Since the reform and opening up, China’s economy has maintained rapid growth. At the
same time, the process of urbanization in China has been accelerating and the scale of urban
construction land has expanded accordingly. The purpose of the research is to explore whether
there is an inevitable connection between the expansion of urban construction land and economic
growth. This study uses 108 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an example.
Considering panel data from 2005 to 2015, the spatial econometric model was used to explore the
impact of urban construction land expansion on regional economic growth. The results are as follows:
(1) The expansion of construction land in cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant
impact on economic growth but the extent of the impact is not as great as that of capital stock. (2) In
the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the expansion of urban construction land in a certain area has
not only a positive effect on the local economic growth but also a certain spillover effect and it can
promote the economic development level of the adjacent areas in the economic belt. (3) Although the
expansion of urban construction land along the Yangtze River Economic Belt promotes economic
growth, there are obvious differences between regions. The expansion of urban construction land in
the central region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant driving effect on economic
growth. However, the expansion of urban construction land in the eastern and western regions has
no significant effect on the economic growth of the respective regions. Finally, based on the above
conclusions, this paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations for economic development
in different regions. These research conclusions will also facilitate the follow-up of other researchers
to further explore the driving factors of the economic development of many prefecture-level cities in
the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the related mechanisms for the expansion of construction land
to promote economic growth.
 

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