General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo that the central government will support the regional integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and upgrade it to a national strategy. The central economic work conference proposed to promote regional coordinated development and push forward Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Great Bay Area, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Great Bay area, Yangtze River Delta and other regions to enhance their driving force for the adjacent areas.What is the significance of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta upgrading to the national strategy? And what does it mean to the development of China and Nanjing? How does Nanjing position itself in this national strategy, and how to seize the opportunity to promote its own development? In this regard, the reporter has a dialogue with Professor Liu Zhibiao, President of the Yangtze River Industrial Economic Research Institute of Nanjing University.Professor Liu Zhibiao said that as one of the most important parts of the Yangtze River Delta, Nanjing should position itself as the opening center of the northwest region of the Yangtze River Delta, plan to build a world-class advanced manufacturing cluster, strive to be the main force of the reform and opening-up dominated by domestic demand in the new era, and drive the development of Jiangxi, Anhui, Northern Jiangsu and even the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Accelerating regional economic integration to promote economic development is an important work method persisted in and implemented in practice by General Secretary Xi Jinping.
