长江经济带战略的愿景有两个层次:浅层次的长江经济带是使得长江流域的11个省市之间形成共同市场,而深层次的长江经济带则是在共同市场的基础上使得东部亚洲成为中国经济对外辐射的战略纵深。浅层愿景专注于对内开放的深度与广度,而深层愿景则强调对外开放的深度与广度,即经由长江经济带而联接东亚、东南亚甚至南亚以形成更为紧密的经济关系。因 The vision of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Strategy has two levels: the shallow Yangtze River Economic Belt has resulted in the formation of a common market among 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River basin, and the deep Yangtze River Economic Belt has made the eastern part of the Common Market Asia has become China’s strategic economic depth of external radiation. The shallow vision focuses on the depth and breadth of opening up to the interior, while the deep vision emphasizes the depth and breadth of opening up, that is, linking East Asia, Southeast Asia and even South Asia via the Yangtze River Economic Belt to form closer economic relations. because