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Shandong: Building City Clusters While Ensuring Coordinated County Growth

Source：Haibao News 03-11-2025 09:00:00

Coordinated regional development is one of the consistently highlighted topics at China's Two Sessions. In outlining this year's tasks, the government work report suggests advancing new urbanization and coordinated regional development to further refine the spatial development pattern.

Geographically, Shandong bridges the north and south and serves as the only outlet to the sea for the Yellow River Basin, showcasing significant location advantages. Shandong is poised for major development opportunities as it serves as a convergence point for various national strategies like ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, maritime power, and rural revitalization.

Externally, the report advocates for bolstering the innovation capacity and influence of economically advantageous regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Internally, the report underscores the need to pursue the strategic action of new urbanization and cultivate modern metropolitan areas. For Shandong, it has entered a new phase characterized by the emergence of "dual metropolitan areas." While pushing forward with the new urbanization strategy, it is imperative to not only develop city clusters and metropolitan areas but also ensure the balanced development of counties and small towns.