Yangtze River Delta plan gains approval

Authorities from Shanghai and its three neighboring provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui agreed on Friday on a three-year action plan for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and nearly a dozen collaborative projects to increase the region's competitiveness on a global scale.

The agreements, signed at the 14th symposium of the main leadership of the Yangtze River Delta, indicated that by 2020, the region aims to become a national demonstration zone for new development concepts, a world-class urban center and an Asia-Pacific gateway for global resource allocation.

To achieve that, the three-year strategic plan (2018-20) for the region's development has been formulated to clarify the tasks, timetable and road map for the coming years, Li Qiang, Party Secretary of Shanghai, told the media on Friday evening.