Yangtze River Delta

The Yangtze River Delta is one three most important economic regions of China located in the delta of the Yangtze River. 
It includes the important cities of Shanghai, Nanking and Hangzhou as well as the largest container port in the world and a significant percentage of the world's manufacturing.
By 2030, living standards in the Yangtze River Delta had caught up to the most advanced nations as the region fueled the transition of People's Republic of China towards a consumer driven, high tech economy. 
Shanghai was the world's largest financial center serving as its banking capital. Many of the China's and the world's largest companies and financial institutions based themselves in Shanghai, giving the city and the Yangtze River Delta a position of global economic and cultural importance once held by New York and the northeast United States. The inhabitants of the Yangtze River Delta and Shanghai in particular began thinking of themselves as being at the center of the world's economy.
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