Ten Years after “Go West”

  • Yuqing Wu Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Abstract

After thirty years’ reform, China has experienced unprecedented changes and prosperity. As is known to all, China’s Reform and Opening-up Policy was initiated along the coastal region. By the end of the 1990s, the gap between the east and the west has been expanded increasingly. The eastern region had been far ahead of the west, which embedded instability for the whole society. Facing this situation, at the 4th Session of the 15th Communist Party of China Meeting in September 1999, West Development, or Xibu Da Kaifa named in Chinese, was forwarded for the first time.

Author Biography

Yuqing Wu, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Yuqing Wu is a program assistant at the Eurasia Foundation. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at the Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, with concentration in Economic Affairs and International Development. Previously, she interned as an administrative assistant in the Civil Ministry of Haizhu District Government in Guangzhou city PRC
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2009)
Section
Articles

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