Published: 2003
Total Pages: 110
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Thematic maps covering the western region of China which includes the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Ynnan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, Chongqing Muncipality, Guangxi Zhuang Automonous Region, Tibet Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It covers 71.4 % of China and includes 28.1 % of the population. Since Nov. 1999 the Chinese government has undertaken an intensive redevelopment of the western region in economic and social redevelopment to raise it closer to that of the eastern region.