Shanghai's Sphere of Influence: How the Megacity is Reshaping the Yangtze Delta Region The 1+2+6 Megalopolis Blueprint Shanghai's municipal government has quietly been implementing an ambitious regional integration plan that connects China's financial capital with eight surrounding cities. The strategy, dubbed "1 Core (Shanghai) + 2
Shanghai 2025: The Making of a Global Megacity and Its Expanding Sphere of Influence The Shanghai skyline at dusk tells two stories simultaneously. The gleaming towers of Pudong represent China's economic miracle, while the preserved shikumen houses in the former French Concession whisper of the city's cosmopolitan past. This duali
Shanghai 2030: The Birth of a 50-Million-Person Super Metropolitan Zone In an urban planning initiative of staggering scale, Shanghai is quietly absorbing surrounding cities into what will become by 2030 the world's most populous continuous metropolitan area. The Shanghai Metropolitan Area Development Plan, approved in
Beyond the Bund: How Shanghai and Its Satellite Cities Are Creating Asia's Most Dynamic Metropolitan Network The lights never truly go dark across the Yangtze River Delta. From Shanghai's glittering skyscrapers to Suzhou's ancient canals now lined with biotech startups, this interconnected web of 27 cities spanning three provinces represents China's most
Shanghai and Beyond: The Making of a 21st Century Megalopolis The newly inaugurated Shanghai-Suzhou-Hangzhou quantum communication corridor represents more than just technological achievement—it symbolizes the deepening integration of what urban planners now call "the world's most sophisticated city cluster
