在经济全球化、区域协调发展及江苏新一轮的沿海大开发的背景下,连云港的发展已经引起了中央到地方的高度重视,并很有可能纳入国家战略的层面。国务院总理温家宝在视察连云港时指出:“搞好连云港的规划和建设,加快连云港的建设步伐,从而使连云港成为连接沿海地带包括环渤海湾、长三角以及浙江、福建的一个中间环节,使连云港 Under the background of economic globalization, coordinated regional development and a new round of coastal development in Jiangsu, the development of Lianyungang has drawn great attention from the central authorities to local authorities and is likely to be incorporated into the national strategy. During his visit to Lianyungang, Premier Wen Jiabao pointed out: ”Doing a good job in planning and building Lianyungang and speeding up the construction of Lianyungang will make Lianyungang an intermediate link connecting the coastal areas including the Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, and Zhejiang and Fujian provinces,