Metropolitan regions of China

According to research^[1] by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, ten major metropolitan regions are forming in China. Together, they constitute about one-tenth (9.99%) of China's land area, one-third (35.02%) of the country's population and one-half (52.83%) of the country's GDP (as in 2005). Among them, the largest three have been established since the beginning of China's economic reform and are expected to remain the leading force of the country's economic development in the coming decades.

Major metropolitan regions

Metropolitan regions	Chinese Hanyu Pinyin	Cities	Population	Jurisdiction
Yangtze River Delta (YRD)	长江三角洲[2] Chángjiāng Sānjiǎozhōu	Shanghai, Jiaxing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Ma'anshan, Nantong, Zhangjiagang, Jiangyin, Haimen, Jingjiang	88,000,000 ~ 92,582,426	Shanghai Jiangsu Zhejiang Anhui
Pearl River Delta (PRD)	珠江三角洲[3] Zhūjiāng Sānjiǎozhōu	Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Macau, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhongshan	63,724,157 ~ 120,000,000	Guangdong Hong Kong Macau
Jingjinji (JJJ)	京津冀城市群 Jīngjīnjì Chéngshì Qún	Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Langfang, Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Cangzhou	~23,700,000	Beijing Tianjin Hebei
Shandong Peninsula	山东半岛城市群 Shāndōng Bàndǎo Chéngshì Qún	Jinnan, Qingdao	~28,000,000	Shandong
Mid-Southern Liaoning	辽中南城市群 Liáo Zhōngnán Chéngshì Qún	Shenyang, Dalian	~27,000,000	Liaoning
Central Plain Zhongyuan	中原城市群 Zhōngyuán Chéngshì Qún	Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang		Henan
Yangtze River Mid-Reaches Yangtze River Valley	长江中游城市群 Chángjiāng Zhōngyóu Chéngshì Qún	Wuhan		Hubei Hunan
Cross-Strait Western Coast	海峡西岸城市群 Hǎixiá Xī'àn Chéngshì Qún	Fuzhou, Xiamen		Fujian
Chengyu	成渝城市群 Chéngyú Chéngshì Qún	Chengdu, Chongqing		Chongqing Sichuan
Guanzhong	关中城市群 Guānzhōng Chéngshì Qún	Xi'an, Xianyang, Baoji, Weinan		Shaanxi

See also

• List of regions in China
• List of country subdivisions by GDP over 100 billion US dollars
• List of urban areas by population
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of urban agglomerations by population
• List of cities by population
• city/Global city
• Megacity
• Metropolis
• Megalopolis (city type)
• Metropolitan area
• Urban agglomeration
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• World's largest cities
• List of cities in the Far East by population

Notes and references

1. 中国将形成十大城市群, Academy of Macroeconomic Research (AMR), 2007
2. "关于长江三角洲构建世界第六大城市群的思考". China.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
3. Vidal, John (2010-03-22). "UN report: World's biggest cities merging into 'mega-regions'". The Guardian (London).