Published: 15 March 2019
Purpose. Identification of interrelations of strategic positioning of industrial development of regions of Central Black Earth Macroregion (CBEM) and the work forces providing it. Discussion. Industrial development of Russia and regions of the country is considered as a strategic vector which maintenance is made: positive dynamics of industrial outputs, technical and technological improvement, export expansion, active import substitution, forming of perspective organization structures (clusters, technoparks, industrial parks, special economic zones, territories of the advancing development, etc.). Results. The analysis of strategy of social and economic development of CBEM showed that industrial development is positioned as competitive advantage by all regions of CBEM, and, irrespective of its actual level. In the specified documents the high level of attention to improvement of different aspects of industrial development is shown. The direct connection of a status and dynamics of industrial production with a solution of social problems, improvement of space development of regions is proved. In strategy will reach in general quite high level of compliance of the purposes, tasks, instruments of industrial development. At the same time it should be noted that a variety of solvable tasks is not fully provided with programs, projects for development of work forces. A set of indicators, typical for strategy, and their quantitative characteristics do not allow to see accurately perspectives of industrial development and resources, necessary for it. Most it belongs to work forces.