2020年，在新冠肺炎疫情和贸易摩擦的不利环境下，长江经济带地区经济继续保持增长态势，占全国的比重持续上升，区域内省际差距进一步减小。产业结构处于动态调整和优化阶段，服务业、工业、战略性新兴产业发展各有千秋。投资、消费、出口三大经济发展动能喜忧参半，贸易出口逆势上扬，部分地区波动较大，投资仍呈增长态势，投资增速进一步减缓，内需消费则严重缩水。
The Yangtze River Economic Belt covers three regional plates and 11 provinces（or municipalities）of China，the population and economic output account half for the country. Thus，it has a prominent economic position and great development potential，and plays an important role in promoting China’s regional coordinated and high-quality development. In 2020，under the unfavorable effect of COVID-19 and trade friction，the GDP and its proportion of the whole country of the Yangtze River Economic Belt continued to grow，and the inter-regional gap was further reduced. The industrial structure became more optimization，and the development of service industry，industry and strategic emerging industries had its own merits. The three major economic development drivers of investment，consumption and export were mixed. Export rise against the trend，with large fluctuations in some regions. Investment still shows a growth trend，but the growth rate further slowed down，and domestic consumption seriously shrinks.
