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Chapter 7
Regions in the Three Special
Areas of Modern China
is chapter investigates the three particular economic areas: the Bohai Economic Rim, the
Yangtze River Delta Economic Region, and the Greater Pearl River Delta Region, as so defined
since the start of the recent economic reform in China. Our purpose is to determine the ranking
of these areas according to their optimality in terms of investment and employment opportunities.
7.1 The Special Economic Areas
Figure 7.1 shows the relative locations of these three specific areas of economic development in
China.
7.1.1 Current Regional Economic Structures of the Special
EconomicAreas
Simi ...