Policy digest

Regional development mechanism to be set up

A mechanism to promote more effective coordinated regional development will be set up, according to a guideline issued on Thursday.

The guideline, jointly released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, has come up with a target to establish a mechanism for coordinated regional development that is compatible with building a moderately prosperous society by 2020, and a new development mechanism that is compatible with its basic modernization by 2035.