随着经济全球化和区域经济一体化, 中亚地区的经济发展取得长足进步, 日益成为全球经济格局的新兴增长区域.本文基于统计数据与文献资料, 分析近20年中亚地区的经济发展特征及时空演变过程, 并探讨经济快速发展的主要原因.结果表明:1)近20年中亚地区的经济发展主要经历了停滞和衰退阶段(1991—1995年)、复苏阶段(1996—2000年)和稳定增长阶段(2001年以后); 2)中亚地区经济规模取得了较快增长, 但由于各国能源资源条件差异和产业、经济政策的不同, 导致区域间经济发展的时空差异; 3)中亚地区的经济发展主要受居高不下国际能源价格、区域市场经济改革、丰富的自然资源保障和相对稳定的政治环境共同影响.

In the past 20 years, the Central Asia countries achieved considerable economic progress driven by the economic globalization and regional economic integration. The Central Asias GDP reached 303.91 billion dollars in 2010, and at the same time the area has becoming the emerging growth zone of global economic landscape. On the basis of statistical data and literature studies, we investigate the process of economic development space-time evolution and the causes in Central Asia in the past 20 years. The results are given in the following. 1) Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asian countries become independent. The economic development of Central Asia can be divided into three stages: the economic stagnation and decline stage (1991-1995), economic recovery phase (1996-2000), and economic stability growth phase (after 2001). 2) The regional economies scale achieved rapid growth in the different stages, but the regional economic disparities between different countries occur. 3) The time-spatial evolution of Central Asia regional economic development is affected mainly by the high international energy prices, the market economic reforms, the rich natural resources, and the relatively stable political environment.