九曲黃河，奔流萬里，以甘甜的黃河水哺育滋潤了沿途的萬生之后，臨將消失于大海之際仍不忘留下一樣珍貴的禮物，這就是近6000平方公里的黃河三角洲。

黃河三角洲是豐腴的。這里有豐富而珍貴的石油、天然氣、鹵水、地熱等資源，有80多萬公頃的土地，有55萬多公頃待開發(fā)的荒灘地，有15萬多公頃的中國暖溫帶最完整、最廣闊、最年輕的濕地系統(tǒng)。……

在這塊土地上，人們開采地下的資源，耕種寬廣的土地，享受生態(tài)自然的生活環(huán)境，開發(fā)建設(shè)的腳步從未停止過。伴隨著中國改革開放的不斷深入，凝視著南方珠江三角洲、長江三角洲經(jīng)濟區(qū)的相繼崛起，黃河三角洲在艷羨，在著急，在暗暗地積聚力量，它也盼望著能快快成長為中國北方的經(jīng)濟強區(qū)。因為，這個中國最后一個大河三角洲有沿海的區(qū)位優(yōu)勢，有廣闊的發(fā)展腹地，有豐富的自然資源和人力資源，有適宜發(fā)展的獨特優(yōu)勢。惟一缺少的，是大發(fā)展的政策和機遇。

如今，這個希望，正在逐步變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實。國家把黃河三角洲列入重點推進的環(huán)渤海經(jīng)濟圈的重要一員，山東省著力扶持的“北翼”大部分屬于黃河三角洲的范圍。繼出臺了《黃河三角洲高效生態(tài)經(jīng)濟區(qū)發(fā)展規(guī)劃》后，山東省又提出了將黃河三角洲地區(qū)列為國家級綜合改革試點區(qū)的申請。從中央到地方，加快黃河三角洲發(fā)展的聲音和動作一致提高，各類扶持政策措施迅速向黃河三角洲傾斜。

黃三角，正在中國繼續(xù)擴大改革開放的氛圍中全力奮起。

The Last Delta in China Is Rising

There are rich and rare resources such as petroleum， natural gas， brine， and geo-thermal heat in the Yellow River Delta， which contains over 800，000 hectares of land， more than 550，000 hectares of undeveloped desolate beaches， and more than 150，000 hectares of the most complete， most extensive， and the youngest wetland system of the warm temperate zone of China.

With the Reform and Opening Up， the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta in South China have been rapidly developed. The Yellow River Delta is also hoped to be the powerful economic area of North China. Because this is the last large delta which has the unique advantages of good location， wide land， and rich resources both natural and human. The only thing needed is the policies and the opportunities.

Nowadays， this hope is gradually becoming the truth. China listed the Yellow River Delta as one of the important parts of the development of the economic zone along the Bohai Sea. Subsequently， Shandong issued the Development Plan of an Efficient Ecological Economic Area of the Yellow River Delta and applied for listing the Yellow River Delta as part of the application of National Comprehensive Reform Test Areas.

The Yellow River Delta is rising in the atmosphere of the Reform and Opening Up in China.