2009年6月25日，国务院颁布了《“关中——天水”经济区发展规划》（以下简称“规划”）。“规划”计划用10年多的时间，将“关中——天水”经济区建设成为“全国内陆型经济开发开放战略高地”。各国经验表明，现代经济增长的背后，金融发展是重要的支撑条件。所以如何使金融发展对“关中——天水”经济区的经济增长起到支持性作用的研究是具有现实意义和理论意义的。 本文旨在通过研究经济区金融发展与经济增长的关系以发现如何通过发展金融以促进经济增长的途径。本文内容主要包括理论分析、现状描述、实证研究和对策建议四个方面，分六章进行论述。第一章为绪论部分，主要是对研究“关中——天水”经济区金融发展和经济增长关系的必要性、研究思路和研究方法等方面进行阐述。第二章为相关文献述评。首先对经济增长理论和金融发展理论的历史演变脉络进行回顾，然后综述金融发展与经济增长相关关系的文献，最后对以上相关理论及文献进行客观的评价。第三章是通过对近年来经济区经济增长和金融发展的数据的分析得出经济区经济和金融发展现状的结论。第四章利用协整分析、因果分析对经济区经济增长和金融发展的关系进行实证分析，以探求经济区经济增长和金融发展的关系。第五章首先对全文进行小结。然后结合经济区发展现状，提出促进经济发展的金融支持建议和措施，最后提出研究的不足之处和对未来的展望。

(the GTEZ for shore)was promulgated by the State Council,June,25th,2009. The plan has a target to build the GTEZ into a “National Inland Economic Development and Strategic Highland” in about 10 years. The various countriesˊexperience indicated that: the financial development is the important strut condition to the modern economic growth. So it has theoretical and practical significance to know how to support the economy development in Guanzhong—Tianshui Economic Zone by the development of financial. This paper is studying the relationship of financial development and economic growth of the zone. So that we can find the way of how to promote economic development by the finance. This research mainly from the theoretical basis of the specific, current situation analysis, empirical research, suggestions. The paper was discussed in six chapters. Chapter 1 is introduction. It mainly introduces the necessity, the methods and the framework of the research. Chapter two is literature review. Firstly review the theories of economic growth and financial development, and then discuss the documents about the relationship between financial development and economic growth, at last, comment on the theories and documents objectively. Chapter three is the descriptive analysis of present situation of economic growth and financial development from through the data of the economic zone. Chapter four is using cointegration analysis and causal analysis to study the relationship of financial development and economic growth of the economic zone. So we can find the relationship of financial development and economic growth. Chapter five is the summary and suggestion. Firstly, summarizing the full text. Secondly, giving advice of how to develop the economic of the zone by the method of finance. At last, proposing the inadequacy of proposed research and future prospects.