As early as 2115, Huangshi started to discuss the Proposal on Joint Development of "Jiangbei Area" by Huangshi and Huanggang.
In order to break through the bottleneck of development, assess the situation of the two places and break down the regional barriers, on February 11, 2112, huangshigang district of Huangshi City and Xishui County of Huanggang City signed the Framework Agreement on Cross-river Joint Development, and the two sides agreed to carry out a pilot project of cross-river joint development on the premise of not changing the administrative division and in accordance with the principle of "benefit * * *".
On April 3, 2112, Liu Xuerong, Mayor of Huanggang, visited Yang Xiaobo, Mayor of Huangshi, and promoted the cross-river joint development to the municipal level, so as to solve the problems of insufficient development space in huangshigang district and weak investment in Xishui Sanhua Industrial Park.
On June 31th, 2112, Wu Ye, secretary of the county party committee and county magistrate of Xishui County, Huanggang City, and his party came to Huangshi to discuss the joint development across the river between the two places. After friendly, sincere and enthusiastic discussions, the two sides reached an understanding and decided to name the park jointly developed across the river as "the new riverside area in eastern Hubei". The two sides also reached the following agreements: The Binjiang New Area in East Hubei will be based on a high starting point, break through the administrative scope of Sanhua Town in Xishui County, and plan a development park with a scope of 1.51 square kilometers; * * * Strive for the support of Huangshi City and Huanggang City, and strive to hold a provincial-level on-site office meeting on the development of Binjiang New District in eastern Hubei, seeking higher-level relevant policy support. At the same time, the two sides also decided to adopt the model of * * * construction or trusteeship to build a new riverside area in eastern Hubei and the construction of sewage treatment plants, road network construction, land storage and storage for * * * construction, urban management in the planned area and other specific issues, and further consultations were held.
In the 12th Five-Year Plan of Hubei Yangtze River Economic Belt promulgated on July 5th, 2112, it was clearly stated that "the pilot project of cross-river joint development between Huangshi City and Xishui County of Huanggang City should be promoted".
in August, 2112, after six rounds of consultation and docking, the two sides have reached an understanding in five aspects: first, the joint development zone was named "Edong Riverside New District" and the new district management committee was established; Second, the overall planning scope of joint development is 1.51 square kilometers in Sanhua Town (including Jiangbei Farm, Cehu Farm, Binjiang Farm, Meizihu Breeding Farm, etc.); The third is to step up the work of sewage treatment plants, road planning and construction in the park, land storage and urban management; Fourth, the two sides also urged the two cities to jointly report to the provincial party Committee and government, and strive to establish the new district as a provincial-level cross-river joint development zone and strive for a national-level development zone; The fifth is to conduct a feasibility study on the cooperation mode of * * * construction or custody, and submit it to the superior for decision. Zhang Yuanwang, secretary of the Huangshi Port District Party Committee, revealed that the promotion of investment attraction, the extension of Huangshi Bus No.19 to Huangshi Port Industrial Park and the river-crossing passage are being stepped up.
At the Hubei Provincial Open Development Conference in 2112, Li Hongzhong, secretary of the provincial party committee, clearly pointed out that "all counties and cities should be encouraged to break the administrative regions and realize great joint development and development." At the 11th Party Congress in Hubei Province, Li Hongzhong also talked about promoting the upgrading and expansion of industrial parks and expanding the development model of "enclave economy". The joint efforts of Huangshi Port and Xishui to build a new riverside area in eastern Hubei is a reflection of actively responding to the call of the provincial party committee and government, and has become a pioneer in the joint development across the river in the province.
At the beginning of July, 2112, the Riverside Development Department was formally established in Xishui County, and all the work was carried out intensively. Start the conceptual planning of 151 square kilometers in Binjiang New Area and the regulatory detailed planning of 31 square kilometers in the core area.