Yangtze River Economic Belt

∙ Comprises: nine provinces and two municipalities

∙ Area: 2.05 million square kilometers－21.4 percent of China's territory

∙ Population: 600 million－40 percent of national total

∙ Urbanization ratio: 59.5 percent

-Combined GDP in 2019: 45.78 trillion yuan ($7 trillion), 46.2 percent of national total

∙ Research and development investment in 2019: 1.06 trillion yuan, 2.23 percent of regional GDP

∙ Goods transported on Yangtze last year: 3.06 billion metric tons, year-on-year rise of 4.4 percent

∙ Foreign investment in 2019: $67.71 billion (excluding banking, securities and stock market)

∙ Area within ecological conservation redline: 544,200 sq km－25.47 percent of Yangtze River Economic Belt area

∙ Water quality in 2019: 91.7 percent of water in sections monitored reached national standards I to III; 0.6 percent of water fell below national standard V.

SOURCES: NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU, MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT