Abstract: The 19th CPC National Congress clearly establishes the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, and implements the regional coordinated development strategy, which has rich theoretical connotation and distinct characteristics of the times. Starting from the historical evolution and realistic analysis, and based on the value goal of “people-oriented”, this paper explains the basic understanding and research approach of regional coordinated development strategy, and expounds the core content, internal relationship and basic path of regional coordinated development strategy from three dimensions of “a five-pronged approach”, “ternary interactive structure” and “fair and efficiency”.

Key words: people-oriented, regional coordinated development, development strategy