COVER N. 429 - CHINA

Postmark: ? 04.02.2024 

Posted on the 2nd February; received on the 19th March 2024

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Once again I receive a beautifully and carefully prepared airmail envelope from China, embellished not only with a full set of stamps but also with a most beautiful handwriting. 谢谢, Xu!

The Yangtzi River Delta Region is one of  China's most economically vibrant regions, being responsible for about 1/4 of the country's GDP.  

With the aim of maximizing its role as the country's top economic driver, the integrated development of the region was awarded national strategy status  in November 2018, under the framework of the Regional Integrated Development Plan for the Yangtze River Delta, aiming to  promote integrated regional development on the principles of “coordinated development”, “joint protection of a green environment”, “win win strategy of opening up”, and “sharing the fruits of development in people’s livelihood”

Five years after the decision its fruits seem to be ripping, with the region's GDP increasing at an average annual rate of 5.5% , Shangai being the locomotive pulling the development train.

On 01DEC2023, China Post issued  the set of four 1,20 Yuan stamps dedicated to the Regional Integrated Development Plan for the Yangtze River Delta, which can be seen on the cover.

From left to right, the illustration in the stamps highlight some strategic aims of the Plan, namely  "High-Level Collaboration Among Companies"; "Integration of Public Service Provisions"; "Science and Technology Industries" and "Protection of the Ecological Environment".