Research On The Economic Development Of Hailing District, Taizhou City

Hailing District, Taizhou City is the central district located in the center of the core cities in Jiangsu Province. Since China started the Reform and Opening-up policy, Hailing District has been developing rapidly and has been awarded honorary titles for numerous times, which includes Top100Comprehensive Strength District, the First-batch National Well-off district. However, the natural moat of the Yangtse River, has led to the inconvenience of transportation in this area, Hailing has a relatively slow development rate and an inferior economic quality, compared with the cities in the South of Jiangsu. The ability to internalize the radiation power from Shanghai and South Jiangsu is relatively weak.With the improvement of the infrastructure conditions in recent years, especially the establishment of the Jiangyin Yangtse River and the opening of the Jianghai Expressway, the railway from Ningxi to Qidong and Suzhong Airport. Taizhou, as one of the sixteen cities in the Yangtse Economic Delta, as well as the beneficiary of Shanghai Free Trade Zone, has been listed as the test point for the comprehensive reform. Being the major district, Hailing will welcome its golden opportunity for the development both in economy and society. Hailing must seize this opportunity, play to their strengths, weaknesses, early planning, overall planning Hailing development plans, formulate feasible development strategy, realize the sustainable development of economy and society of hailing.This essay analyzes the historical status, potential advantages, features of economic development and existing problems of Hailing District. With the improvement of Hailing’s transportation condition, its status of central district becomes more prominent. Under the light of Regional Economic Development and Regional Growth theories, the essay proposes the strategies, practical approaches and measures for the economic development of Hailing District. The analysis is also made with reference to the development experiences of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and Singapore.