The Yangtze River Economic Belt runs from east to west, connects north and south, and connects rivers and seas. It is an important growth pole for China's economic development.

Promoting high-quality development fundamentally depends on the high- quality ecological environment of the YangTze River Basin. High-intensity resource development and utilization have degraded the ecological functions of wetlands and reduced biodiversity, hindering the "two-way rush" of high-level protection and development of the belt. The contradiction between production and protection is prominent.