Abstract: Based on the coupling coordination degree model, this study constructed a human-oriented evaluation system for regional cities, and then studied the level of the city-industry integration development of Yangtze river delta urban agglomerations from 2008 to 2017 as well as its spatio-temporal evolution characteristics. The results show that the city-industry integration development level of most cities in the zone has been improved from 2008 to 2017, but it is not balanced. The integration of provincial capital cities have developed rapidly and at a high level, while most cities in Anhui province are generally in a relatively backward position, and the system of benign development has not yet been formed. Every city should fully consider the relationship among the people, production and urbanization in the construction of new-type urbanization in order to improve the level of city-industry integration. At the same time, effective cooperation mechanism can be established between cities to promote regional sustainable development.

Key words: city-industry integration, spatio-temporal evolution, coupling coordination degree model, Yangtze river delta urban agglomerations