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As of 2018, there are nine officially approved megalopolises in China. In 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission stated that plans for six city clusters had been completed in 2016, five in 2017, with eight more forthcoming for a total of 19 city cluster plans by 2020.
In China, the official term corresponding to the meaning of "megalopolis" is ' 城市群 ' (chéngshì qún), which, in Chinese, was originally coined by Yao Shimou and literally means "city cluster". [11] A "city cluster" is defined as "[a]n area in which cities are relatively densely distributed in a certain region".
The "Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area" is sometimes confused with the area of the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong province. While the geographical term “Pearl River Delta” was coined in 1947 reflecting the region's rich and diverse local histories, [9] the term “Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area” refers to a much larger area.
China's plan to merge big cities like Beijing with smaller suburbs — creating megacities of 10 million-plus — is fully underway. Here, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is seen under construction.
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [10] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas. [11]
City Population includes these three cities in its figures for Xiamen (population 4-4.8 million), giving a total population of 10,000,000. However, Xiamen is not actually contiguous with the three other cities and this statistic is not taken into account.
Last year, the city saw a net outflow of 60,000 residents, its third drop in as many years, taking the number of usual residents down to 7.19 million as of the end of 2022 — a drop of almost ...
The Jing-Jin-Ji cluster [a] is an expanded urban agglomeration consisting of Beijing (Jing), Tianjin (Jin), and Hebei (Ji). It is the biggest urban agglomeration region in North China , including an economic region surrounding the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin , and along the coast of the Bohai Sea . [ 4 ]