文章认为海水西调工程是西部大开发的战略性基础工程。重点阐述海水西调对内蒙古产生的效益和陇东和贵州省等生态大移民的战略效益。并再度讨论了海水西调与盐碱化问题。解释了工程取得共识需要20年的原因，建议尽快进行多学科综合研究并争取早日动工，造福西北。

It is a basic strategy project for developing west China to introduce sea water from Bohai Sea to west China, comparing to the project on introducing fresh-water from Yangtze River to north China. Some efficacy for Inner Mongolia area and saltization in areas involred in the project were discussed in the paper. As it may take 20 years to get a common view about the project conducting some relaed scientific research and striving to begin earlier the project were suggested.