假如你是某報社記者，請根據下表提供的`資訊寫一篇英文稿，簡要地報道中國開發西部的有關情況。
主要情況
範圍：9個省，自治區(autonomous regions)，一個直轄市(municipality)
面積：540萬平方公里
人口：2.85億
實施要點
交通(transportation)建設：修建多餘公路，鐵路
環境保護：退耕還林，防治汙染
資源利用：開發利用其豐富的天然資源
人才引進：廣納各類專家，技術人員
思路指津
注意：
1、短文須包括所有提示要點；適當增加細節，使內容連貫。
2、短文的開頭已經給出，不計入總詞數。
3、詞數：100左右。
範文：
New Development for Central and Western China
The Chinese government has recently decided to develop central and western China.
This part of China includes 9 provinces and autonomous regions and one municipality, covering an area of 5.4 million square kilometers with a population of 285 million.
The government will pay special attention to their transportation system. Some highways and railways will be built. To protect nature, farmers will return farmland to forest. Also, measures should be taken to prevent pollution. Western China is rich in natural resources, which can be exploited and made full use of. To meet the needs of the development, all kinds of experts and skilled workers are to be brought in.
