The Yangtze River is one of the mother rivers of the Chinese nation. The Yangtze River Economic Belt spans across three major regions of East, Central, and West. Especially, its middle and lower reaches are densely populated with traditional heavy industry bases, electronic information industries, and equipment manufacturing industries. It is one of the locations of the emerging industrial innovation chain, industrial chain, production chain, supply chain, and high-tech industrial cluster, and is also a gathering highland for strategic emerging industries and future industries. The Yangtze River Delta located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a highly developed region in China's economy, and is one of the regions with the fastest development of private economy and the highest attraction of foreign investment since the reform and opening-up. The Yangtze River Economic Belt's new quality productivity and high-quality development is an important regional economic force for comprehensively building a socialist modernized strong country and achieving the second centenary goal.
In general, it is necessary to establish the concept of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature, adhering to the idea of unity between development and protection. Specifically, the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is the bottom line and foundation of social and economic development, and ecological resources are the source of rural revitalization and shared prosperity.
