How is the Pearl River Delta divided?

The Pearl River Delta, referred to as the Pearl River Delta for short, is a delta formed by the impact of Xijiang River, Beijiang River and Dongjiang River, with an area of about 1 10,000 square kilometers. Generally speaking, its westernmost point is defined in Sanshui. The concept of "Pearl River Delta" in the Pearl River Delta region originated in the early 1990s. At the end of 1990s, the concept of "Greater Pearl River Delta" appeared on the basis of "Little Pearl River Delta". In 2003, the concept of "Pan-Pearl River Delta" was put forward. Up to now, the "Pearl River Delta" actually includes three concepts: small Pearl River Delta, big Pearl River Delta and pan-Pearl River Delta, which are different from each other but closely related.

The Coordinated Development Plan of Urban Agglomerations in the Pearl River Delta (2004-2020) clearly states that the Pearl River Delta, that is, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, includes Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Huidong, Boluo, Zhaoqing, Gaoyao and Sihui, with a total population of 42.3 million and a total land area of 465.44. The concept of "Pearl River Delta" in the small Pearl River Delta region was formally put forward for the first time on June 8, 1994/KLOC-0, and the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee proposed to build the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone at the Third Plenary Session of the Seventh Congress. The "Pearl River Delta" was originally composed of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan and Zhongshan, and a part of Huizhou, Qingyuan and Zhaoqing (excluding Hong Kong and Macao), commonly known as the Guangdong Pearl River Delta. Later, the scope of the "Pearl River Delta" was adjusted to an area consisting of nine cities along the Pearl River, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing, which is commonly known as the "Pearl River Delta" or "Little Pearl River Delta". The "Little Pearl River Delta" covers an area of 24,437 square kilometers, less than 14% of the land area of Guangdong Province, with a population of 42.83 million, accounting for 6 1% of the population of Guangdong Province. In 2008, the total GDP of the "Little Pearl River Delta" reached 2,974.558 billion yuan (US$ 434.284 billion), accounting for 65.438+00% of the whole country. On June 8th, 2009, 65438 the State Council issued the Outline of the Reform and Development Plan for the Pearl River Delta Region (2008-2020). According to the outline, by 20 12, the Pearl River Delta region, which consists of nine cities, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing, will take the lead in building a well-off society in an all-round way, with a per capita GDP of 80,000 yuan. By 2020, we will take the lead in basically realizing modernization, and the per capita GDP will reach135,000 yuan. The "Greater Pearl River Delta" in the Greater Pearl River Delta region has two different concepts, one refers to the "Little Pearl River Delta" and Hong Kong and Macao, and the other refers to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. At present, the so-called "Greater Pearl River Delta" refers to the region composed of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The "Greater Pearl River Delta" covers an area of 18 1 10,000 square kilometers, with a total registered population of 86.79 million and a total GDP of $328.7 billion in 2003. From the perspective of economic scale, the "Greater Pearl River Delta" is equivalent to 1.2 times that of the Yangtze River Delta. The Pan-Pearl River Delta region "Pan-Pearl River Delta" includes nine provinces and regions of Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong, and two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, with similar geographical location and close economic and trade relations. The Pan-Pearl River Delta covers an area of 2.006 million square kilometers, with a total registered population of 456.98 million and a total GDP of 5,260.57 billion yuan (US$ 635.6 billion). Among them, 9 provinces and autonomous regions account for 20.9% of the country's total area, 34.8% of the country's population and 33.3% of the country's total GDP.