Yangtze Delta integration moves ahead

10 new interprovincial agreements focus on travel, research and hospitals

Local governments in the Yangtze River Delta have accelerated regional integration as interprovincial cooperation in various fields was announced on Wednesday.

At the first development forum on Yangtze River Delta integration in Wuhu, Anhui province, 10 agreements were signed by related government departments. They include the removal of toll booths on interprovincial highways, the building of an alliance of research universities and the further inclusion of hospitals into a cross-provincial medical insurance system.