In an article published on the front page of “Social Sciences Weekly” Issue 1978, Yang Tao from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University highlighted that digital infrastructure plays a pivotal role in empowering major strategic regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. By strategically deploying intelligent computing centers, these regions are positioned to become growth poles with global competitiveness. Additionally, initiatives like the “East Data West Calculation” project exemplify coordinated regional development by establishing a long-term mechanism to balance computing power supply and demand between eastern and western regions, fostering complementary advantages.
Yang emphasized that to drive regional economic growth poles, it is crucial to enhance the radiation effect of core engines and deepen industrial cooperation and kinetic energy transformation. This requires megacities and large cities to focus on high-end functions, while central and western node cities strengthen their strategic hinterland support. By adopting vertical division of labor models such as “research and development + manufacturing” and “headquarters + base,” these cities can avoid homogeneous competition. Furthermore, the deployment of new types of facilities, such as computing power networks, is essential to cultivate multi-level functional circles ranging from “urban-rural symbiosis circles” to “modern metropolitan circles” and ultimately to “national economic belts.”