党的十六大明确提出加快调整和改造东北老工业基地的步伐,支持以资源开采为主的城市发展接续产业。这是党中央从全面建设小康社会着眼作出的又一重大战略决策。一、曾经的辉煌和目前面临的困难东北地区,包括辽宁、吉林、黑龙江三省,面积约79.8万平方千米,2 0 0 1年人口约10 6 9 The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China explicitly proposed to speed up the pace of adjustment and transformation of the old industrial base in the northeast and to support the development of a continuation industry in cities that are dominated by resource exploitation. This is yet another major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee from the perspective of building an overall well-to-do society. First, the once brilliant and the current difficulties in Northeast China, including Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang provinces, an area of ​​about 798,000 square kilometers, population of about 10 6 9