The 2020 Project: Policy Support in the People's Republic of China

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In February 2000, the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) adopted a long-term strategy for the development of the Western Region, which it defined as comprising five autonomous regions, six provinces, and one municipality with the status of a province. In 1999, this region contained 28.8 percent of the PRC’s population but accounted for only 15.8 percent of its gross domestic product.

This report examines specific policies in the context of the State Council’s long-term strategy. The policy areas fall into four main groups:

Strategic or macro-level policies (Part I of the report)
Policies to strengthen the competitiveness of the Western Region (Part II)
Policies to increase employment (Part III)
Policies to strengthen the capability of local governments (Part IV)
To reflect the social, economic, and environmental diversity of the region, it is divided in the report into two: the northwest (Xinjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Shaanxi) and the southwest (Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Chongqing).