Many cities in China are situated at the key junctures of the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. With favorable regional advantages of connecting the east and west, and the south and north, they are particularly important in China’s international and domestic opening-up and coordination of regional development structures. How do we seize the opportunities of the two national strategies to turn regional advantages into development advantages through scientific planning? Professor Liu Zhibiao, Dean of Yangtze IDEI, Nanjing University, held professional and in-depth discussions with experts and scholars on these issues.
