Economic development and major guarantee projects in the region along the Yangtze River

The region along the Yangtze River is the major exploitation belt and a linkage of eastern and western parts of China. It plays an essential role in the national economic development. Since the implementation of the reform and open door policy, regional economy has got rapidly developed. In the process of development, the region also faces difficulties like energy shortage, backward transportation facilities, grain output reduction, and environmental deterioration. Countermeasures are put forward in the paper to cope with the difficulties.

Comparative research on integrated development of large river basins:a case study of the Yangtze and the Rhone

Since 2001, the French and Chinese researchers have done a cooperative research on the comparison of integrated development of large fiver basins. The Yangtze River was chosen as a crux of this research and linked with other older river experiments like the Rhone, the Nile and the Mississippi. This research includes not only the environmental issues but also economic and social issues. One special issue journal has been published in French for our research results. Other two collective and comparative books in French and Chinese will be finished at the end of this year. In the future, the comparison should be widened to Italy （the Po）, Egypt （the Nile development planning） and the United States （the Mississippi Basin） and we would like to enlarge our research group and want to link up different teams and research projects, in order to get a global understanding of large fiver regions phenomenon.

Urban Development and Water Management in the Yangtze River Delta

Throughout the history of the world, the development of the cities are related to the large water systems and the ocean. Where the river is abundant, the trade and regional centres could be formed. However, along with the prosperity of the water-cities, massive urban construction and environmental issues are enormous challenges in human process. A “scientific” urban planning, “Sponge City”, “Resilient City”, regional and urban culture and characteristics get more and more attention. The theme of “water and city” is clearly of great historical value and practical significance for the new resilient urban and water management strategies. The paper will summarize characteristics of geographical, historical, socio-cultural and political realms in metropolitan deltas and the historical governance as well as the recent developments in the Yangtze River Delta. It will introduce urban development and water management in four water cities: the canal and the city-Yangzhou, the river and the city-Nanjing, the lake and the city-Suzhou and the sea and the city-Shanghai. And then it will analyze the inner motivation of the interaction between water and cities in Yangtze River Delta. Furthermore, learning from successful historical experiences, the paper will provide suggestions for future sustainable urban development.

Study of the Urban Coordinated Development Capability Index in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Coordinated development is a major concern in the construction strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB).However,there were few studies which have quantitatively measured the level of coordinated development in the YREB.This paper aimed to propose an comprehensive index system of coordinated development based on the theories of growth pole and complex ecosystem and new guidelines of development from the central government.The index system was composed by 18 indicators within 4 domains including economic development,technology & innovation,communication & transportation,and ecological protection.The scores of coordinated development capability of the 110 prefecture-level cities in the YREB were calculated and examined using natural break point analysis,spatial autocorrelation analysis and rank-size analysis.It was shown that Shanghai,Nanjing and Wuhan were leading the coordinated development in the YREB.Generally,the scores of coordinated development capability were higher in the eastern region of the YREB,in which the cities performed well in the domains of economic development,technology & innovation and communication & transportation yet showed poor performance in ecological protection.Most cities in the middle reaches of Yangtze river ranked in the middle in the YREB in all the domains,except the provincial capitals.The western region of the YREB got the lowest score in the coordinated development capability besides the largest cities such as Chongqing,Chengdu,Kunming and Guiyang.The correlation coefficients between ecological protection and other domains were very low,suggesting that few cities have achieved a win-win situation between environment protection and socio-economic development.We suggested 3 ways to promote coordinated development in the YREB:establish multi-level institutional designs;enhance the innovation in green industries;and strengthen the joint prevention and control of ecological risks.

Green development of industries in Yangtze River Economic Belt

Green development is the keynote of Yangtze River Economic Belt. It must insist on ecology preferential and green development which is not only respectation of natural laws but also the economic laws and social laws. The article uses SWOT analytic method to analyze the internal and external surroundings of the green development of Yangtze River Economic Belt on the basis of getting a clear understanding of its present developing status. Based on this the article puts forward the strategy pattern and path selection of green development of Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Building the Three Gorges Project for the Chinese Nation—An Interview with General Manager Lu Youmei, China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation

The Yangtze River has nurtured the fertile land on both its banks and hundreds of millions of Chinese people. but its raging waters have also wreaked havoc on the people living in its reaches. Since the founding of New China, large-scale surveys, planning, scientific research and feasibility studies have been carried out in an effort to harness the

PORT DEVELOPMENT IN YANGTZE RIVER DELTA

The Yangtze river delta has the largest port group in China.On the coast are sea ports,Yangkou Shanghai Beilun,aligned on a north-south axis which,together with ports along the Lower Yangtze river,form a T-shaped port association.This is unique in the country.For rational port localization and development,it is suggested that Shanghai should retain its undisputed position as an international and domestic hub port of China.Beilun and Yangkou,with their deep-water berths,should be transshipment ports of imported bulky goods (ore,crude oiletc.) and inter-continental international containers for Shanghai and the Yangtze valley above Nanjing,while ports on the lower Yangtze river will

SOME KEY PROJECTS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YANGTZE CORRIDOR

The Yangtze Valley is expected to become the largest industrial corridor in the world and additionally home to a cluster of inland harbours and urbanized belts thanks to its highly favorable conditions that encourage rapid economic development. In order to realize this spectacular goal, it is imperative to introduce a lot of key infrastructure projects for energy, transport, grain production and eco-environment protection for the Valley’s sustainable development.

A holistic approach to creating a new yangtze river basin protection legislation

The protection of the Yangtze River Basin is a top priority in China,and the National People's Congress(NPC)Standing Committee has started to draft a new protection legislation specifically for the Yangtze River Basin.The Basin forms the epicenter of environmental,social,and economic life.Any efforts to protect the Basin must accommodate several competing interests from a multiplicity of interested parties and stakeholders such as local governments,villages,and business enterprises.Current relevant institutions and organizations are unable to sufficiently ensure environmental protection and green development in the Basin.The NPC Standing Committee must thus adopt a more holistic approach when creating new protection legislations aimed at the Yangtze River Basin.

Research on the Financial Maturity of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is a key development project in China,and financial development is the core driving force for economic growth in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.At present,the financial development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is not balanced,and there is an urgent need to quantify the differences in financial development.Drawing on the research of"maturity model"at home and abroad,from the two new perspectives of subjective and objective,the financial development difference is introduced into the maturity model as an organic whole,forming financial maturity and its indicator system,then taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the research object,the principal component analysis method is used to calculate the maturity.The results show that the financial development of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has obvious gradient differences both subjectively and objectively.The financial acceptance of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the total financial structure and structure are significantly higher than the middle and upper reaches,while financial efficiency is lower than the middle and upper reaches due to factors such as financial costs.Therefore,the financial development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt needs to improve the systematicness of finance,coordinate the growth of financial volume and structural adjustment,and improve the overall financial operation efficiency.

The Influence of the Urban-Rural Income Disparity on the Industrial Structure—Taking the Yangtze River Delta Region as an Example

In this paper, the effect of the mediation effect is mainly used to test and analyze the regression model, and most scholars have studied the impact of the modernization of the industrial structure on the income gap. However, this paper is from another perspective, based on the social background of high-quality development, the main study is the impact mechanism of urban and rural income gap on the industrial structure, taking the Yangtze River Delta as the main research object, and specifically selecting 22 central cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, which is also one of the highlights of this study. The regression model is constructed by using the intermediary effect, and the four intermediary variables of fiscal expenditure (M1), fixed asset investment (M2), number of patent applications (M3), and total import and export (M4) are selected, which represent the role of the government, fixed asset investment, scientific and technological level and opening-up level, and study and analyze the inherent influence mechanism between each variable. Before doing specific research, I consulted the papers and literature of many other outstanding scholars, among which Cheng Yuhong and Cheng Chi’s “The Influence Mechanism of industrial structure of urban and rural income gap” [1] has great reference value for this paper. According to the research results, under the background of high-quality development in the Yangtze River Delta region, the expansion of the income gap between urban and rural areas will inhibit the upgrading of the industrial structure, so it is necessary to focus on building a new type of urbanization, accelerating the construction of an urban innovation system, optimizing the rural employment structure to narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas, and providing impetus for the continuous upgrading of the industrial structure.

长江中下游城市内涝与雨季污染协同治理对策

针对长江中下游城市内涝与雨季污染协同治理的突出问题,对城市水安全、雨季水体返黑返臭风险和河湖水生态退化三方面存在的问题进行了论述。发现长江中下游城市河网密度高、降水量大、暴雨多发,同时人口密集、经济发展水平高,内涝、污染、生态退化等水问题突出;城市内涝频发,雨季污染造成某些城市水体局部返黑返臭,严重影响城市水环境品质,成为制约长江中下游城市绿色发展的重要瓶颈问题。提出了建立三级内涝协同防治体系、构建城市“绿-灰-蓝”设施耦合工程体系、协同推进水体品质提升与生态修复等建议。

长三角地区数字经济对高端装备制造业高质量发展的影响研究——基于有调节的中介效应分析

借助数字经济实现高端装备制造业高质量发展是中国式现代化建设的重要议题。本文基于长三角地区面板数据,利用有调节的中介效应模型检验了数字经济对高端装备制造业高质量发展的影响。结果发现:数字经济可以显著促进高端装备制造业高质量发展,稳健性检验后仍然成立;数字经济通过技术创新正向促进高端装备制造业高质量发展,且技术创新发挥部分中介效应;政府支持对技术创新的中介效应发挥正向调节作用;进一步异质性检验发现,数字经济对不同地区、不同细分行业高质量发展的影响存在显著差异。最后,从三个方面提出相关建议:构建全方位的区域协调发展机制,提升融合效能;聚焦重点领域,推动核心技术突破创新;聚焦制度创新,释放政策红利。

数字经济赋能长三角制造业高质量发展——空间溢出与机制识别

基于2011—2021年长三角地区41个城市的面板数据,采用主成分分析法和空间杜宾模型等方法实证检验数字经济对长三角制造业高质量发展的赋能效应及多重路径的综合作用效果。结果表明:长三角地区数字经济不仅能显著赋能本地制造业高质量发展,还对邻近地区制造业高质量发展有显著的促进作用,空间溢出效应占比为79.4%;数字经济赋能制造业高质量发展主要依赖于人力资本和物质资本积累,且人力资本与物质资本呈协同效应,消费能力路径与人力资本、物质资本均呈背离效应。

数字贸易、产业结构升级与制造业高质量发展--基于长三角样本的分析

基于2012-2021年长三角地区的相关数据,构建数字贸易、制造业高质量发展的指标评价体系,运用中介效应模型,对数字贸易作用于产业结构升级、推动长三角地区制造业高质量发展问题进行研究。结果表明,一方面数字贸易对长三角制造业高质量发展具有显著直接的促进效应;另一方面产业结构升级能够发挥部分中介效应,助推数字贸易对长三角制造业高质量发展产生正向影响。研究结论为数字贸易发展对长三角制造业的影响及相关政策制定提供了支撑和参考,对长三角制造业实现高质量发展有着一定的启示作用。

数字经济产业区域协同发展机理及路径研究--基于江西与粤港澳、长三角、长江中游城市群协同发展视角

数字经济产业区域协同发展对推动区域经济效率变革、质量变革和动力变革具有积极推动作用。近年来,江西充分发挥毗邻粤港澳大湾区、长三角以及位居长江中游城市群的地理优势,积极推动数字经济产业区域协同发展,打造了赣深电子信息产业集聚区、承接长三角数字产业转移示范区、赣湘电子信息产业园等,为江西数字经济产业高质量发展奠定了扎实基础,但是在数字经济产业区域协同发展过程中仍然存在协同规划缺乏、协同层次偏低、协同结构失衡、产业数字化滞后、数字技术协同创新弱和数据要素共建共享不畅等问题。这需从强化规划引领、提高协同层次、优化协同结构、加快数字化转型、推动数字技术协同创新和促进数据互联互通共用等方面加以破解。

数字经济、产业升级与经济高质量发展——基于长江经济带11省市面板数据的实证研究

快速发展的数字经济已日益成为推动经济高质量发展的重要力量和关键驱动因素。在构建经济高质量发展与数字经济发展评价指标体系并使用熵值法进行测算的基础上,利用长江经济带11省市2013—2019年的面板数据,实证探究数字经济推动经济高质量发展的内在机制。结果表明:数字经济对长江经济带高质量发展有显著的正向促进作用;从区域异质性来看,长江经济带下游地区的数字经济发展对经济高质量发展的推动作用要强于上游、中游地区;产业升级在数字经济推动经济高质量发展的过程中发挥显著的中介效应且其占比为34.77%,这充分说明促进产业升级是数字经济推动经济高质量发展的重要路径;产业升级的中介效应存在明显的地区差异:下游地区最强,上游地区次之,中游地区产业升级中介效应不明显。门槛模型检验结果显示:数字经济对长江经济带高质量发展存在双门槛效应,当跨越门槛值后影响效应呈递增趋势,数字经济对经济高质量发展的作用呈现非线性边际效应递增特征。

长江经济带居民共同富裕与旅游发展水平耦合关系及影响因素研究

实现居民共同富裕是中国式现代化的本质要求,旅游业作为幸福产业,如何促进居民共同富裕与旅游发展水平协调共进成为当前研究的重点问题.该文以长江经济带为研究区域,构建了居民共同富裕与旅游发展水平指标体系,并基于耦合协调模型和时空地理加权回归模型(GTWR),考察分析2011—2020年居民共同富裕与旅游发展水平关系及其影响因素.结果发现:1)长江经济带旅游发展水平研究期内整体呈波动上升趋势,2020年因受疫情影响而出现跌落,居民共同富裕水平则呈整体逐年上升趋势;两者均呈现出显著空间异质性,但中上游地区旅游发展水平相近.2)居民共同富裕与旅游发展水平耦合协调水平呈波动上升趋势,重庆和贵州两地上升较快,2020年各省市受到疫情影响有所下降;下游地区高于其他地区.3) GTWR模型表明,人口密度、环境治理投入、旅游收入占比、人均GDP因素存在明显的时空差异,不同时期各因素对地区影响强度和波动方向不同,其中人均GDP影响为正向且影响作用较强.

“双碳”目标有利于促进经济高质量发展吗?

碳达峰与碳中和是我国当前环境治理的关键目标,实现碳减排也成为了我国经济高质量发展的重要内容,那么,“双碳”目标有利于促进经济高质量发展吗?基于“双碳”目标下的环境政策,采用长江经济带市级面板数据实证检验“双碳”目标对经济高质量发展的影响效应,结果发现:(1)“双碳”目标对长江经济带经济增长质量具有正向作用,表明“双碳”目标能有效促进经济增长质量提升,并且该结论通过了平行趋势、考虑内生性和其他政策冲击等多维度稳健性检验;(2)异质性分析结果表明,“双碳”目标对长江中下游地区、中小型城市、非省会和非工业型城市的经济增长质量提升效应更显著,并且该影响存在空间外溢效应;(3)进一步分析表明,环境治理、效率提升、技术创新和产业升级等因素是“双碳”目标影响经济高质量发展的重要传导机制。相关研究成果为“双碳”目标下我国经济高质量发展提供了经验证据,也为环境政策的进一步实施提供了相关政策建议。

区域一体化能够促进城市高质量发展吗?--来自长三角一体化国家战略的准自然实验

以长三角一体化国家战略的实施为准自然实验,在探究政策对高质量发展影响机制的基础上,基于2011-2021年114个城市的样本数据,运用渐进双重差分模型评估了该政策对于高质量发展的影响。研究表明:长三角一体化国家战略总体上显著提高了城市的高质量发展水平,且主要体现在经济层面,部分体现在社会层面;长三角一体化国家战略对高质量发展的影响,在不同规模城市和不同市场一体化程度城市中存在显著差异;长三角一体化国家战略通过降低市场分割和产业同构促进城市的高质量发展;交通运输能力和技术水平在长三角一体化国家战略对城市高质量发展影响中发挥着正向的调节效应作用。长三角一体化国家战略的实施,为生态发展、兼顾小城市利益和政策推广拓展了空间。