Number: RL31104
Title: China's Western Development Campaign
Authors: Dewardric L. McNeal, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Chinese leaders, fearing a backlash from ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, began a program to develop the western region. The program, knows as the "Go West" campaign has the highest levels of support from the Chinese Communist Party. The campaign attempts to redirect large amounts of central government spending, foreign direct investment, and international economic development funding to the western regions. Its goals are to develop the backward economy and infrastructure, and raise the standards of living in the west.
Pages: 14
Date: Updated September 12, 2001