China Post issued a set of 4 special stamps entitled Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta on December 1. The designs of the stamps are respectively Integrated Development of Science and Innovation Industry, Coordinated Protection and Restoration of Environment, Shared Access to Public Services and High-level Coordinated Opening-up.

This set of stamps is designed in illustration style, the pictures of which are lively and stretching. The first stamp includes the graphic design of sci-tech elements such as the automatic production line with intelligent robotic arms, the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology in Hefei and so on, reflecting the integrated development of science and innovation industry. The second one contains elements including Yuandang Lake and Qiandao Lake, the representative landscapes of the demonstration zone for integrated ecological and green development in the Yangtze River Delta region, indicating the coordinated efforts to protect and restore the environment. The third depicts the scene of accessing more government services via a single website in the Yangtze River Delta region, the Hangzhou-Huangshan world-class natural ecological and cultural tourism corridor and other representative landscapes, reflecting the shared access to basic public services. The fourth reveals such elements as the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) and Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, showing the high-level coordinated opening-up.

The set of stamps is designed by Song Jian and printed with photogravure technology by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited. The denomination of this set is 4.8 yuan. The planned circulation is 7.198 million sets.

As one of the regions with the most dynamic economic development, the highest degree of openness and the strongest innovation capabilities in China, the Yangtze River Delta boasts strategic significance in the country’s modernization and further opening up. Promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta region, boosting its innovation and competitiveness, and improving economic agglomeration, regional connectivity and policy coordination efficiency are of great significance for leading China’s high-quality development and building a modern economic system.