What is the strategic focus of China's western development?

The person in charge said that the western region is an important ecological security barrier in China. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, one is to speed up the establishment of an ecological compensation mechanism, study and formulate the Regulations on Ecological Compensation, and strive to institutionalize and legalize ecological compensation. Second, consolidate and develop the achievements of returning farmland to forests and grasslands, speed up the preparation of plans for key grassland ecological protection projects such as the control of degraded grasslands, continue to promote the protection of natural forests, the control of sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin, the comprehensive control of rocky desertification and the construction of shelter forest systems, steadily promote ecological migration, and carry out pilot projects of ecological civilization demonstration projects in depth. Third, we must continue to promote the prevention and control of water pollution in key river basins and regions, strictly protect drinking water sources, improve the standard rate of drinking water quality, ensure the safety of drinking water, establish and improve the industrial pollution prevention and control system, promote the comprehensive utilization of solid waste and pollution prevention, vigorously promote the comprehensive management of rural environment, and strengthen the control of agricultural non-point source pollution. Fourth, strengthen resource conservation and management, reasonably control the total energy consumption, strictly control the total discharge of major pollutants, implement key projects of energy conservation and emission reduction, and vigorously develop circular economy.