2011年9月,广东省委书记汪洋同志在与粤东四市党政主要负责同志座谈时的重要讲话中强调,要看到粤东地区在广东省加快转型升级、建设幸福广东中的地位和责任,跳出粤东看粤东,着眼全省乃至全国大局谋划粤东发展大计,推动汕潮揭(汕头市、潮州市和揭阳市)一体化、同城化。12月,广东省政府出台《粤 In September 2011, Comrade Wang Yang, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, stressed in an important speech at the forum that the leading party and government officials in charge of the four eastern Guangdong Provinces should pay attention to accelerating the transformation and upgrading of Guangdong in Guangdong Province and building a happy Guangdong. Responsibility, jumped out of eastern Guangdong to see the eastern part of Guangdong, focusing on the province and the national overall planning of eastern Guangdong development plans to promote Shantou Jie (Shantou City, Chaozhou City and Jieyang City) integration and urbanization. In December, Guangdong provincial government promulgated "Guangdong