丝绸之路与甘肃——历史的角色与启示

The Silk Road and Gansu Province: The Role and Enlightenment of History

由于特殊的地理位置和独特的自然条件,古代甘肃在丝绸之路形成和畅通中发挥了关键的桥梁和纽带作用;丝绸之路的畅通也促进了甘肃开发和经济走向繁荣,汉唐时期甘肃经济区的形成和繁荣正得益于此。但是,唐中期以后至宋代,随着半农半牧经济的衰落和单一农业经济的定型,甘肃发展逐步落伍。历史的经验和教训证明,丝路通则甘肃兴,丝路阻则甘肃衰。这就启示我们,甘肃要振兴和崛起,必须抓住“一带一路”建设这一千载难逢的发展机遇,大力推进开放与交流,发展混合绿色经济,实施生态文明先行战略,才是正确的选择。

Because of its special geographical location and unique natural conditions, ancient Gansu played a key role as a bridge and link in the formation and smoothness of the Silk Road. The smoothness of the Silk Road also promoted Gansu’s development and economic prosperity. The formation and prosperity of Gansu Economic Zone during the Han and Tang Dynasties benefited from this. However, from the mid-Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, with the decline of semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral economy and the finalization of a single agricultural economy,Gansu’s development gradually fell behind. Historical experience and lessons prove that Gansu thrives on Silk Road and declines on Silk Road. This will enlighten us that in order to revitalize and rise Gansu, we must seize the opportunity of building the"one belt and one way"development, vigorously promote openness and exchanges, develop a mixed green economy, and implement the advance strategy of ecological civilization, which is the right choice.