The implementation of western development strategy was 10th anniversary and the state-level development zones of 13 west region and Ethnic minority areas have been built more than 10 years , the western region and ethnic minority areas of China development zones to attract and use foreign investment played a role and promote local economic development . The author divides the development process into three different stages of development of state-level development zones of western region and ethnic minority areas in the use and attraclting foreign investment, an analysis of western and ethnic minority areas since reform and opening up, implementing the western development is strategy after China's accession to the World Trade Organization, the two financial crises have shown that at this stage of development different from other regional characteristics, a comparative analysis of three stages, the foreign investment in ethnic minority areas in the west and the state-level economic development zones development, which is the further development of our western and externally-oriented economy in ethnic minority areas in the western and economic sustainable development in ethnic minority areas, for the formulation of the second development of the western region,development strategy for 10 years has a certain practical significance.