中文摘要：

丝绸之路经济带倡议的提出给沿线城市的经济发展带来了前所未有的机遇。该文综合运用主成分分析法与聚类分析法,选取22项经济评价指标,对丝绸之路经济带我国西部沿线10个城市的经济发展能力作出评价与分析。结果表明：丝绸之路经济带西部沿线城市经济发展不平衡,其中西安市经济综合发展能力最强,吐鲁番市经济发展能力最弱;城市间的经济发展实力、相关产业支持、基础设施建设、企业竞争力发展差距较大。

英文摘要：

The initiative of ＂the silk road economic belt＂ offers unprecedented opportunities for economic development in the cities along the belt. With the integrated use of principal component analysis and cluster analysis and the selection of 22 specific economic evaluation index, this paper aims to make evaluation and analysis on the economic development capacity of ten northwestern cities in China along the belt. Results show that these cities＇ economic development capacities are not balanced, with Xi＇an holding the strongest comprehensive economic development capacity and Turpan holding the weakest capacity; there are also big differences in economic development strength, relevant industrial support, infrastructure construction and enterprises＇ competitiveness among theses cities.