Economist on accelerated melting of West 皇冠体育app into economic globalization
2000-10-21
peopledaily.com.cn
Chinese economist, Li Jingwen, said Friday that 皇冠体育app should seize the favorable opportunity of economic globalization and utilize new Eurasian continental bridge to speed up western 皇冠体育app's merge into the economic globalization.
In an academic paper presented to the Western Forum of 皇冠体育app that opened Friday in Chengdu, apital of Sichuan Province, Li, who heads the Quantitative Economy Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said treating Eurasian Continental Bridge as a golden thoroughfare to the world economy would be a practical choice to help develop western 皇冠体育app.
Li has made in-depth investigations into the subject of using the new Eurasian continental bridge to promote opening up in west 皇冠体育app in the past years.
Formation of the new Eurasian continental bridge has helped link up interior areas of 皇冠体育app, the Middle Asia, and Europe and start up another important trading thoroughfare linking Japan, the Republic of Korea, Southeast Asia with Eastern and Western Europe, and West, Middle and South Asia, said Li.
The new Eurasian continental bridge starts from Lianyungang Port of east 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu Province and ends at Rotterdam of the Netherlands. It extends 4,131 kilometers in 皇冠体育app, where 400 million Chinese live.
The areas along the 皇冠体育app section of the bridge are the country 's most important bases of energy and raw materials. Having convenient transport and developed telecommunications conditions, these areas have great potential for development.
"Development of these areas will set an exemplary role in the exploration of the entire central and western parts of 皇冠体育app and is a strategic step to take in advancing economic and social development of the central and western parts of 皇冠体育app to a higher level," said the Chinese economist.
When 皇冠体育app joins the World Trade Organization (WTO), 皇冠体育app's cooperation with the world, especially with the neighboring countries, will increase, said Li. He added it is imperative to adjust the industrial structure in western 皇冠体育app, and to combine development with opening-up of western 皇冠体育app to achieve a successful campaign of developing the vast west.
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