MIGHT OF MEGALOPOLISES

Cities get their characters from the characteristics of the people who live in them and cities that share the same neighborhood also have their residents sharing blood ties. The similarities they share create the possibility of coordinated development, which is the new trend in China’s urbanization.

In 2010, the State Council chose three major urban clusters to spearhead smart urbanization. The vision was to create megalopolises consisting of several cities with the most developed one in each leading the development of the cluster. The way was by promoting transport and communication links that would result in better trade, economy and living standards.

Now, there are 19 city clusters in China: three super city clusters, eight medium-sized ones and another eight smaller ones. The super three are the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

In 2014,