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Yangtze River (Yangzi, Changjiang) Delta |
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China Information:
Yangtze (Yangzi, Changjiang)
River Delta |
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The Yangtze
River Delta |
The Yangtze
River (also called Yangzi River, or Changjiang River)
is the longest river in China, with a total length of 6,300
kilometers. Originating on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the
river flows into the East China Sea. The Yangtze River
Delta, situated in southern
Jiangsu and northern
Zhejiang
provinces, covers 100,000 square kilometers. Fourteen cities
in the two provinces are located in the region, which has a
population of about 100 million.
Shanghai is the main terminus for
the delta. With its fertile soil, the Yangtze River Delta
produces abundant grain, cotton, hemp and tea.
The delta is dotted with 250 lakes and a network of rivers
totaling 40,000 kilometers. The Grand Canal, 1,794
kilometers long, flows from
Beijing in the north to
Hangzhou, the capital city of
Zhejiang Province, in the
south. The canal once linked northern and southern China,
and facilitated the flow of goods and materials across
imperial China. Nearby, the Taihu Lake area in southern
Jiangsu Province is known as a land of plenty because it is
richly endowed by nature with abundant water and fish
resources.
Many cities in the Yangtze River Delta have distinguishing
features. Shanghai is a center for metallurgy, machine and
ship building, textile and chemicals, and serves as China’s
leading industrial and technological base. About 80 percent
of all things made in
Shanghai are shipped to other parts of
china. Shanghai now plays a leading role in the delta’s
economic development.
Hangzhou is famous for its beautiful scenery around West
Lake, and plus other scenic spot and historical sites. It
has rapidly developed its textile and especially its silk
industries. Nearby, Suzhou is noted for its ancient Oriental
garden dating from as far as back as the Song Dynasty
(960-1279).
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China's
Administrative Divisions |
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4 Municipalities*
23 Provinces:
5 Autonomous Regions***
2 Special Administrative
Regions (SAR)****
Notes:
* Municipalities
are directly under the administration of central government. A
municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional
rights as a province;
**Taiwan
Issue:
a result of China's civil
war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland
China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic
of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China")
and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal
sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of
its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)
*** Autonomous Regions was
provincial level administrative division of China, like
province, an autonomous region has its won local government,
but has more legislative rights. Autonomous Region is a
minority entity which has higher population of a particular
minority ethnic group.
**** Special Administrative
Regions (SAR) was established specially designed for solving
Hong Kong and Macao issues and based on the concept of "one country,
two systems", SAR is in a pattern within which two completely
different social systems (socialist system and capitalist system) and
ideologies can coexist, SAR has more autonomous power regulated
clearly by laws, including executive, legislative and independent
judicial power.
The statistics of each administrative division are collected from
official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your
reference only.
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Maps of Yangtze
(Yangz, Changjiang) River Delta |
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