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{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}{{Chinese| c = 城市群| p = Chéngshì Qún| j = Sing4 Si5 Kwan4| title = | l = City Group| hide = no}}In China, a megalopolis ({{zh|s=城市群|p=Chéngshì Qún}})In Standard for basic terminology of urban planning (GB/T 50280—98) issued in 1998, is defined as "An area in which cities are relatively densely distributed in a certain region". is a designation by the government to promote the development of a group of cities through transportation and communication links.

Conceptual history

The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2012 identified 13 megalopolises: Chang-Zhu-Tan (Greater Changsha), Chengdu, Chongqing, Greater Beijing i.e. Jing-Jin-Ji, Greater Shanghai (incl. Suzhou), Greater Xi'an, Greater Zhengzhou, Greater Guangzhou, Hefei economic circle (incl. Lu'an, Huainan, Chaohu), Shandong Peninsula, Greater Shenyang, Shenzhen and Wuhan.JOURNAL, Supersized Cities, Economist Intelligence Unit,weblink 2012, 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.{{update-inline|date=February 2024}} The new city clusters identified in 2017 were Lanzhou-Xining, Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos-Yulin, Guanzhong Plain, Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.WEB,weblink Five city clusters planned to help boost balanced growth, 王建芬, www.chinadaily.com.cn, 14 April 2018, The Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (covering 2016-2020) highlighted nineteen city clusters to be developed and strengthened pursuant to a geographic layout referred to as two horizontals and three verticals (liang heng san zong).BOOK, Hu, Richard, Reinventing the Chinese City, 2023, Columbia University Press, 978-0-231-21101-7, New York, {{Rp|page=206}} The highlighted clusters included the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River delta region, and the Greater Bay area.{{Rp|page=206}} Development of these clusters includes establishing regional coordination mechanisms, sharing development costs and benefits, collaborative industrial development, and shared governance approaches to ecological issues and environmental protection.{{Rp|page=208}}(File:Megalópoles na China.svg|thumb|400px|center|Location map of the first three megalopolises in China: Jing-Jin-Ji Megalopolis (yellow, north), Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis (blue, middle) and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (silver, south).)

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! Megalopolises! Metropolitan areas! Cities! Area ( km2)! data-sort-type=number | Population! Date of approval

Yangtze Delta>Yangtze River Delta MegalopolisHTTP://WWW.CHINA.COM.CN/CHINESE/ZHUANTI/QY/550016.HTM >TITLE = 关于长江三角洲构建世界第六大城市群的思考	ACCESS-DATE = 2013-04-04, |Shanghai, Nanjing Metropolitan Area, Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, Hefei Metropolitan Area, Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Metropolitan Area, Ningbo Metropolitan Area	ShanghaiJiangsu: Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Taizhou, Jiangsu>TaizhouZhejiang: Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Zhoushan, TaizhouAnhui: Hefei, Wuhu, Ma'anshan, Tongling, Anqing, Chuzhou, Chizhou, Xuancheng| 350,000| 240,000,000 (2020)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/FZGGGZ/FZGH/ZCFG/201606/W020160715547746056307.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE = 2016-06-01, zh-CN,

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay AreaHTTPS://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/2010/MAR/22/UN-CITIES-MEGA-REGIONS	LAST = VIDAL	DATE=2010-03-22	LOCATION=LONDON,		PUBLISHER=广东省人民政府办公厅	LANGUAGE=ZH-CN, | Guangdong: Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, ZhongshanSARs: Hong Kong, Macau| 56,000| 70,000,000 (2017)		LANGUAGE=EN-HK, 中共中央 国务院印发《粤港澳大湾区发展规划纲要》 >URL = HTTP://WWW.GOV.CN/ZHENGCE/2019-02/18/CONTENT_5366593.HTM#1	DATE = 2019-02-18, zh-CN,

Jing-Jin-Ji>Jing-Jin-Ji Megalopolis| Beijing Metropolitan Area, Tianjin Metropolitan Area| Municipalities: Beijing, TianjinHebei: Xiong'an New Area, Tangshan, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Langfang, Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Cangzhou, Qinhuangdao, Xingtai, Handan, Hengshui| 217,100| 130,000,000| Pending approval

|Shandong Peninsula Megalopolis| Jinan Metropolitan Area, Qingdao Metropolitan Area| Shandong: Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Zibo, Binzhou, Dongying, Tai'an, Weifang, Rizhao, Linyi| | 28,000,000| Pending approval| Mid-Southern Liaoning Megalopolis| Shenyang Metropolitan Area, Dalian Metropolitan Area| Liaoning: Shenyang, Dalian, Benxi, Liaoyang, Anshan, Yingkou, Pulandian, Gaizhou| | 27,000,000| Pending approval

Yangtze>Yangtze River Midstream Megalopolis| Wuhan Metropolitan Area, Circum-Changzhutan City Cluster, Circum-Poyang Lake City Cluster	Hubei: Wuhan, Huangshi, Ezhou, Huanggang, Xiaogan, Xianning, Xiantao, Qianjiang, Hubei>Qianjiang, Tianmen, Xiangyang, Yichang, JinzhouHunan: Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Yueyang, Yiyang, Changde, Hengyang, LoudiJiangxi: Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jingdezhen, Yingtan, Xinyu, Yichun, Pingxiang, Shangrao, Fuzhou, Ji'an| 317,000| 121,000,000 (2014)		URL = HTTP://ZFXXGK.NDRC.GOV.CN/WEB/FILEREAD.JSP?ID=162	PUBLISHER = NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT	LANGUAGE=ZH-CN,

| Harbin-Changchun Megalopolis| Harbin Metropolitan Area, Changchun-Jilin Metropolitan Area

Heilongjiang: Harbin, Daqing, Qiqihar, Suihua, MudanjiangJilin: Changchun, Jilin City>Jilin, Siping, Liaoyuan, Songyuan, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture| 51,100| 20,000,000 (2015)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/ZCFBGHWB/201603/W020160311502327595267.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2016-03-07, zh-CN,

| Chengyu Megalopolis| Chengdu Metropolitan Area, Chongqing Metropolitan Area

ChongqingSichuan: Chengdu, Leshan, Luzhou, Mianyang, Nanchong, Yibin, Meishan, Ziyang, Deyang, Suining, Neijiang, Zigong, Yongchuan District>Yongchuan, Dazhou, Guang'an| 185,000| 90,940,000 (2014)		URL = HTTP://GHS.NDRC.GOV.CN/GHWB/GJJGH/201605/W020160504587326864691.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2016-04-27, zh-CN,

Zhongyuan>Central Plain Megalopolis| Greater Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area	Henan: Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Nanyang, Henan>Nanyang, Shangqiu, Anyang, Xinxiang, Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Jiaozuo, Zhoukou, Xinyang, Zhumadian, Hebi, Puyang, Luohe, Sanmenxia, JiyuanShanxi: Changzhi, Jincheng, YunchengHebei: Xingtai, HandanAnhui: Liaocheng, HezeShandong: Huaibei, Bengbu, Suzhou, Fuyang, Bozhou| 287,000| 24,170,000		URL = HTTP://BGT.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/201701/W020170105525258627770.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2016-12-29, zh-CN,

Gulf of Tonkin>Beibu Gulf Megalopolis| Nanning, Nanning-Beihai-Qinzhou-Fangchenggang, Zhanjiang-Maoming-Yangjiang, Haikou, Zhanjiang	Guangxi: Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, Yulin, Guangxi>Yulin, ChongzuoGuangdong: Zhanjiang, Maoming, YangjiangHainan: Haikou, Zhangzhou, Dongfang, Hainan	, Chengmai, Lingao, Changjiang Li Autonomous County>Changjiang| 116,600| 41,410,000 (2015)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/ZCFBTZ/201702/W020170216362645575583.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2017-02-10, zh-CN,

Guanzhong>Guanzhong Plain Megalopolis| Greater Xi'an Metropolitan Area	Shaanxi: Xi'an, Baoji, Xianyang, Tongchuan, Weinan, Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone, Shangluo (Shangzhou District, Luonan County, Danfeng County and Zhashui County)Shanxi: Yuncheng (Pinglu County and Yuanqu County excluded), Linyi (Yaodu District, Houma City, Xiangfen County, Huozhou, Quwo County, Yicheng County, Hongtong County and Fushan County)Gansu: Tianshui, Pingliang (Kongtong District, Huating, Gansu>Huating County, Jingchuan County, Chongxin County and Lingtai County), downtown Qingyang| 107,100| 38,630,000 (2016)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/ZCFBGHWB/201802/W020180214323576289287.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2018-02-02, zh-CN,

| Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos-Yulin Megalopolis|

Inner Mongolia: Hohhot, Baotou, Ordos City>OrdosShaanxi: Yulin| 175,000| 11,384,000 (2016)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/ZCFBTZ/201803/W020180306596012316940.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2018-02-27, zh-CN,

| Lanzhou-Xining Megalopolis| Lanzhou-Baiyin Metropolitan Area, Xining-Haidong Metropolitan Area

Gansu: Lanzhou, Baiyin (Baiyin District, Pingchuan District, Jingyuan County, Gansu>Jingyuan County, Jingtai County), Dingxi (Anding District, Dingxi	, Longxi County, Weiyuan County, Gansu>Weiyuan County, Lintao County), Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (Linxia City, Dongxiang Autonomous County, Yongjing County, Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County)Qinghai: Xining, Haidong, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Haiyan County), Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Gonghe County, Guide County, Guinan County), Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Tongren County, Jianzha County)| 97,500| 11,930,000 (2016)		URL = HTTP://WWW.NDRC.GOV.CN/ZCFB/ZCFBGHWB/201803/W020180320368228843033.PDF	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT >DATE=2018-03-13, zh-CN,

See also

• City proper
• Global city
• List of cities by population
• List of cities in the Far East by population
• List of country subdivisions by GDP over 100 billion US dollars
• List of largest cities
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• List of regions of China
• Megacity
• Megalopolis
• Metropolis
• Metropolitan area
• Urban area

References

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