Abstract: At present China is facing challenges from economic globalization, ecological economy and knowledge economy in its process of economic development.The following ideas may be heuristic in establishing China’s regional development strategies.1) In industries allocation, the impact of industries on the ecological environmentshould be fully considered.2) Industrial restructuring should be focused on the restructuring of products, notonly on the restructuring of the three traditional industries (primary, secondary and tertiary industries).3) Theestablishment of key industries should be focused on large-scale corporations or famous brand products, not onlya particular industrial sector.4) The complementarity and cooperation between the east and the west of Chinashould be on products and markets, not only natural resources.The advantages in natural resources for the westof China can not be over-estimated.The advantages in products and market potentials for the west of China maybe explored.