What does the Yangtze River Delta mean?

The Yangtze River Delta, also known as the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle and the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone for short, is a highly developed economic region in the eastern coastal area of China, the largest economic circle and center in China, an important international gateway in the Asia-Pacific region, a global manufacturing center and one of the six world-class urban agglomerations.

According to "the State Council's Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt by Relying on Golden Waterway" approved by the State Council, People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 4th, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration includes Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, with a regional area of 354,400 square kilometers.

The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is the largest urban agglomeration in Asia under planning, and it is expected to become the largest metropolitan area in the world in 20 18. According to the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Development Plan approved by the State Council, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations include Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Zhoushan and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, and Hefei, Wuhu, Maanshan, Tongling, Anqing and Chuzhou in Anhui Province. The land area is 2 1. 1.7 thousand square kilometers, the regional GDP is 21.67 trillion yuan, and the total population is1.500 million, accounting for 2.2%, 1.8% and1.