It is essential to rationally define the functions of 1estern local governments so as to bring into effective play their important part in western development and integrate the relationships between government and society government and market and government and enterprises 而要有效发挥地方政府在西部大开发中的重要作用,实现政府和社会、政府和市场、政府和企业关系的整合,就务必要对西部地方政府的职能进行合理界定。