Strategy for the rise of central China

The strategy will benefit six provinces in central China: Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Shanxi. The goal of “the rise of central China” first appeared in the Report on the Work of the Government delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao in March 2004. Two years later, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council released policies on boosting the rise of the central region.

In September 2009, the State Council executive meeting adopted the Plan on the Rise of Central China, setting the goal of building this region into a national grain production base, an energy raw material base, a modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industrial base, and a comprehensive transportation hub. The central region, as a bridge between the east and the west, is expected to develop by tapping local industrial strength and by coordinated and sustainable development of both economy and society.

On December 7, 2016, the State Council executive meeting approved an upgraded Plan on the Rise of Central China (2016-2025). The strategic position of the central region was renewed as an important and advanced national manufacturing center, a key region of new type of urbanization, a kernel region of modern agricultural development, a model region of ecological conservation, and a region supporting China’s omni-dimensional opening up. The rise of the central region is a major element in China’s coordinated regional development strategy, and a key support to building a moderately prosperous society. It is of vital importance to economic, political and social development. 

中部崛起戰略

中部崛起戰略是指中國促進中部經濟區——河南、湖北、湖南、江西、安徽和山西6省共同崛起的一項政策。2004年3月，時任總理溫家寶在政府工作報告中，首次明確提出促進中部地區崛起。2006年4月，《中共中央、國務院關于促進中部地區崛起的若干意見》正式出臺。2009年9月，國務院常務會討論并原則通過《促進中部地區崛起規劃》，規劃指出，要把中部地區建設成為全國重要的糧食生產基地、能源原材料基地、現代裝備制造及高技術產業基地和綜合交通運輸樞紐，在發揮承東啟西和產業發展優勢中崛起，實現中部地區經濟社會全面協調可持續發展。2016年12月7日，國務院常務會議審議通過了《促進中部地區崛起規劃（2016至2025年)》。其戰略定位在原來“三基地、一樞紐”的基礎上，進一步發展成為“一中心、四區”的新定位，即：全國重要先進制造業中心和全國新型城鎮化重點區、現代農業發展核心區、生態文明建設示范區、全方位開放重要支撐區。中部崛起是我國區域經濟協調發展戰略的重要組成部分，是全面小康的重要支撐，在經濟、政治和社會發展等方面都具有十分重大的戰略意義。