The Yuejiang Plain generally refers to the Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and Southeast Asia across the sea, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou a total of nine cities. Known as China's "South Gate.", "Greater Pearl River Delta" refers to the original 9 cities of Pearl River Delta, with the Shenzhen-Shantou Special Cooperation Area, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region of the three regions.
Pearl River Delta in Guangdong is one of the earliest open areas of thought and culture, Guangzhou, the world trade Dagang as the basis, agricultural and handicraft products market is broad, active production and marketing. In the late Ming Dynasty, the commercialization of agricultural production in the Pearl River Delta became more and more obvious. It became the region with the most active and most commodity consciousness in the south of the Five Ridges. New industries of modern industry in Guangdong, mainly from the late 19th century from the rise of the Pearl River Delta.
The Pearl River Delta region is a global influence of the advanced manufacturing base and modern service base, the gateway to opening up the South, China's participation in the main areas of economic globalization, the national science and technology innovation and technology research and development base, the important engine of economic development, Radiation is the leading force in the development of South China, Central China and Southwest China. It is one of the three regions with the most concentrated population, the strongest innovation capacity and the strongest comprehensive strength. The "Pearl of the South Sea" is called "the Pearl of the South China Sea". On January 26, 2015, Released the report shows that the Pearl River Delta beyond Tokyo, Japan, the world's population and the largest urban agglomeration.
August 28, 2016, China's State Forestry Administration officially approved the Pearl River Delta region as "National Forest City Cluster Demonstration Zone."
