Why the Yangtze River Delta Matters
By H1 2025, this powerhouse region—made up of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui—churned out 24.8% of the Chinese mainland’s GDP. 🤯 That’s almost one-quarter of the entire economy!
Cross-Region Dream Team 🌐
The integrated development strategy (launched in 2018) ditched red tape and boosted competition among millions of market players. The result? A world-class network of industrial clusters:
- Integrated circuits: 60% of the national total
- Artificial intelligence: about one-third
- New-energy vehicles: roughly 40%
City Spotlights 🏙️
- Shanghai: Leading with integrated circuits and new-energy vehicles at the forefront.
- Nanjing: Carving out a niche in software and information services.
- Hangzhou: Powering cloud computing, large AI models and video security.
- Wuxi: Rising fast in the Internet of Things and aircraft engine manufacturing.
Sealing the Deal
This regional collab is a blueprint for modernizing at scale. By leveraging each city’s strengths—without redrawing administrative lines—the Yangtze River Delta is setting the bar for high-quality growth. Here's to more integration, innovation and impact! 🚀
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The Yangtze River Delta serves as a model for Chinese modernization
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