On a shaft of the Yangtze river, the Yangtze river economic belt across the three natural geographical features and economic region in China, the north and south, east, radioactive jiang dahai's unique geographical location advantages.The Yangtze river economic belt with our country's vast hinterland and development space, is an important function, the structure of regional development strategy in our country is developing the largest inland river economic belt and the widest scope.

The core of strategy of the Yangtze river economic belt, is to through the establishment of regional innovation system together, build the regional synergy ecological protection mechanism of ecological priority, build comprehensive transportation corridor, the construction of a world-class industry cluster and a world-class city and other major strategic layout and initiatives, promote the innovation and development of the Yangtze river economic belt in 11 provinces and cities, the coordinated development, green development, open development, sharing development, to provide support for the stable and healthy economic development, to provide support for China's international competitiveness, in order to achieve two goals provide support in one hundred.

In recent years, with the ecological environmental protection consciousness awakening and ecological environmental governance investment increase, the Yangtze river economic belt of the ecological environment construction and a series of achievements have been made in the green development, mainly for the ecological environmental quality will improve the overall level, ecological function, economic growth and resource consumption to achieve relative decoupling, etc.

In recent years, the Yangtze river economic belt of population urbanization level enhances unceasingly, social undertakings have developed better.But due to the downstream, which between the differences in natural conditions and economic conditions, social development of Yangtze river economic belt of the differences between regions, there is still a large gap.

Compared with the period of "11th five-year plan", "twelfth five-year" period of the Yangtze river economic belt of the investment, consumption and export growth to some extent declines, traditional development advantages weakening economy continued downward trend, but steadily upgrade of industrial structure, some new industries and new forms presents the momentum of rapid development, economic growth gradually optimized.

From the regional overall development strategy layout, should focus on construction of regional coordinated development of the new mechanism, promote the innovative development of the Yangtze river economic belt, coordinated development, green development, open development and Shared development.