In the Huaihai Economic Zone, Xuzhou is almost a king, with a GDP comparable to that of Ukraine, a large country in Eastern Europe with a population of more than 50 million. Even Slovakia, a developed country in Central Europe, can only call him a brother and brother, and the economic volume of Xuzhou alone can be ranked 61st in the world. It may seem like exciting news, but it seems unrealistic to become a national center city in the next 20 years.
Xuzhou's GDP in 2020 reached 731.98 billion yuan, a difference of nearly 50 billion yuan from the 26th place Changzhou, that is, in Jiangsu Province, the road to compete for the national central city is very difficult. Putting aside Su Xi Changtong on the edge of Shanghai, Nanjing, the "ancient capital of the Six Dynasties", obviously does not allow another "middle country" contender in the province, there are many people who joke about Nanjing with "Huijing", but ignore a crucial topic, at least shows that for more than two thousand years, Nanjing basically ranked within the top 10, regardless of historical status, economic impact and cultural and medical treatment have been crushed to varying degrees, if Nanjing can concentrate on supporting Xuzhou, then the already small area of Jiangsu Province may be completely divided. Huaihai Province, centered on Xuzhou, is really waking up like a dream, and such a cruel reality is incompatible with the era of strong provincial capitals.
The Huaihai economic circle is perfectly conceived, with Tai'an and Laiwu in the north, Kaifeng and Zhoukou in the west, Bengbu and Huai'an in the south, and Rizhao, Lianyungang and Yancheng in the east. Will Jinan in the north agree? Will Zhengzhou in the west be unblocked? The south overlaps with the Nanjing economic circle, only the eastern part that can be radiated is not only a few, but also one by one is not a good species, Rizhao is only willing to fight with Linyi Long Box, Lianyungang and Yancheng are ostensibly wearing a pair of pants with Xuzhou, and there are many things that are secretly competing. No one is willing to accept such a situation.
The only feasible way is to restore the territory of old Xuzhou and merge Xiao County and Zhongshan, if the state intends to build him, Anhui and Jiangsu will fight to the death, which is a result that no one wants to see. Even if the "Great Xuzhou" can economically reach the size of Nanjing, it still needs continuous efforts to get away from the status of "middle country". Because Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu all need the support of a "middle country", the two provinces of Luwan and Anhui absolutely do not allow Xuzhou to be dominant, which is clearly digging their walls, not to mention where nanjing's face is placed, then it is really Lu Suwan who is noisy, and there is a small quarrel every day. In this way, it is obviously not conducive to the peace of the moment.
Xuzhou, the hotbed of the emperor's generals, the place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight, as for the "middle of the country", to a large extent, it depends on its own efforts, and now that the fire has not yet arrived, there is still a long way to go in the future, so most of the Huaihai Economic Zone is just a paper soldier, and it is still far away from the so-called ideal.
