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| ON THE DISTINCTIVE FUNCTION OF THE MIDDLE AREA OF CHINA IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT |
| WEI Xiao |
| Hunan Economic Geography Institute, Changsha 410004, China |
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Abstract China is a country with a vast territory and diversity in environment. Population distribution and social economic standard have great difference in China. Bringing about coordinate development of area is a great strategic problem in modernize construction of our country. This paper analyses the superiority of the middle area, puts forward the distinctive function of the middle area in China sustainable development. It points out the middle area is the main food supply base of China sustainable development, the main water resources base, the main energy resources base,it is the link and the bridge of coordinate development of three big economic belts in China.
The middle area is an important part of China sustainable development. Since special geographical position and special geographical environmental essential factors of the middle area, it is settled to have distinctive function in China sustainable development.
China is emerging on the horizon; its development must be the advance of the whole of country. Only the eastern area developed. China will not change into a true world powerful nation forever. For this reason, with the development of the western area, we must put the development of the eastern area on the level of China developmental strategy. We must fully bring into play the distinctive function of the middle area of China in sustainable development, accelerate the coordinate development of regional economy and society, and further bring about the sustainable development of the whole country.
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Received: 20 May 2004
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2005, Vol. 20 
