Western regions should pursue 'quality, efficient' development

Editor's note: There's no better time to raise questions than the NPC/CPPCC sessions, which bring together China's top policymakers. China Daily asks experts from different countries what they wish they could ask the members and delegates about topical issues. Reporters Xin Dingding and Liu Lu gather the answers.

Danny Quah, professor of economics at London School of Economics and Political Science, would like to ask how China deals with the less rapid economic development of its western areas.

Less-developed areas of western China need more policy and capital support from the central government to boost their economic growth and narrow the gap with eastern regions.