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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.
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]
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.
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 ]
China East Asia 5,460,000 570 7,500 E / B 19 Hangzhou [12] China East Asia 5,305,000 712 8,200 E / B 20 Wuhan: China East Asia 5,260,000 712 7,400 E / B 21 Shenyang [13] China East Asia 5,160,000 777 7,100 E / B 22 Chengdu: China East Asia 4,785,000 570 8,400 E / B 23 Singapore [14] Singapore Southeast Asia 4,635,000 479 9,700 D / B 24 Yangon ...
The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region [a] is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea.Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, the region is one of the most densely populated and urbanized regions in the world, and is considered a megacity by numerous scholars. [2]
The city forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region along with Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, also known as the Changzhutan City Cluster. Greater Changsha was named one of the 13 emerging mega-cities in China in 2012 by the Economist Intelligence Unit. [8]