在最近中国人民大学“中国发展指数(2008)”报告研讨会上,项目组成员、中国人民大学统计学院教授彭非指出,“2007年发展最快的地区是中西部地区。”以往提起中西部,浮现在人们脑海中的,往往是落后、发展缓慢、贫穷等印象,而“中国发展指数(2008)”报告却告诉我们,中西部地区的发展已经开始加速。 At a recent Renmin University report on “China Development Index (2008)”, Peng Fei, a member of the project team and a professor of statistics at Renmin University of China, pointed out that “the fastest-growing area in 2007 was the Midwest.” " In the past, the Central and Western Regions were brought to the forefront of people’s minds, often with impressions of backwardness, slow development and poverty. However, the China Development Index (2008) report tells us that the development in the central and western regions has begun to accelerate.