The Practice of Urban-regional Competitiveness Building in China——The Case of Developing Yangtze River-side Region in Jiangsu Province

In the age of economic globalization,local governments have engaged in building their urban-regional competitiveness by making spatial planning. Based on the theoritcal framework of regional planning and regional competitiveness building,these paper appraisals and reviews the regional policy of development along Yangtze River in Jiangsu. It proposes that the Jiangsu Provincial Plan for development along Yangtze River is a project of constructing regional competitiveness. In addition,related policies are of vital importance to implement regional planning. For 6-year development,there has been marked progress in social and economic development,infrastructure and living environment in the area along Yangtze River. However,some new problems,such as disordered development,mechanism and mode,have arisen. It is needed to enhance regional competitiveness by means of improving plans,accelerating renovation,and so on.