At the conference of "2000 urban environment protection and sustainable development forum," Qu Geping pointed out that the establishment of sustainable social and economic system has been the big trend. Under this trend, any development strategy and policy must be weighed and appraised with the only rule of sustainability. Qu Geping thought that at present the three development strategies that people are mostly concerned about are the development of cycling economy, the entrance to WTO and the great development in western China...

Qu Geping also thought that the two basic tasks for the great development of the western China are the economic development and the restoration and construction of ecological environment...