长江地处我国中部,横贯我国东、中、西部,牵动我国半壁河山。这一地带是我国资源最丰富、经济技术基础最好、开发潜力最大、后劲最足、经济效益最好的地区。有人说,世界经济看亚太,亚太经济看中国,中国经济看长江,这话不无道理。从流域经济看,东部的沿海和西部的内地在经济上存在着明显的差异性和互补性。这种差异性和互补性,也为长江流域内不同类型的地区之间开展经济合作提供了现实基础。比如下游地区资源贫 The Yangtze River is located in the central part of our country and runs through the east, middle and west of our country and affects half of China’s rivers and mountains. This zone is China’s most abundant resources, the best economic and technological foundation, the development potential of the most vigorous, most economic benefits of the region. Some people say that it is not unreasonable to say that the world economy looks at Asia and the Pacific, the Asia-Pacific economy looks at China and the Chinese economy looks at the Yangtze River. From the perspective of river basin economy, there are obvious differences and complementarities in economy between the eastern coast and the western hinterland. This difference and complementarity also provide a realistic basis for economic cooperation among different types of regions in the Yangtze River basin. For example, poor resources in the downstream areas