The Yangtze Delta Megaregion: How Shanghai and Its Satellite Cities Are Redefining Urban China

Section 1: The 1+8 City Cluster BlueprintShanghai's integration with eight neighboring cities (Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Zhoushan) has created the world's second-largest urban economy after Tokyo. The "1+8" plan

The Yangtze Delta Megaregion: How Shanghai and Its Neighbors Are Redefining Urban Clusters

The Greater Shanghai region has evolved into what urban planners now call "the world's most advanced megaregion" - a constellation of 26 cities across three provinces with Shanghai as its pulsating core. Covering just 2.2% of China's land area but