Theory of the Advantage of Backwardness and countermeasures for a Comprehensive Construction of a Well-to-do Society in the Minority Nationality Region in the West of Hunan Province

When the developed countries and districts and the developing countries and districts coexist, the advantage of backwardness is the inherent,, objective and favorabl econditions and opptunities. Although the economic and social development in the minority nationality region in the west of Hunan Province has fallen behind the east and the national average level, some advantages of backwardness have appeared; hub of communications, natural resources , and double opportunities of national and provincial development. When the districts make use of the advantages of backwardness to construct an all-round well-to-do society, it is significant to choose the right ways of social and economic development and to analyse countermeasures.