New York Metropolitan Vicinity-Ideas in Integrating Changchun and Jilin

Regional integration will promote the flow of elements in accordance with Regional Economics, to achieve the most optimal configuration. In 2007, the Jilin Provincial Government made a strategic plan about Changchun-Jilin Integration, however, we don’t have much more experiences in China, so that this thesis analyzes the US New York Metropolitan Vicinity and indicates three outstanding features as follows: First, the evolution of planning tend to be people-oriented, focusing on the harmonious development between human and nature; Second, to build multi-level coordination and management mechanism, the semi-official organizations have the largest contribution to the development of metropolitan; Third, the evolution of the industrial structure tend to be third tilt with a larger proportion of modern service industry. Changchun-Jilin Integration should develop appropriation strategies plan based on above findings and domestic background.