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The Western China Development Strategy was launched in 1999. Guided by the strategy and the Scientific Outlook on Development, the western provinces have worked hard to push through various reforms, to boost cooperation with other provinces and countries, to improve macroeconomic regulation, and to transform the way their economy advances.
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Data of the western region and the country are calculated by adding up the nominal figures of each province, autonomous region and municipality.
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Human capital reserve = (population with junior high school education + 1.5 × population with senior high school education + 2 × population with college education or above)*100/population above six years of age.
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China Statistical Yearbook 1998–2008
Statistical communiqués and government work reports of western provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities 1998–2008
The 10th and 11th Five-year Plan for Western China Development
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He, L., Yao, H., Xu, Z., Cai, L., An, S. (2017). Economic Development in Western China: A Ten-Year Review. In: Yao, H., Xu, Z. (eds) Redevelopment of Western China . Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6162-2_1
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