The urbanization of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) has many problems, why should we build the Greater Pearl River Delta (PRD) City Cluster?

Clearly define the "one core, three centers" structure of the city cluster According to the different levels of development of the cities in the Pearl River Delta city cluster, we believe that the Pearl River Delta city cluster should be defined as "one core, three centers". The core is the hub of the entire cluster, while the center refers to the hub of some circles. The "one core" refers to Hong Kong, while the "three centers" refer to Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau respectively. The main reasons for the formation of urban agglomerations are as follows: Opportunities in government policies Since the implementation of reform and opening up in 1978, there have been new opportunities for the development of urbanization in China, especially in Guangdong Province, which is at the forefront of the reform process, and has seen unprecedented development. The economic and policy advantages of being one step ahead of the reform and opening up are of great significance to the formation and development of the PRD city cluster. This reform of the economic system and the initial formation of the open-door pattern have greatly attracted the nation's capital, talents, technology and other factors of production to gather here, paving the way for the formation of the PRD city clusters. Advantage of administrative regional planning. The PRD is under the jurisdiction of the same province, which is significantly better than the Yangtze River Delta or Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan region in terms of resource integration and coordination. The latter two are under the jurisdiction of three provinces and municipalities, making integration and coordination relatively difficult. This factor can enable the PRD to better integrate the resources of each city under unified planning and arrangements, give full play to the strengths of each city, and mutually share work and cooperation, which can enable the city cluster to carry out a virtuous cycle. Geographical Advantages. The geographical advantages of the PRD are very obvious: the PRD is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and the early stage of reform and opening up coincided with the upgrading of the industrial structure of Hong Kong and Macao, and the need to rely on the mainland to transfer its increasingly high cost of light product processing manufacturing, so a large amount of capital flows into the cities of the Pearl River Delta; facing the South China Sea, and the Southeast Asia across the sea, across the ocean can be linked with the whole world together. A very inclusive culture. The Lingnan culture accepts investors, entrepreneurs and talents from all over the world without exclusion, and fills the gap of many local resources. Looking at the development of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), the contribution of outsiders has been enormous, and they will play an even greater role in helping to shape the PRD into a world-class urban agglomeration. Sufficient capital inflow. The PRD is China's famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with the largest number of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese, and has natural and convenient human ties with overseas countries. Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese account for the vast majority of the foreign capital attracted to the PRD, which plays a leading role in the development of the PRD's export-oriented economy.