The analysis of the current situation of foreign trade development in the Yangtze River Delta shows that the level of open economic development in the Yangtze River Delta is unbalanced,with an obvious gap in the for-eign trade between Anhui Province with a low level of opening-up and Shanghai,Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Based on this result,taking the panel data of all levels of cities in Anhui Province from 2000 to 2021 as samples,the main affecting factors of foreign trade are identified,and the impact of economic development,human capital and the utilization of for-eign capital on the trade of Anhui Province is further analyzed.Finally,some suggestions are put forward concerning the integration of regions of low-level opening-up into the open economy of the Yangtze River Delta.
The Yangtze River DeltaRegion of low-level opening-upEmpirical analysis