The reporter recently learned from the Yangtze River Delta Regional Cooperation Office that the total economic output of the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta has increased from 23.9% of the national total in 2018 to 24.4% in 2023, with a growth rate of 5.4% in the first three quarters of this year. The number of "trillion cities" in the Yangtze River Delta has increased from 6 in 2018 to 9 currently, accounting for over one-third of the national total. In terms of quality, the R&D investment intensity in the Yangtze River Delta has increased from 2.81% in 2018 to 3.34% in 2023. In the 2024 Global Innovation Index Top 100 Technology Clusters, the Shanghai Suzhou cluster ranks fifth and the Nanjing cluster ranks ninth. Focusing on cultivating and developing new quality productive forces, the Yangtze River Delta strengthens cross regional collaboration in scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerates the joint research and development plan of the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Community, and establishes the first batch of 12 parent triangle innovation consortia; The opening and sharing of technological resources is accelerating, and the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Voucher has supported enterprises to purchase innovation services more than 7000 times, with a support amount of over 170 million yuan; Accelerating the integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, jointly building the new energy vehicle industry chain system in the Yangtze River Delta region, and jointly promoting the development of connected vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles. Currently, for every 10 new energy vehicles produced nationwide, 4 come from the Yangtze River Delta region. The convenient sharing of public services has been promoted in an orderly manner, and more than 170 high-frequency government services and applications have achieved cross provincial "one-stop service". As of the end of October this year, the direct settlement of cross provincial medical and outpatient expenses has benefited more than 46 million people, reducing the advance payment of more than 7 billion yuan by the masses. (New Society)