City clusters to lift Yangtze economy

Strategy will deepen reform, promote new type of urbanization

China unveiled a plan on Sunday to develop city clusters along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in a move to create a new economic growth engine and promote new urbanization.

The plan envisions urban clusters around Wuhan in Hubei province, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city group in Hunan province and clusters around Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province, said the State Council, the nation's cabinet.