摘 要

西进运动是指从18世纪末到19世纪末20世纪初，美国东部居民向阿巴拉契亚山脉以西拓展的群众性运动。美国西进运动是美国国内的一次大规模移民拓殖运动，是美国人对西部的开发过程，也是美国城市化、工业化和美利坚民族大融合的过程。中国的西部大开发改革开放以来，中国政府在陕西、甘肃等西部12个省、区、市开展的经济建设活动。

本文通过介绍美国西进运动和我国西部大开发，从土地政策、科学技术、政府领导等方面分析西进运动对我国西部大开发的启示；从环境破坏、民族矛盾等方面分析西进运动中的消极影响对我国西部大开发战略的警钟式提示；结合西进运动和西部大开发的实施措施，特别是在环境保护和民族团结方面的启示来说明在当今世界绿色发展与和平的重要性，以促进绿色生态和谐共生和社会统一。

关键词：西进运动；西部大开发；启示；土地政策； 政府领导；科技

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2.Demonstration 3

2.1 The positive implications of the Westward Movement 3

2.1.1 The powerful land policy 3

2.1.2 The educational and science and technology promotion policy 5

2.1.3 The active role of the government 7

2.2 The negative implications of the Westward Movement 8

2.2.1 Ecological damage 8

2.2.2 Ethic crisis 10

2.3 The enlightenment of the Westward Movement 12

3. Conclusion 13

Work Cited 15

Bibliography 16

A Study on the Implications of the Westward Movement for the Western Development

Introduction

The famous westward movement of the United States from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century was the development process of the United States towards the British colonies in the former West. It was also an important stage in the transformation of the United States into an urbanized and industrialized society. The Westward Movement is an aggressive act by the United States to broaden territory and annex land. It developed the western region of the United States today and eliminated many Indian civilizations. At the time, it was only a colonial area in the east. It required a lot of land and the local population that could not meet the population and economy. With the need for development, he turned his attention to the west. At that time, the lands in the west were all Indian tribes. The United States' construction of the west has provided many reference methods and lessons for China's western development in the late 20th century.

Due to the historical existence and over-expansion of the development gap between the eastern and western regions, Chinese government has to map out China’s economic and social development. The Western Development is a major strategic plan for the Communist Party of China Central Committee to implement Deng Xiaoping’s strategic thinking of "two overall development" for China's modernization. It makes major strategic decisions for the western area, and comprehensively promotes socialist modernization. China’s strategy for the large-scale development of the western region is to open up the wasteland and rely on the major arteries such as the Eurasian Continental Bridge, the Yangtze River Waterway. The economic belts across the administrative regions such as the New Line and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have driven the development of other regions and have advanced the development of the western region in a step-by-step manner. It includes promoting the development of the regional economy, speeding up the infrastructure construction, protecting ecological environmental construction and improving scientific and technological progress.

Many scholars only looked at the results of the Westward Movement when studying the Westward Movement, and ignored the adverse effects of the Westward Movement on the destruction of the environment. At the same time, they also ignored the slaughter of Indians in the Westward Movement. Some scholars are also aware of the adverse effects of environmental destruction in the westward movement and have conducted research on it, but have failed to point out that our country’s policies and environment for the environment have a huge impact on China and the world, such as "Environmental Damage to the Westward Movement of the United States and Its Enlightenment to China's Western Development."(Zhangzhun, 107)