制度创新：依托武汉建设长江中游城市群

经过上千年的发育和发展,我国长江中游流域已形成了规模庞大的、以武汉为中心、经济联系紧密的城市群落的雏形。通过对长江中游城市群内部的分析以及与珠江三角洲、长江三角洲等发达区域的比较,阐明了其经济发展相对滞后 和城市群内部各城市间发展水平参差不齐的深层次制度性障碍,提供了诸如转变政府职能,建立跨行政地界的区域协调机构,城市土地制度改革和促进区域内小城镇发展等一系列以区域整体协调和持续发展为目标的制度创新的基本思路。在此基础上,提出了圈层梯度推进、建设以武汉为中心的长江中游城市群的发展战略。为实现我国东部地区产业向西部转移,推进西部大开发提供了重要的战略支点,从而促进全国经济全面持续快速发展。

INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN AGGLOMERATION IN THE MIDDLE REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVER SURROUNDING WUHAN CITY

After thousands of year's development, an original large-scale urban agglomeration form was shaped in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River. The central city of urban agglomeration is Wuhan, and the economic relationship among the cities inside the agglomeration is very close. On the basis of the analysis of the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River and the comparison with urban agglomerations in Yangtze River Delta and Zhujiang River Delta, we found that the cause of the laggard economy and the large gap between the cities inside the urban agglomeration is the institutional barrier. Then we discussed a seriesof suggestions aimed to the coordination of the region sustainable development, such as the transition of government function, the establishment of the interregional coordinating system, the reforming of the urban landuse system,and the development of the small towns. On the basis of these suggestions, a strategy that aims to establish an urban agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, which is surrounding Wuhan city, was expounded. We believe,that the establishment of this urban agglomeration will accelerate the industrial transition from east to west,to provide a strategic fulcrum for the "Western Development",which will be beneficial to the sustainable and rapid economic development in China.