-level cultural centers and libraries. We will do a good job in protecting natural heritage, intangible cultural heritage and major sites in the western region and strengthen the construction of key cultural relics protection projects. Strengthen the protection of rescue cultural relics, historical and cultural cities, towns and villages. Continue to implement the farmers' physical fitness project.

Improve employment and social security. We will implement policies to promote the employment of college graduates, migrant workers and vulnerable groups, and strive to improve the employment level. We will further expand the coverage of various social insurances, strengthen the construction of the basic old-age service system, carry out pilot projects of new rural social old-age insurance, comprehensively establish a social security system for land-lost farmers, and implement the policy of "insurance before levy". Improve the standard of pensions and subsidies for special care recipients, and appropriately raise the standard of urban subsistence allowances and subsidies.

Strengthen talent development. Further improve the policies and measures for talent development in the western region, and establish and improve the system and mechanism for attracting, retaining and making good use of talents. Take various forms to actively cultivate a group of rural practical talents, professional talents and high-level talents urgently needed in the western development. Encourage and support the establishment of different levels and various forms of western talent development funds channels. Actively introduce talents and vigorously attract high-level talents at home and abroad to start businesses in the western region. Increase the central financial input, reward teachers and medical staff who have worked at the grassroots level for a long time, and give subsidies to teachers and medical staff who support remote and poor areas in the west in line with relevant state policies. Improve the cadre exchange mechanism, guide the flow of talents to the western region, and encourage social volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in the western region.

6. Coordinate regional development and actively cultivate economic growth poles.

Promote the development of key economic zones. Actively promote key economic zones such as Chengdu-Chongqing, Guanzhong-Tianshui and Guangxi Beibu Gulf to become strategic highlands that lead and drive the development of the western region. Accelerate the pace of Chongqing-Chengdu comprehensive reform of urban and rural areas, promote Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone to take the lead in building innovative areas, and support Xi 'an to build a demonstration base for comprehensive reform of scientific and technological resources. Promote the development and opening up of Guangxi Beibu Gulf and accelerate the construction of national high-tech industrial belt. Actively promote the construction of two Cuntan bonded port areas in Qinzhou and Chongqing, Guangxi. To study the feasibility of establishing Xi 'an Dry Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone. We will carry out development plans for key areas such as Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Old Area, Hubao 'e in Inner Mongolia and the northern slope of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang. Actively promote the construction of cross-regional urban integration, accelerate the process of urban-rural integration of Chengdu and Chongqing and the integration of cities such as Xi' an, Xian and Wuchang, and guide the rational flow of various factors across regions.

Guide the sustainable development of resource-rich areas. We will promptly carry out pilot projects of circular economy zones in resource-rich areas such as Qaidam in Qinghai, Erdos in Inner Mongolia, Panzhihua in Sichuan, Junggar in Xinjiang and Liupanshui in Guizhou to promote the orderly development of resources. Intensify the exploration of mineral resources and form a number of important energy and mineral resources replacement areas. Accelerate the transformation of resource-exhausted cities such as Baiyin in Gansu, Shizuishan in Ningxia, Gejiu in Yunnan, Tongchuan in Shaanxi and Wansheng District in Chongqing. Study and formulate guidelines for sustainable development in resource-rich areas.

Accelerate the development of ethnic minority areas and old revolutionary base areas. Conscientiously implement the policies and measures of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on supporting the economic and social development of Tibetan areas in Tibet, Xinjiang, Ningxia and Qinghai provinces. We will increase support for the development of poverty-stricken minority areas in southern Guizhou, northern Guangxi, eastern Yunnan, southern Xinjiang, Wuling Mountain, northern Sichuan and Gannan, and explore development models. Support developed areas and ethnic minority areas to carry out counterpart support for labor export. We will increase support for the development of ethnic minority areas with less population and support a number of ethnic autonomous counties with concentrated poor population to develop county economy. We will further promote the action plan for prospering the border areas and enriching the people, and organize the preparation of the development and opening-up plan for border areas. Enhance the self-development ability of the old revolutionary base areas, focus on solving outstanding problems such as transportation, water conservancy, education and health in the old revolutionary base areas, and encourage the development of industries with distinctive advantages relying on the advantages of energy, minerals, agriculture and red tourism. Carry out the preparatory work for the revitalization planning of the old revolutionary base areas in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.

Promote the leap-forward development of key border towns. Accelerate the pace of town construction at key border ports, improve the functions of border economic cooperation zones, expand the scale of border trade and improve the level of export processing. Actively promote the further opening up of Dongxing, Guangxi, Ruili, Yunnan, Yining, Xinjiang and Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, strengthen cooperation with neighboring countries and regions in the development and utilization of resources and energy, and build an open bridgehead along the border.

7. Deepen reform and opening up and build a new pattern of opening up at home and abroad.

Promote the reform of institutional mechanisms. Effectively transform government functions, reduce and standardize administrative examination and approval, and improve administrative efficiency. Strengthen the management and service of the public, and build a responsible government and a service-oriented government. Accelerate the development of the non-public economy, optimize the development environment, and increase the proportion of the non-public economy in the national economy. Accelerate the adjustment of the layout and structure of the state-owned economy, deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises, and actively cultivate large enterprises and groups. Accelerate the reform of resource tax and further improve the distribution relationship between the central and local governments of mineral resources compensation fees. Study and establish an ecological compensation mechanism, carry out ecological compensation pilot projects in major river sources and regions with extremely important ecological status, such as the "Three Rivers Source" in Qinghai, and establish a national comprehensive experimental zone for ecological protection. Further improve the long-term and stable funding channels for the large-scale development of the western region.

Strengthen the interaction between the eastern, central and western regions. Adhere to the principles of government promotion, market operation, mechanism innovation and mutual benefit and win-win, encourage the eastern and central regions to set up various special funds for regional cooperation, and promote the rational flow of various production factors. Promote the construction of long-term and stable energy and mineral resources development bases in the eastern and western regions. Establish and improve various inter-administrative regional economic cooperation organizations and industry organizations. We will continue to build an interactive platform between the East and the West, such as the East-West Cooperation and Investment and Trade Fair and the Western International Expo. Actively promote the developed eastern regions to help the poor western regions. Accelerate the establishment and improvement of regional coordination and interaction mechanism, and form a new pattern of coordination, interaction, mutual promotion and common development in the eastern, central and western regions.

Carry out foreign economic exchanges and cooperation. Increase the introduction of international industrial capital and financial capital, improve the quality and level of foreign capital utilization in the western region, and support international capital to invest in key projects and enterprises in line with national policy orientation through venture capital funds and equity investment funds. Implement the "going out" strategy, guide, encourage and support enterprises in the western region to actively participate in foreign investment, foreign contracted projects and foreign labor cooperation. Make full use of the platform role of international regional cooperation organizations, and extensively participate in Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation. Establish a demonstration center for investment and economic cooperation in Central Asia, and accelerate the construction of Horgos International Cooperation Center and Pingxiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone. Vigorously develop border trade and actively explore new modes of development and opening up in border areas.

8. Accelerate post-disaster reconstruction in earthquake-stricken areas and complete the planning tasks in an all-round way.

Comprehensively promote the restoration and reconstruction of people's livelihood projects. Implement the overall plan for post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction in Wenchuan. Give priority to ensuring the housing construction of the people in the disaster areas, basically complete the task of housing reconstruction for rural residents by the end of 2009, and comprehensively start urban housing reconstruction. Do a good job in the restoration and reconstruction of public service facilities such as schools and hospitals. Attach importance to solving the difficulties of people in remote and poor areas.

Accelerate the recovery and reconstruction of infrastructure and industry. Give priority to the construction of trunk roads, rural roads, county and township highway passenger stations, communications, power grids and power supply facilities, and actively promote the construction of rural drinking water and new urban water sources. Strengthen the prevention and control of geological disasters and ecological restoration, do a good job in the reinforcement of damaged dikes and reservoirs and the management of dammed lakes to ensure flood control safety in flood season. Promote industrial reconstruction in combination with mass employment, speed up the restoration of agricultural production facilities and agricultural products markets, and promote the revitalization of tourism.

Strengthen comprehensive coordination. Improve the comprehensive coordination mechanism and effectively solve major problems in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. Strengthen supervision and inspection, and implement policies on taxation, finance, land, environmental protection and industry. Make good use of government investment, counterpart support, social fund-raising, foreign preferential emergency loans, self-financing by enterprises and other funds to improve the efficiency of fund use and ensure the quality of the project. Improve the implementation plan of counterpart support and do a good job of connecting projects, funds and materials. Complete the mid-term evaluation of the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction master plan, adjust, enrich and improve it in time according to the actual situation, and carry out research on the long-term stable development plan of the disaster area.

Nine, increase investment and implement organizational guarantee.

Continue to increase policy support. The central financial investment should continue to tilt towards the western region, and gradually increase the general transfer payments and special transfer payments to the western region. The central government's new investment in expanding domestic demand continues to tilt toward the western region, focusing on areas such as people's livelihood projects, infrastructure, ecological environment and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction in the western region, increasing investment scale, optimizing investment structure, and promoting steady and rapid economic and social development in the western region. Give full play to the enthusiasm of the central and local governments, promote bank loans and social investment through government investment, and guide private capital to invest in projects in line with national industrial policies.

Pay close attention to policy and work implementation. The member units of the leading group for the large-scale development of western the State Council should conscientiously implement various tasks according to the actual situation and the division of functions. The Development and Reform Commission should actively do a good job in comprehensive coordination, improve policies and measures for the large-scale development of the western region, study and solve major problems in the large-scale development of the western region, and promote steady and rapid economic and social development in the western region.

the General Office of the State Council