The difference between the Pearl River Delta, the Greater Pearl River Delta and the Pan-Pearl River Delta

There is no difference between the three.

The Pearl River Delta, the Greater Pearl River Delta and the Pan-Pearl River Delta all refer to the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration. The Pearl River Delta is both a geographical region and an economic region.

Located in the central region of Guangdong Province, in terms of geographical area concept, the Pearl River Delta includes nine cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and Jiangmen, as well as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region. In terms of the concept of economic region, the Pearl River Delta mainly refers to the nine cities in Guangdong.

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Greater Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration:

The Greater Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao metropolitan area, and its geographical scope includes Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou. The Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is one of the three mega-urban agglomerations and one of the most dynamic economic regions in my country and even the Asia-Pacific region.

The Guangdong Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Hong Kong Development Bureau and the Macao Department of Transport and Public Works jointly conducted the first strategic regional planning study "Research on the Coordinated Development Planning of the Greater Pearl River Delta Town Clusters", October 2009 Research report completed. The governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao jointly released the results in Macao, covering nine cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and Huizhou.

The "Greater Pearl River Delta" region will be built into the world's most prosperous and dynamic economic center and a world-class urban agglomeration. As China's first spatial coordination study across different institutional boundaries, the zoning goals set by the report are: the Pearl River Delta should be built into a world-class advanced manufacturing and modern service industry base and an important national economic center;

Hong Kong should continue to consolidate its status as Asia's world city, further enhance it into one of the world's important modern service industry centers, and strive to build a global city that enjoys high-quality life; Macao should become the world's most attractive tourism and leisure center and regional business services platform.

The research report proposes to build a multi-level, multi-center spatial development model for the Greater Pearl River Delta. Among them, "One Bay and Three Districts" refers to the Pearl River Estuary Bay Area and the three major areas of Guangzhou-Foshan, Hong Kong-Shenzhen and Macao-Zhuhai. Metropolitan area. Externally, it will play the role of "icon" to form a core space similar to the functions of global cities such as New York and London; internally, it will play the role of "hub" to drive the development of the Greater Pearl River Delta town cluster and the surrounding Pearl River Delta region. overall development. In the future, through infrastructure construction focusing on rail transit and highways, the Greater Pearl River Delta will realize a one-hour intercity transportation circle.

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