本文论述了开发我国西北地区自然资源的目的和意义。重点对具有全国经济意义的４大类自然资源开发的态势和经济发展状况进行了分析。提出了本区自然资源开发的战略目标、战略重点和战略对策。旨在尽早加快开发大西北的自然资源，平衡布局全国的生产力，为大西北资源产区的核心地位奠定基础，发挥地区优势，积极促进西部经济增长点的发育。

This paper discusses the purposes and significances of exploiting natural resources in Northwest China and emphatically analyses the exploitation state and exonomic development situation of four kinds of natural resources which have national significance. It puts forward the strategic objectives, strategic focal points and strategic countmeasures of exploiting the natural resources in this region. The aim is to quicken the exploitation of natural resources in Northwest China as early as possible, to balance the layout of national productive forces, to lay the foundation of the core position for the resorces production area in the Northwest, to bring the local superiority into play, and to promote the development of economic growth points in the West.