A new era needs a new economy. As an important economic hinterland of China，the central provinces have introduced policies to promote the development of the new economy. The new economic index shows that the new economy of Anhui and Hubei are the best，followed by Henan and Hunan，Jiangxi and Shanxi being the worst. As a whole，the new economy in the central region is better than that in the West and the Northeast，but has a big gap with the East. In terms of the subentry indices，the innovation ability of Anhui and Hubei is relatively strong，and the degree of globalization of the six provinces is low. All of the green degree of Henan，Hubei and Hunan，the digital level of Anhui，Hubei and Hunan，the network level of Shanxi，Henan and Hubei，the intelligent degree of Anhui，Henan，Hubei，Hunan and Jiangxi are relatively high. But overall there is still a wide gap with the East，especially the development of globalization and internet being worse than that of the Northeast. Therefore，the central provinces should develop new economy by making efforts from many aspects according to problems facing the development of the new economy，in order to promote the rapid rise of the central region.