Does Shanghai belong to East China or South China?

Shanghai belongs to the east of China.

East China is located in the east of China, including Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces, Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, including chiwei yu, Huangweiyu, South Island, North Island and some island reefs, with a total area of 834,300 square kilometers.

South China includes Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region.

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In the early days of the People's Republic of China, East China was once one of the six major administrative regions in China, and it was the first-class administrative region at that time.

/kloc-revoked in 0/954, and its jurisdiction is equivalent to Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong and Taiwan Province provinces. Jiangxi was in south-central China at that time, and later transferred to East China.

196 1 year, East China Economic Cooperation Zone was established, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shandong and other places, and was revoked after 1978. Later, East China was founded.

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