Based on panel data from 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2016 to 2021,this article constructs a coupling coordination indicator system for rural basic public services and economic develop-ment,and uses entropy method and coupling coordination degree model to study the coordination characteristics be-tween rural basic public services and economic development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.The research shows that:The basic public service system and economic system development indexes in rural areas of the Yangtze River Economic Belt are both showing an upward trend,and the development trend is good;The level of coordinated de-velopment between the two systems has been increasing year by year,but the spatial development is uneven,showing an overall spatial difference pattern of"downstream>midstream>upstream";The coupling and coordinated dispatch of the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration tends to develop synergistically,and the differences between the three major regions are narrowing down;The overall coordination level of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is improving.Accordingly,Suggestions are proposed from three aspects:strengthening policy guidance and financial support,formulating differentiated development policies,and optimizing the spatial pattern of basic public services.
basic public services in rural areaseconomic developmentYangtze River Economic Belt