is now clarifying central cities from the national level to the provincial level, and some prefecture-level cities have even put forward the idea of sub-central cities in the region.
Central city refers to a city with certain radiation, driving force and influence within a certain area.
large to national central city , its radiation covers several provinces and small to regional central cities, and may only cover the scope of this city.
So, the key to central cities is to look at their radiation energy level. This is the first thing to look at their comprehensive strength, such as economic strength, urban scale, etc. At the same time, the location advantage is also relatively important. It can become a transportation, commerce, medical and other center in surrounding areas, so that it naturally has radiation power.
What is the central urban system of Jiangsu? Compared with many provinces, Jiangsu has its own development facts, which means that it has strong economic strength and the strength of each city is not bad. Moreover, the terrain is narrow and long, and the entire province is naturally divided into two areas: southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu.
Although Jiangsu is a strong province, there is also a difference between southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu. There are 4 cities in the province with GDP exceeding one trillion yuan, all of which are located in the southern Jiangsu region. It is obvious that southern Jiangsu's strength is significantly stronger than northern Jiangsu.
But Jiangsu also has its own troubles, which reflects the central city. Because regional balanced development is a major goal, all provinces must work in this direction.
Jiangsu is no exception. In the future, it will continue to narrow the differences between southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu. Therefore, Jiangsu has also taken great efforts to build a central city.
Jiangsu has identified 2 provincial main center cities, and Nanjing and Xuzhou are equally important
According to the positioning of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, as a provincial capital, is of course the main center of development in the whole province. However, Nanjing is not the largest economic city in Jiangsu. Suzhou City is very strong, and its total volume is higher than Nanjing.
However, Suzhou is strong, and its strength lies in the county economy, so the scale of Suzhou's cities is much smaller than that of Nanjing.
Furthermore, Suzhou and Nanjing are in the southern Jiangsu region. The first provincial central city has been clearly defined as Nanjing, and Suzhou is not one of the dual cores of Jiangsu, so the second provincial main central city is obviously not Suzhou.
Who will this be? Of course, it is located in northern Jiangsu, which is Xuzhou .
The country's positioning of Xuzhou is Huaihai Economic Zone central city. This Huaihai Economic Zone cannot be underestimated.
Huaihai Economic Zone is located in the junction of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. It has a total area of 178,000 square kilometers and a permanent population of more than 100 million.
In terms of size, except for the economic strength not as good as Jiangsu Province, other data are better than Jiangsu, so the Huaihai Economic Zone is a large cross-provincial economic cooperation zone.
Xuzhou is the central city of Huaihai Economic Zone, and naturally it is also a provincial central city. From a positioning point of view, it is at the same level as Nanjing, which is all positioning given by the state.
But Jiangsu still has other expectations for Nanjing, which is to strive to become a national central city. Although the national central city has been expanded several times in recent years, there is only Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Yangtze River Delta has now absorbed Anhui Province, and its total economic output itself is the highest in the country. In theory, the national central city should be tilted. However, in recent years, the country has taken care of the central and western regions, and the expansion direction has been the cities in these regions.
There are many people in the Yangtze River Delta that have proposed to become a national central city. For example, Hangzhou is a strong competitor, so it is still unknown whether Nanjing can succeed.
However, in the province, like Xuzhou, they play a key role in driving the development of the whole province.
regional central city Nantong , has an important position in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta
In addition to Nanjing and Xuzhou, Nantong is also one of the important central cities in Jiangsu. This positioning is also given by the state, which is the central city in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta.
Although the Yangtze River Delta is a large cross-regional economy, its northern wing is in Jiangsu Province, so Nantong is an important regional central city in Jiangsu.
From the perspective of energy level, Nantong is definitely lower than Nanjing and Xuzhou. However, Nantong has strong economic strength and development prospects.Originally, Nantong was not very famous in Jiangsu, but in recent years, the economy has grown rapidly, surpassing many cities and cities, and began to make its mark in Jiangsu. Now it is very trending to catch up with , Wuxi .
From the perspective of location, the core of the Yangtze River Delta is on the Nanjing-Shanghai line. Although Nantong is adjacent to Shanghai, it is located on the northern wing and the surrounding coverage area is also limited. The area south of the Yangtze River is also very strong, so it is naturally not the radiation range of Nantong.
The northern wing area of the Yangtze River Delta actually includes some areas in northern Jiangsu. But the core of northern Jiangsu is definitely Xuzhou City, and the economic structure and location of Nantong and northern Jiangsu are very different.
Therefore, Nantong will play an important role in the region. With its own economic strength as support, it can drive the development of subordinate counties and cities and some surrounding cities.