"West-to-East Gas Transmission" will greatly accelerate the economic development of Xinjiang and the central and western regions, correspondingly increase fiscal revenue and employment opportunities, and bring huge economic and social benefits. The implementation of this major project will also promote the adjustment of China's energy structure and industrial structure, and promote the development of iron and steel, building materials, petrochemical, electric power and other related industries.
The significance of western development:
Implementing the strategy of developing the western region is to thoroughly implement Theory of Three Represents's great construction and practice, a major deployment to build a well-off society in an all-round way and ensure the smooth realization of the third-step strategic goal of modernization, an important measure to promote the common development and prosperity of all ethnic groups, a necessary measure to ensure border consolidation and national security, and a major measure related to the overall situation of national economic and social development.
It is conducive to promoting the strategic adjustment of economic structure and promoting the coordinated development of regional economy; It is conducive to improving the ecological situation of the whole country and creating a better environment for the survival and development of the Chinese nation; It is conducive to cultivating a unified national market and improving the socialist market economic system; It is conducive to further opening up and making good use of both domestic and foreign markets and resources.