Looking at the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration from the scale of operation, the Pearl River Delta is the estuary of the Pearl River, including three new metropolitan areas: "Guangfozhao" (Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing), "Shenguanhui" (Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou) and "Pearl River" (Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen), which are the first to realize integration. The Greater Pearl River Delta region also includes Hongkong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, namely Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The total land area is 42,000 square kilometers and the permanent population is about 63 million.
According to the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Development Plan approved by the State Council, the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration includes Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province, and Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Zhoushan and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province. There are 26 cities in Anhui Province, including Hefei, Wuhu, Maanshan, Tongling, Anqing, Chuzhou, Chizhou and Xuancheng, covering an area of 2 1. 1.7 million square kilometers, accounting for about 2.2% of the national area, with a total population of1.50 million.
From the perspective of business scale, the Yangtze River Delta is better.
Characteristics of Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration and Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration The Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration is one of the most attractive economic development zones in Asia. 70% of the population in Guangdong Province contributes 85% to our GDP. It is a world-renowned high-end equipment manufacturing industrial base and service industry base, a gateway to the expansion and opening up of coastal areas, a major actor area of China participating in the globalization of economic development, and an industrial base of independent innovation and technology research and development in China. The whole country is the key module of social and economic development, and the radiation source is the leader to promote the development trend of South China, East China and Northwest China. It is one of the three regions with the most concentrated population, the strongest independent innovation ability and the strongest comprehensive strength (the other two are the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei).
The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is the key intersection of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. It is of vital strategic significance in the overall understanding of China's modernization and the layout of opening to the outside world. It is the key service platform for China to participate in economic globalization, the key module of social and economic development trend, the leader of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, and one of the best areas in the process of urbanization in China. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has a vast economic hinterland, a new intelligent seaport and airport, a relatively complete expressway network, and the relative density of public and rail trunk lines leads the country, and a three-dimensional integrated road network has basically taken shape.
Economic strength is equal. I think the economic strength of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration and the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is actually equivalent. However, the Yangtze River Delta is the most developed area in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and its GDP is really too large. Only Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong Province dominate the Pearl River Delta. The strongest area of the three provinces has hit one province, but the Pearl River Delta is not enough. More generally speaking, the Yangtze River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should be compared together. If we put Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area together, in fact, the difference between the two urban agglomerations is almost zero. But as far as the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is concerned, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is better.
In addition, there are flowers everywhere in the Yangtze River Delta, and there is basically no detachment. Every big city has its own characteristics. Including the accumulation of historical time, culture and education, location, beautiful environment, superior geographical position and income, are all in a frontier position. No defects.
Whether it is resource advantage or political and metallurgical factors, the Yangtze River Delta is superior to the Pearl River Delta. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is also the only internationally recognized urban agglomeration in China. Relatively speaking, the development trend of cities in the Yangtze River Delta has many relative averages, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is more prominent. There are more than 7 million people in China and Hongkong, and more than 0/0 million people in Shenzhen/KLOC. The level of economic development is very explosive. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's data information, Greater Bay Area's specific average GDP and total GDP, is actually a huge data for this region.
Therefore, if we only talk about economic development, the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration in a broad sense is actually an urban agglomeration anywhere in China. However, compared with the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration with a long history, the theoretical accumulation of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is obviously not as rich as that of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. As the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration that comes from behind, it may be a development trend that must be more diligent.