Yangtze River Delta: From blueprint to China's growth engine

Source: Modern Ghana

Update: Aug 20th, 2026 

Six years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a landmark symposium in Hefei, the capital city of China's Anhui Province, setting out a bold blueprint for the Yangtze River Delta centered on integration and high-quality development. How has this strategy transformed the region into one of China's most dynamic economic engines? And as China enters its 15th Five-Year Plan, can the Yangtze River Delta turn its technological and industrial strengths into a new phase of high-quality growth? On The Hub, CGTN's Wang Guan explores these questions with Yi Yingnan, research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University; Andy Mok, author of The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology through Governance;" and Liu Baocheng, dean of the Center for International Business Ethics at the University of International Business and Economics.