The State Council: The Yangtze River Delta Will Build A World-Class City Group.

The State Council approved the implementation of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Planning

Reporters learned yesterday from the national development and Reform Commission that the Yangtze River Delta regional planning was formally approved by the State Council. By 2015, the Yangtze River Delta region will take the lead in realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way, and strive to take the lead in realizing modernization basically by 2020.

The Yangtze River Delta includes Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with an area of 210 thousand and 700 square kilometers. The region has excellent geographical location, excellent natural endowments, strong economic foundation, perfect system, complete urban system, and well-developed science and education culture. It has become one of the regions with the best foundation for development, the best system environment and the strongest overall competitiveness.

According to the plan, the strategic orientation of Yangtze River Delta development is: the important international gateway in the Asia Pacific region, the important modern service industry and the advanced manufacturing center in the world, and the world-class city group with strong international competitiveness. The development goal is to take the lead in realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way by 2015, and strive to take the lead in realizing modernization basically by 2020. The plan puts forward the development direction and key tasks of eight aspects: urban development and urban and rural co-ordination, industrial development and layout, independent innovation and innovative regional construction, infrastructure construction and layout, resource utilization and ecological environmental protection, social undertakings and public services, institutional reform and institutional innovation, opening up and cooperation, and clear policies and measures for ensuring the implementation of the plan.