| Since the reform and opening up in 1978, the economy in china has developed at a stable and rapid speed, especially, the East coastal areas. Because of the long implement of the non-balanced development strategy of different areas from 1990s ,the development gap between central-China ,the western area and eastern area becomes larger and larger ,which rise to a series of contradictions and social issues. The view point "Central-China collapse" has been accepted by most specialists and scholars to describe the recent situation of central-China. How to promote the development of central-China and realize the coordinated development of the areas arouse great attention of our Party and nation. Researches on the middle development become very popular in academic and theory circle ,which reflects the importance and reality of the rise of central-China .As a megacity in central-China, Wuhan is the core of regional economy in history ,owns prominent advantages in geography, market, resources and education .Wuhan is the strategic contact of communication and exchange of resources information and technology between areas. To rise firstly is the need for Wuhan to bore the function of strategic contact between areas and to promote leap-forward development of central-China.So, through comparing the competition between Wuhan and other provincial capitals in central-China, I find out the strength and weakness of Wuhan, the opportunities and threats that Wuhan faces ,and then bring up the idea and important points of strategy for Wuhan to rise firstly. This thesis mainly discuss the following aspects .The first part is the introduction of regional development theory, including aims and significance of this thesis, the present researches status in China and abroad, as well as research content and methods. The second part is about the development characteristics of cities including the development characteristics of typical cities in China , the conditions of central-China .The third part is the study on competition of Wuhan ,including introduction of urban pattern of central-China, competition between Wuhan and other provincial capitals in central-China ,the strength and weakness of Wuhan ,and the opportunities and threats of Wuhan .The forth part is the prediction of the rise symbol of Wuhan economy . The fifth part is the main development strategy of Wuhan, including Technology, industries and city cooperation .The last part is the summary and prediction. |
