The relationship of urbanization development level and urban-rural income gap to consumption demand in western China since 2000 was selected as the object of study.An empirical study was conducted by using the Panel Data model and methodology to analyze the data collected from 11 provinces and regions in Western China during 2000-2014.The findings show that urbanization in western China has a positive effect on promoting consumer demand,and the residents' income gap is the root cause that directly influences consumer demand.On this basis,it is...