The Yangtze Delta Megaregion: How Shanghai and Its Neighbors Are Redefining Urban China

[Article Content - 2475 words]The lights never dim in the Yangtze River Delta. From Shanghai's glittering Pudong skyline to Hangzhou's tech parks and Suzhou's ancient canals, this 35,800-square-kilometer region housing over 150 million people repre

The Yangtze River Delta Megacity: How Shanghai and Neighboring Provinces Are Creating China's Most Dynamic Economic Zone

Section 1: The Making of a Mega-City ClusterThe Shanghai-led Yangtze River Delta region, encompassing parts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces, has become China's most economically developed urban agglomeration. Covering just 2.2% of the nat