From June 6 to 7, the 2025 Annual Symposium of Key Leaders of Yangtze River Delta Region was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. Chen Jining, Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Shanghai; Xin Changxing, Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Xu Kunlin, Deputy Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Jiangsu Province; Wang Hao, Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Liu Jie, Deputy Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Zhejiang Province; Liang Yanshun, Secretary of Anhui Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Qingxian, Deputy Secretary of Anhui Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Anhui Province, were present at the meeting. The relevant responsible comrades of the Central Finance Office and the National Development and Reform Commission were invited to attend the meeting.
The conference thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), with the theme of "Synergizing to enhance the innovation capacity of the YRD region, and better playing the role of a power source for high-quality development", comprehensively summarized the effectiveness and experience of the integrated development of the YRD since its rise to the status of a national strategy, and concretely summed up the work progress over the past one year. Work progress, in-depth analysis of the new situation of the Yangtze River Delta integration and development of the new mission, new tasks, listening to the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period to further promote the development of integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta major ideas and initiatives of research results, the Yangtze River Delta Beautiful China Pioneer Zone construction implementation program preparation report, considered the "on strengthening the development of the metropolitan area of the same city institutions and mechanisms to enhance the development of high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta integration. Considering the "Opinions on Strengthening the Institutional Mechanism for the Development of Metropolitan Area Co-citizenship and Enhancing the High-Quality Development Level of Yangtze River Delta Integration", focusing on jointly promoting the Yangtze River Delta to be at the forefront of Chinese-style modernization, joining efforts to build an important position for the development of new quality productivity, promoting cross-regional synergy of scientific and technological and industrial innovations, actively constructing a high-level synergistic opening up of a new pattern, continuing to strengthen the ecological environment and joint protection and governance, classifying and promoting the convenience and sharing of public services, and accelerating the improvement of the institutional mechanism of integrated development In-depth discussions were held on the institutional mechanism of integrated development, and a number of major issues were clarified to further promote the integration and high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta.
The meeting pointed out that promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta is a major national strategy personally planned, deployed and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping. Regular talks among key leaders in the Yangtze River Delta region, which were personally advocated and promoted by General Secretary Xi Jinping when he was working in Zhejiang, have been going on for 20 years. Along the direction guided by General Secretary Xi Jinping, the three provinces and one city have closely followed the two key words of integration and high quality, anchored on the strategic positioning of "one pole, three zones and one highland", and made concerted efforts to work in earnest to promote the integration and development of the Yangtze River Delta region, achieving remarkable results, and effectively playing the role of exploring the way forward, leading the way, demonstrating the way, and driving the way by radiation.
The meeting emphasized that during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the Yangtze River Delta should be at the forefront of Chinese-style modernization. The three provinces and one city should deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the general keynote of seeking progress while maintaining stability, make greater efforts to promote high-level scientific and technological collaborative innovation, jointly build a modernized industrial system, enhance the level of high-level collaboration and opening up, accelerate the construction of the Yangtze River Delta as a pioneer of Beautiful China, and continuously deepen the integrated development mechanism and innovation to accelerate the creation of a strong and active growth pole for national development. innovation, and accelerate the creation of a strong and active growth pole for national development.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to consolidate the economic upturn and enhance the momentum of high-quality development. We will jointly implement a number of cross-regional "two-fold" projects to accelerate the release of investment potential in the Yangtze River Delta. In-depth implementation of the "Satisfactory Consumption Yangtze River Delta" enhancement action, and continue to enhance the kinetic energy of consumer development. We will promote the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade, build and share a new trade infrastructure, and continuously enhance the confidence of enterprises in coping with risks and challenges.
The meeting emphasized the need to promote cross-regional synergy in science and technology innovation and industrial innovation, and to develop new quality productivity according to local conditions. The conference emphasized the need to promote cross-regional synergies in science and technology innovation and industrial innovation, and to develop new productivity according to different conditions. Synergize to deepen the Yangtze River Delta industrial strong chain complementary chain extension action, increase the cultivation of national advanced manufacturing clusters, accelerate the layout of future industrial development, and promote the deep integration of the digital economy with the advanced manufacturing industry and modern service industry.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to give full play to the role of strategic hubs and make joint efforts to promote high-level opening-up. Promote the construction of the Yangtze River Delta international first-class business environment, synergistically promote the Yangtze River Delta logistics quality, efficiency and cost reduction, strengthen the Yangtze River Delta Free Trade Zone synergistic linkage, and make good use of the shipping trade digital platform. Synergize the construction of the Yangtze River Delta "Belt and Road" comprehensive service platform, accelerate the construction of the new Asia-Europe land and sea intermodal transport corridor, and improve the quality and efficiency of the China-Europe liner train operation. It will deepen the construction of the "Yangtze River Delta on Track", continue to push forward the construction of river crossings, inter-provincial road sections and bottleneck road sections, accelerate the integration of port resources in the Yangtze River Delta, and make joint efforts to build a world-class airport cluster.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the ecological environment common protection and joint governance, and accelerate the construction of the first area of beautiful China. In-depth promotion of a new round of comprehensive treatment of the water environment in the Taihu Lake basin, deepening the construction of the Xin'an River - Qiandao Lake ecological environment common protection cooperation area, strengthening the prevention and control of air pollution joint research and judgment, joint early warning, joint response. We will deepen the cross-regional sewage rights pilot program and jointly build a public service platform for green low-carbon supply chain in the Yangtze River Delta. We will also build a new energy system, coordinate the development of wind power and photovoltaic power generation in the deep sea, create a network of charging and switching infrastructures for new energy vehicles, and collaborate to promote the mutual protection of regional electric power.
The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to promote the sharing of basic public services and to continuously improve people's well-being. In-depth promotion of employment, education, health care and other public services to facilitate sharing, and explore medical examination and test results, pension service standards and other interoperability and mutual recognition. We will deepen the reform of government services, improve the regional data-sharing mechanism, further promote the construction of the "Yangtze River Delta", and strengthen market supervision and law enforcement collaboration. Strengthen cooperation in key areas such as food security, grassroots governance, flood prevention and drainage, and further promote the construction of a safe Yangtze River Delta. Jointly develop special tourism routes in the Yangtze River Delta and promote the integrated development of culture and tourism in the Yangtze River Delta.
The meeting emphasized the need to improve the institutional mechanism for integrated development and promote the formation of a new pattern of coordinated regional development. We will work together to do a good job in the preparation of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, optimize the overall pattern of development of the Yangtze River Delta metropolitan area, collaborate to promote the construction of the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone, and jointly promote the national practice and innovation bases of "green water and green mountains are golden silver mountains" and the construction of inter-provincial high-tech zones. High-tech zone construction. We are planning to build the inter-provincial coordinated development zone of Suzhou, Zhejiang and Anhui, and deepen the twinning cooperation between cities in Shanghai, Suzhou and Zhejiang and cities in northern Anhui. We will strengthen the docking with major strategies such as the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Cooperative Development, and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, so as to better serve the overall situation of the country's development.
On the morning of the 7th, after the successful completion of the various agendas of the symposium, a conference on the results was held. Xin Changxing, on behalf of the participating parties, briefed on the symposium and the main results of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. Gong Zheng, Xu Kunlin, Liu Jie and Wang Qingxian spoke on behalf of the three provinces and one city respectively.
Gong Zheng said, Shanghai will deeply implement the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, focusing on the integration and high quality of the two keys, and Suzhou, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces to work together, deepen the key areas of practical cooperation and innovation breakthroughs, and jointly promote the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and development continue to deepen the development of a better service to the overall situation of the country's development. We will make new breakthroughs in enhancing development momentum, focusing on cultivating and developing new productivity, focusing on promoting scientific and technological innovation synergies, creating world-class industrial clusters, building ballast for economic development, promoting the deep integration of the Yangtze River Delta's innovation chain with the industrial chain, constructing active growth poles, and solidifying the development fundamentals. In the implementation of key cooperation tasks, we will take new actions, adhere to the leadership of systematic opening up, vigorously push forward the connectivity of facilities, synergy of rules and flow of factors, and make joint efforts to enhance the level of regional market integration, high-level synergy and opening up, and the level of hard connectivity and soft articulation, so as to push forward the integrated development of the region to realize a new leap forward. We will make a new demonstration in improving the cooperation mechanism, improve the unity of policy formulation, consistency of rules and synergy of implementation, strengthen the linkage of major planning, promote and learn from institutional innovation, and strengthen the construction and sharing of functional platforms, so as to provide "Yangtze River Delta solutions" for the coordinated development of the region.
Xu Kunlin said, Jiangsu will bear in mind the General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest advice, the implementation of the "initiative, synergy and linkage" of the major requirements, in the implementation of the Yangtze River Delta integration and development strategy to strive for a greater role as a greater role. Effectively take up the responsibility to bear the burden, linkage to promote the construction of major projects, expand effective investment, work together to enrich the consumption scene, release the potential of domestic demand, the group to open up the international market, to build a stable and firm economic fundamentals, and to promote high-quality development and continue to the new to the good. Synergize the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerate cross-regional sharing of innovative resources, cross-regional transfer and transformation of innovative achievements, cross-regional collaboration and synergy of innovative industries, develop new-quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, and jointly build world-class industrial clusters. Jointly promote the construction of market integration, promote high-level opening up to the outside world, enhance the level of transportation infrastructure connectivity, and create a "strong magnetic field" for domestic and international markets and two types of resources to gather. We will deepen the exploration of common wealth experience, smooth the industrial employment income cycle, linkage and optimization of livelihood services, deepen the construction of the "one network", promote the joint protection of the ecological environment and joint governance, and continue to enhance the well-being of people's livelihoods in the integrated development.
Liu Jie said, the Yangtze River Delta region, the main leaders of the forum, in-depth study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the integration and development of the Yangtze River Delta important instructions to enhance the same heart, the same direction, the same counterparts in-depth promotion of the integration and development of the Yangtze River Delta strategic consensus. Zhejiang must conscientiously implement the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the important speeches on the visit to Zhejiang, faithfully practicing the "88 Strategy", high-quality development and construction of common prosperity demonstration area, focusing on the integration and high quality of the two key words, with a higher position, stronger bearing into the Yangtze River Delta integration and development of the overall pattern. We will focus on scientific and technological innovation to shape a new advantage in development, and collaborate to create a source of scientific and technological innovation; focus on strengthening the domestic cycle, and collaborate to promote the construction of a unified national market; focus on building a modernized industrial system, and collaborate to create a world-class industrial clusters; focus on promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade and economic cooperation, and collaborate to expand the opening up of a high level of foreign trade; focus on promoting the transformation of the dual-control of energy to the dual-control of carbon emissions, and collaborate to promote the reduction of carbon, pollution reduction, and expansion of green growth; focusing on safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, collaborating to explore the practical path of common prosperity, and striving to make greater contributions to the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
Wang Qingxian said, anhui unswervingly along the direction of general secretary Xi Jinping guide forward, must grasp the results of this meeting on the ground to implement, adhere to the Shanghai leading drive, hand in hand with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Yang Wan strengths, to create an important influence of scientific and technological innovation source, emerging industries gathered, reform and opening up a new highland, economic and social development of the comprehensive green transformation area on the continuous efforts, for the Yangtze river delta integration of high-quality development to contribute more to the strength of Anhui. Contribute more to the integration and high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta. Adhere to the science and technology to play a leading role, strengthen and Shanghai, Suzhou and Zhejiang science and innovation strength and advantageous resources joint, in the construction of the Yangtze River Delta science and technology innovation curator actively as. We will develop new productivity according to local conditions, implement the development project of emerging industry clusters and the project of cultivating and expanding future industries, and push forward the "Artificial Intelligence+" initiative. We will promote in-depth reforms with high-level opening up, promote the formation of a comprehensive opening-up pattern with land and sea linkages and two-way East-West mutual support, boldly carry out pioneering and differentiated reforms, and promote the convenient sharing of basic public services. Taking the construction of the Yangtze River Delta Beautiful China Pioneer Zone as a traction, acting as the ecological barrier of the Yangtze River Delta, actively expanding the path of realizing the concept of "green water and green mountains are golden silver mountains", and striving to make the ecological "high value" give rise to more economic "high value". High Value".
