江苏省运河经济带开发的理论探讨

Theoretical Study of the Development of the Canal Economic Belt of Jiangsu Province

运河经济带是以运河及沿运河修建的各种交通设施的运输功能为基础，以运河的文化、沟通功能为凝聚力，以运河所连接的行政区域为线状发展轴，以外向型经济的发展为方向，融生态、旅游、商贸为一体的一种带状区域经济系统。江苏省运河经济带的开发符合区域经济发展的规律，同时也是基于江苏省情的区域经济开发所使然，具有较强的理论意义与实践意义。

The Canal Economic Belt is a regional economic system along a linear administrative regions linked by the canal, laying its foundation on the transportation capacity by the Great Canal and the transportation system built along the canal, bonded by the cultural and communicative functions of the Great Canal, directed toward a economy intended for foreign trade, integrating ecology, tourism, commerce and trade. The development of Jiangsu province＇s Canal Economic Belt not only complies with the general rules of regional economic development, but comes out of a consideration of Jiangsu＇s practical conditions; hence it is of great theoretical and practical significance.