Shanghai and Beyond: How the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis Is Reshaping China's Future

SECTION 1: THE MEGALOPOLIS BLUEPRINT (900 words)• Geographic Scope: - Core: Shanghai municipality - First-tier satellites: Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Ningbo - Secondary cities: Nantong, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Zhoushan• Transportation Revolution:

Shanghai & Beyond: The Yangtze Delta Megaregion's Integrated Development in 2025

PART I: THE 1+8 METROPOLITAN ECOSYSTEM1.1 Core-Periphery Synergy:- Shanghai's GDP spillover effect reaches ¥1.2 trillion annually- 78 major infrastructure projects completed since integration plan- 43% of Shanghai firms now have operations in sate