The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is one of the regions with the most active economic development, the highest degree of openness and the strongest innovation ability in China. It plays an important strategic role in the overall situation of national modernization and all-round opening-up pattern. This Outline of Regional Integrated Development Plan for the Yangtze River Delta is a cross-sectoral regional policy document covering the period of 2020-2035. The Plan aims to promote integrated regional development on the principles of “coordinated development”, “joint protection of a green environment”, “win‑win strategy of opening up”, and “sharing the fruits of development in people’s livelihood”. The Plan states that by 2025 the Yangtze River Delta is to see substantial progress in integrated development, achieve high standards of cross‑boundary regional integration, and urban and rural integration. It will also realise integration in a number of areas, including the science and technology innovation industry, infrastructure, environment and public services. According to the Plan, by 2035 the region will become the most influential and dynamic growth pole in the economy, with a high level of integrated development, a perfected integrated development mechanism, and achieve an overall lead in China. Other goals include: 1. Forming a pattern of coordinated development between urban and rural areas; 2. Establishing an integrated science and technology innovation industry system; 3. Achieving basic infrastructure connectivity. The Plan states that the people's needs for a better life will be basically met by 2025: the per capita public financial expenditure will reach 21000 yuan, the average length of education of the working age population will reach 11.5 years, and the per capita life expectancy is expected to reach 79 years. The Plan highlights that 2025 will also be the year for at least 80% of the YRD to be covered with 5th generation (5G) mobile networks, for urbanisation rate to hit 70% and for its R&D expenditure as a GDP in the region to reach 3%, from 2.8% in 2019. This indicates the emphasis on the role played by technological innovation in the region’s development. By 2025, the income gap between urban and rural residents in the central area will be controlled within 2.2 ∶ 1, and the gap between per capita GDP in the central area and per capita GDP in the whole region will be reduced to 1.2 ∶ 1. The Plan proposes to improve the unified basic medical insurance and basic old-age insurance system for urban and rural residents and improve the security level of rural residents, optimize the layout of rural basic education schools, and improve the overall level of rural basic education. In order to improve the quality of rural development, the Plan proposes: vigorously implement the Rural Revitalization Strategy, build a beautiful countryside in an all-round way, strengthen food safety supervision and the construction of agricultural product quality and safety traceability system, establish a regional integrated agricultural product exhibition and display platform, promote the integrated development of agricultural product processing, leisure agriculture, rural tourism and related supporting services, create an ecological space suitable for living, working and living in rural areas, establish and improve a rural governance system. According to the Plan， the ability of joint protection and governance of ecological environment will be significantly improved by 2025. Cross regional and cross basin ecological networks will be basically formed, and the supply capacity of high-quality ecological products will be continuously improved. The mechanism of joint prevention and treatment of environmental pollution will be operated effectively, and the prominent regional environmental problems will be effectively treated. The coordinated supervision system of ecological environment will be basically established, the regional ecological compensation mechanism will be been improved, and the quality of ecological environment will be improved in general. The Plan sets Shanghai Qingpu, Jiangsu Wujiang, and Zhejiang Jiashan as the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Development Demonstration Zones, demonstrating and leading the Yangtze River Delta higher Integrated development of quality.
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