【摘要】 <正> 山西是中国的一个内陆省份。人们普遍认为山西是中国的一个贫穷的农业省份。但实际情况是自本世纪二十年代以来,山西一直是中国工业发展较早的省份之一。 山西最早建立的近代工业是在清朝末年,当时建立起的火柴、机器、炼铁、电灯和用机器采煤并修建了正太铁路,但这些工业的规模都很小。从二十年代山西开始了第一次大规模工业建设,陆续建立起十几个兵工厂及与其相关的工业。到三十年代,发展了较多的重工业和军火工业。山西第二次大规模工业化建设是在中华人民共和国建立之后,主要是在山西发展重工业,特别是煤炭工业。据估计山西煤炭储量占全国的30％,而且高质量的无烟煤和动力煤占很大比重。山西的第三次工业化运动开始于改革开放时代,然而这次运动的初期比沿海省份落后了。到了九十年代,山西省的发展战略产生了巨大变化,这个战略对山西的发展已初见端倪,并将对山西的未来产生巨大而又深远的影响。它不仅确保了山西自身的整体利益,而且又有利于全国经济的发更多还原

【Abstract】 PROF. David Goodman, a famous expert on Chinese issue, director of Institute for International Studies of Sydney, Australia, visited and made a on--the--spot investigation into Shanxi many times. Since 1996, he has interviewed 35 leaders at provincial, prefecture, county and township levels, and 50 managers and entrepreneurs. Based on this in October of 1996 he wrote this paper "Shanxi in Reform" (the original title is "Coal King and Secretary Hu") which makes a all--round introduction of Shanxi’s history, the growth of Shanxi’s economy after 1949 and particularly Shanxi’s economic reform and social changes since the reform & open era. This paper was read and discussed in the 2nd Workshop of " Provincial China" in Hangzhou City, which aroused a strong interest and concern of scholars and experts from 8 countries. The paper here has been simplified and renamed by our editor.更多还原