The National Development and Reform Commission has agreed and approved the development plan of Nanjing metropolitan area. The original reply pointed out: Jiangsu and Anhui provinces jointly promote the implementation of the plan, guide and promote policy consultation and project docking, solve outstanding problems in the implementation of the plan, carry out the evaluation of the implementation of the plan in a timely manner, and sum up experiences and practices in a timely manner. The spirit of the reply from the National Development and Reform Commission is very clear, and it agrees to support the development plan of Nanjing metropolitan area.
(1) The development planning of Nanjing metropolitan area has a long history. In fact, as early as 2000, the idea of establishing "Nanjing Urban Development Zone" was first put forward. However, due to the basic national conditions at that time and the economic situation in Jiangsu Province, China in that era has not been put on the agenda. It is said that at that time, Nanjing organized an inter-provincial economic pilot, which is what we call the development plan of Nanjing metropolitan area, which was put forward by the State Planning Commission.
But it can only be said that the proposal only played a foreshadowing role, because it was not carefully discussed on the table at that time. After putting forward the proposal, the National Development and Reform Commission did not pay much attention to it at that time, so that this matter has been dragged on to a new turning month, and the Jiangsu provincial government once again put forward the desire to build a "Nanjing metropolitan area".
The heads of planning committees of individual large and medium-sized cities in Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province, under the special arrangement of the two provincial governments, held the first "inter-provincial organization meeting for discussion". The individual cities involved at that time were: Maanshan, Luzhou, Wuhu VS Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and Nanjing. The reason why it was named "Nanjing Metropolitan Area" mainly refers to the planning consensus at the economic and geographical levels.
The heads of the planning committees of six major cities in these two provinces made plans for the second meeting. Different from the first meeting, the significance of the second meeting mainly lies in that "Nanjing Metropolitan Area" has become the only inter-provincial metropolitan area in China. Prior to this, the development planning of inter-provincial metropolitan areas has not been initiated in various regions of China, which shows the innovation of "Nanjing Metropolitan Area".
(2) The ranking of major metropolitan areas in China, although the economic advantage of Nanjing metropolitan area has not yet risen to the national level. However, the construction and development of Nanjing metropolitan area was put forward from the concept of Nanjing metropolitan area, especially after the two meetings of the heads of planning committees of two provinces and six cities, it was put on the agenda. With the development of Nanjing metropolitan area, its planning scope has gradually expanded, which used to be six cities in Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province.
Nanjing metropolitan area has expanded from the original two provinces and six cities to two provinces and eight cities. On the basis of the original planned cities, Huai 'an in Jiangsu and Chaohu in Anhui were added. Nanjing's economic development speed has always been in the forefront of the country. The main reason for planning and developing with Nanjing as the center is to take Nanjing as the center and Nanjing economy as the center of gravity to promote the economic development of surrounding cities.
Nanjing metropolitan area is considered as "a year to enter the fast lane of economy". At the same time, regarding the development plan of Nanjing metropolitan area, the leaders from two provinces and eight cities attended the congress, which was the meeting with the highest specification, the largest number of people and the largest scale since the development plan of Nanjing metropolitan area was put forward. With the advancement of the conference, Xuancheng, a prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, also joined in.
The economic development potential of Nanjing metropolitan area ranks fifth in the national economic development potential metropolitan area. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a policy notice on "New Urbanization Construction and Urban-Rural Integration Development" in advance. In this statement, the Opinions on Supporting the Development Planning of Nanjing Metropolitan Area has been explicitly mentioned. Then,