Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations include: Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Taizhou in Jiangsu Province, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Zhoushan and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, Hefei, Wuhu, Maanshan, Tongling, Anqing, Chuzhou and Chizhou in Anhui Province.
According to public information, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration only accounts for 2.3% of the country's total area, with a population of 225 million, contributing about a quarter of the country's GDP. About a quarter of the country's "double-class" universities, annual R&D expenditures and effective invention patents account for about a third of the country.
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The Yangtze River Delta region has a long cultural history, and its developed water system and abundant land are superior to China's agriculture and handicrafts, making it a considerable urban agglomeration in the middle and late feudal society of China.
From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, nine large commercial and handicraft cities and their trading centers, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Songjiang, appeared in the Yangtze River Delta. Grain distribution centers Yangzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, printing and stationery production and trading center Huzhou. Shanghai (a county established in Yuan Dynasty) has developed into an important commercial center of coastal north-south trade at this time.
reference materials? Baidu encyclopedia-Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration