位于湖南中部的长沙、株洲、湘潭三个市呈“品”字型布局,两两相距45公里,有4条铁路和7条高等级公路以及1条湘江水道相连。三市城区总人口310万,聚集了全省90%的科技人员和80%的科技成果,是湖南经济发展的精华所在。以多视角观察,可以看出长株潭经济一体化是一经济发展的必然趋 The three cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan in the central part of Hunan Province are in the shape of “goods” with a distance of 45 kilometers between each other. There are 4 railways, 7 highways and 1 Xiangjiang River waterway. The total population of the three cities is 3.1 million, which brings together 90% of the province’s scientific and technological personnel and 80% of the scientific and technological achievements. It is the essence of Hunan’s economic development. From a multi-perspective observation, we can see that the economic integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan is an inevitable trend of economic development