CONTENTS
Ⅰ General Report
1 Analysis of Western Economic Development in 2012 and
Forecast to 2013
..................... Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast Research
Group of Centre for Studies of China Western
Economic Development, Northwest University/001
1. Social And Economic Development of Western Region in 2012 ...../004
2. The Main Issues of Social And Economic Development of
Western Region in 2012 ......................................./035
3. The Forecast of Social And Economic Development of
Western Region to 2013 ......................................./055
4. The Policy Implication Social And Economic Development of
Western Region in 2013 ......................................./063
Ⅱ Economic Development Reports
2 The Western Circular Economic Development Report
................................. Wang Yan, Zhong Xia and Liu Ting/079
3 The Regional Distribution and Performance of China’s Inward
Foreign Direct Investment .................. Feng Zongxian, He Xin/105
4 The Development Report of Western Main Functional Areas
............... Liu Xinying, Dai Jiangwei, Jiang Jun and An Shuwei/126
Ⅲ Social Development Reports
5 Observation and Analysis of Changes in Western
Population Structure
............... The Research Group of Western Population Structure/161
6 The Western Urban And Rural Medical Insurance Development Report
............................. The Research Group of Western Social
Security, Northwest University/190
Ⅳ Culture and Education Development Reports
7 The Western Media Development Report
............................ Research Group of Western Media Study/219
8 The Western Higher Education Competitiveness Analysis Report
................... Yao Congli, Yu Xinrong, Liang Wei and Zheng Li/254
9 The Western Vocational Education Development Report
........................... Luo Xinyuan, Wang Borong and Li Bingke/278
10 The Western Basic Education Development Report ......... Ji Zhilai/300
Ⅴ Special Report
11 The Western Female Population Development
............... The Research Group of Western Women in Development/323
Blue Book of Western China is a research report published by Social Science Academic Press (China), written by experts and scholars who are studying the economic development of China’s western region and organized by Centre for Studies of China Western Economic Development of Northwest University, one of the key research institute of humanities and social science in universities of Ministry of Education. The Book has been recognized as a major landmark of philosophy and the social sciences by the Ministry of Education during “10th FiveYear Plan” and published once a year since 2005.
China’s western region has entered the new period in which the core is people’s livelihood while the country is entering the historical stage of building a moderately prosperous society. In this context, the theme of Report on Development in Western China (2013) (Blue Book of Western China) is western moderately prosperous society construction in the new situation, aiming at seeking the valid path to moderately prosperous society by analyzing issues of western economics, society, culture and education.