Recently, China Daily published an op-ed titled " Economy, ecology flow together in Yangtze Delta" by Sambuddha ' Som' Ghosh, Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE). The article, drawing on China's development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, examines China's approach to coordinating economic growth with ecological protection, offering an international scholar's perspective shaped by long-term academic and professional experience in Shanghai.
In his article, Professor Ghosh uses the Yangtze River Economic Belt as a lens, drawing on his personal experiences living and traveling in cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, and Chengdu. He highlights China' s efforts to pursue high-quality development by balancing economic growth with environmental protection, noting that under strong institutional frameworks and technological innovation, the Yangtze River Delta is transitioning from resource-intensive growth toward a more sustainable model driven by artificial intelligence, digital technologies, and green industries—demonstrating China' s approach to aligning economic development with ecological conservation.
As a long-term international faculty member in China, Professor Ghosh continues to engage with discussions on China' s development from an academic perspective. His article in China Daily reflects a foreign scholar' s observations and reflections on China' s development practices and offers an academic lens through which the international community may better understand China' s ongoing exploration of high-quality and environmentally sustainable development.
About the Author
Associate Professor Ghosh graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in Economics and joined SUFE in 2015. His main research fields are microeconomic theory and game theory.
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