中西部地区的经济发展与吸引外资:政策取向及其实效分析

自70年代末期以来，中国中西部地区的经济发展速度明显慢于东部沿海地区，外资注入较少是导致这种状况的一个重要原因。本文的前半部分，将分析造成这种差距的原因。今后十年，两个重要因素将引导更多的外资投向中西部地区。第一，中央和地方政府都在致力于通过投资环境和制定优惠政策，引导外资流入中西部地区。第二，随着中国加WTO，中国的外资政策更加开放，允许外同进入更多的领域和采用更加多样灵活的投资方式。本文的后一部分，将分析这两个方面的因素对中西部地区利用外资和地区经济发展的影响。

The Economic Development and Utilization of Foreign Fund in Midwest Part of China -An analysis on the change of the policy and its effect

The economic development in the midwest part of China has remarkably fallen behind that in the coastal areas since the date 1970.The reasons are analyzed and so is their influence to the utilization of foreign fund and economic development in this part.Two factors will affect changes in the utilization of foreign capital in central and west China in the coming decade.First,the efforts of central and local governments in wooing foreign investors by offering better investment environments and more preferential policies.Second,with China's accession to the WTO,the Chinese policy towards foreign investment will be so liberal as to allow foreign investors in more fields and more flexible modes of investment.The last part will take a look at the impact of these two factors on foreign capital utilization and the economic development of both regions as a whole.