Abstract:The Yangtze River Economic Zone is one of China's three major economic strategic plans. It is guided by green development and takes the road of sustainable development. Based on the analysis of the ecological environment of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River Economic Zone are taken as research objects, and the Yangtze River Economic Zone is constructed along the three aspects:industrial green development power, resource and environmental carrying capacity and government green support. Regional green development level evaluation system. The relative development of the green development level along the Yangtze River Economic Zone during 2012-2017 was ranked. The results show that the level of green development in the downstream areas is generally higher than that in the upper and middle reaches. According to the relative coordination of the development of each region, it is divided into coordinated development type, relative disorder type and low level lag type, and then corresponding policy recommendations are put forward.