Pearl River Delta

The Pearl River Delta is one of the chief economic regions of China which fueled its four decade transformation into an industrial capitalist nation after 1978. 
In 2023, Chinese President Hu Chunhua formally merged nine major cities in the region into the South China Megacity, merging the transportation, energy, water, telecommunications and medical infrastructure of the existing cities and creating a single metro pass for the residents to travel throughout the new urban conglomeration. The South China Megacity immediately became the largest city in the world and had a population of over 100 million people by 2030 after giving Chinese migrant workers urban status. The Pearl River Delta and the South China Megacity helped fueled China's transformation towards a more consumer driven high tech economy over the same period.
The formation of the South China Megacity also helped the Pearl River Delta wrest back some competitive advantage from highly developed Beijing and Shanghai.
Category:Regions
Category:China
Category:East Asia
Category:Asia