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  Pearl River Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng Sānjiǎozhōu; Cantonese IPA: [tsy
Although the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone encompasses only 0.4 percent of the land area and only 3.2 percent of the 2000 Census population of mainland China, it accounted for 8.7 percent of GDP, 32.8 percent of total trade, and 29.2 percent of utilised foreign capital in 2001.
The Pearl river delta is notoriously polluted, with sewage and industrial waste facilities failing to keep pace with the growth in population and industry in the area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_River_Delta   (1214 words)

  
 Pearl River Delta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The PRD is one of the People's Republic of China's leading economic regions and a massive manufacturing center.
Until around 1985, the PRD had been mainly dominated by farms and small rural villages, but after the economy was reformed and opened, a flood of investment turned it into the mainland's economic powerhouse.
Private-owned enterprises have developed quickly in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and are playing an ever-growing role in the region?s economy, particularuly after year 2000 when the development environment for private-owned enterprises has been greatly relaxed.
www.redondobeach.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pearl_River_Delta   (1163 words)

  
 Pearl River (China) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zhu Jiang,(珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng), or Pearl River, is China's third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Huang He), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze).
It is formed by convergence of the Xi Jiang ("the West River"), the Bei Jiang ("the North River"), and the Dong Jiang ("the East River").
The river flows through the majority of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou Provinces, and parts of Hunan and Jiangxi, forming the 409,480 km² Pearl River Basin (珠江流域).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_River_(China)   (220 words)

  
 Pearl River Delta: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The pearl river (pinyin: zh jing) is chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the yangtze river and the huang he),...
Dongguan () is an important industrial prefecture-level city in the pearl river delta, in the guangdong province of southern china....
Zhongshan (pinyin: zhngshn) is a city in the south of the pearl river delta in guangdong province in china....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pearl_river_delta.htm   (2715 words)

  
 Robert Markson | Robert Marks on the Pearl River Delta | Environmental History, 9.2 | The History Cooperative
Instead, when the monsoonal rains came and filled the rivers with silt from the newly opened farmlands, the rivers overfilled their banks and filled the flood plains, with the silt enriching the lands tilled by the Tai.
The Pearl River delta thus was not created by natural processes, and had not been simply waiting for Chinese to migrate from the north and reclaim it for agriculture.
Rather, the creation of the Pearl River delta and its later emergence as the densely populated, agriculturally rich core of South China was a contingent, rather than naturally determined, historical outcome.
www.historycooperative.org /journals/eh/9.2/marks.html   (1643 words)

  
 Articles - River delta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, desert or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit) from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated.
Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are characterised by the river channel dividing into multiple streams (distributaries), these divide and come together again to form a maze of active and inactive channels.
Other rivers with notable deltas include the Ganges/Brahmaputra combination (this delta spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal), the Niger, the Amazon, the Mississippi, the Sacramento-San Joaquin, the Rhine, the Rhône, the Danube, the Ebro, the Volga, the Lena, the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus, the Krishna-Godavari, the Kaveri, the Ayeyarwady, and the Mekong.
www.foreverc.com /articles/River_delta   (466 words)

  
 China's Pearl River Delta
Although details for the urbanisation rate for the Pearl River Delta region are not available, the population density is about 600 per square kilometre, which is substantially higher than the national figure for China of 133 people per square kilometre.
The boundaries of the Pearl River Delta as an economic zone differ from those associated with the geographic boundaries of the delta.
The development of the Pearl River Delta economic zone, and therefore of the geographic area associated with it, was based almost entirely on the restructuring of the Chinese economy to encourage international trade and investment, and the accompanying restructuring of the Hong Kong economy away from labour-intensive manufacturing.
www.accci.com.au /prd.htm   (5688 words)

  
 Active Skim View of: 8 Economies, Societies, and Landscapes in Transition: Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, ...
Pearl River Delta, China Over the last two decades, China has been experiencing an urban revolution that is likely to continue through the first half of the twenty-first century.
Given the agricultural and economic importance of the Red River and Pearl River deltas, the social and political dynamics of transition economies, and the potential for each region to be held up as success cases and duplicated throughout their respective countries, the two deltas were chosen as our study sites to evaluate human­environment interactions.
Both deltas are particularly rich areas in which to monitor and measure land use dynamics, understand the factors that drive land use change, and evaluate the social and ecological impacts of these changes.
www.nap.edu /nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?isbn=0309096553&chap=193-216   (678 words)

  
 Can the Pearl River Delta Region Still Compete -- CBR May-Jun 2003
Though the PRD accounted for more than 40 percent of actual FDI in 1990, its share of the national total declined to just over 25 percent by the end of the decade; in comparison, the Yangzi delta's share grew from 10 percent in 1990 to 25 percent in 2000 and is continuing to rise.
Given that the PRD holds one of the largest concentrations of migrants in the country—almost 40 percent of the PRD's total population enumerated in the 2000 Census are migrants—the filling of this statistical gap was long overdue.
The SARS Outbreak and the Pearl River Delta
www.chinabusinessreview.com /public/0305/leman.html   (5277 words)

  
 Introducing the Pearl River Delta (tdctrade.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Major PRD cities are developing world class manufacturing facilities, manned by a skilled workforce with strong quality control.
The PRD is home to more than 24 million permanent residents (this does not include the migrant labour force).
PRD consumers also provide a strong bell-weather for testing overseas products on the domestic Chinese market.
www.hktrader.net /200309/prd   (353 words)

  
 The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Project
Geomorphologically, it is a composite delta formed by sediments deposited at the mouth of Pearl River by the rivers of Xijiang, Beijiang, Dongjiang, and their tributaries, containing a total area of about 8,600 sqkm (Lo 1989).
The ‘Smaller Delta’ was enlarged in 1987 with the addition of 11 cities or counties (Qingyuan, Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Huaxian, Chonghua, Huiyang, Huidong, Boluo, Gaoyao, Sihui, and Guangning) in the mountainous region of Guangdong Province.
Major issues in transportation and infrastructure development in the PRD region are: excess demand and shortage of supply in ground transportation systems (roads and rail) and telecommunications systems; excess supply and inefficient operation of water and air transport; small scale, uncoordinated, and duplicated infrastructure facilities at the level of municipalities or counties.
web.mit.edu /11.hkstudio/www/outline.html   (5101 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com | Visions of China: Pearl River Delta | 9/27/99
The primary engine for this export push is the Pearl River Delta, the area that stretches from Guangzhou to Shenzhen just north of Hong Kong.
But the trickle became a flood in 1984, when Deng and then-premier Zhao Ziyang toured the delta to push for further reform and the Guangzhou government was allowed more autonomy in external trade and investment.
From 1990 to 1998, foreigners invested $463 billion in China: 20% went to the Pearl River Delta.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/99/0927/pearl_river.html   (756 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes: Studies from India, China, and the United States (2001)
The Pearl River Delta, situated in southern China's Guangdong Province, is formed by alluvium delivered from the West, North, and East Rivers.
THE PEARL RIVER DELTA: A DESCRIPTION Physical Conditions The Pearl River Delta, situated in southern China's Guangdong Province, is formed by alluvium delivered from the West, North, and East Rivers.
Overall, the population of the Pearl River Delta has grown considerably over the last two decades (Figure 9-2), but this growth cannot be attributed to natural increase because the crude birth rate in the Delta area is below those at the provincial and national levels (Figure 9-3).
www.nap.edu /books/0309075548/html/207.html   (6488 words)

  
 Article en ligne, Macau, Macau in the Pearl River Delta and Beyond
The result, by no means unique to the Pearl River delta or other areas of China at that time, was two administrative business/hotel clusters, two airports, and two sea ports right next to each other while key inter-linking infrastructure such as railways or dual carriage way motorways remained on the drawing boards.
The delta is construed as Canton, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Foshan, and Jiangmen Municipalities; parts of Huizhou, Zhaoqing, and Qingyuan Municipalities; Shenzhen and Zhuhai SEZs; and the xian (counties) of Doumen, Bao’an, Zengcheng, Panyu, Bolu and Duanzhou.
Lei Qiang, “Discussion on the Economic Cooperation between the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macau in the 21st Century”, in Mário Murteira, op.
www.cefc.com.hk /uk/pc/articles/art_ligne.php?num_art_ligne=4402   (7969 words)

  
 Pearl River - Online Tips Pearl River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pearl River County Deputy Patrick Anderson died this past weekend in an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle, authorities said.
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www.fcpearl.com /pearlriver   (946 words)

  
 SVS Science Story: Landsat: Pearl River Delta
Among the more prominent changes in these scenes (spanning from 1988 to 1995) are land reclamation from the sea and river delta to add physical land for agriculture, fish farming, and urban construction, as well as explosive growth of new communities.
Pearl River Delta (TM 542; 10 Dec 1988): JPEG (291 k)
Pearl River Delta (TM 542; 30 Dec 1995): JPEG (331 k)
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov /stories/Landsat/pearl_river.html   (580 words)

  
 China Operations 2004 - USCBC Snapshots: Pearl River Delta at a Glance - US-CHINA Business Council
The Pan Pearl River Delta cooperative scheme was signed in June 2004 to enhance economic ties between the "9+2" regions of South China that surround the Pearl River Delta (see box).
Within the PRD, the report estimated that there is a shortage of 2 million workers, or about 10 percent of the total migrant work force there.
Another area of uncertainty for the PRD is in textile exports to the United States.
www.uschina.org /info/china-briefing-book/chops/pearl_river.html   (2547 words)

  
 Delta Pan Pearl River
Pan Pearl River Delta is an economic zone planed by Guangdong and its neighbouring 8 provinces...
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is located in the lower middle part...
The Pan-Pearl River Delta Region, known as "9+2", comprises south...
www.kl-gifts.com /gifts/delta-pan-pearl-river.html   (147 words)

  
 City U of HK Library--Pearl River Delta Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Pearl River Delta Collection was launched with a grant awarded to the City University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University by the Research Grants Council (RGC) in mid-1993.
The Collection is being developed with the aim of providing researchers and scholars who are interested in studying the Pearl River Delta region of China with various kinds of materials covering the period from the mid-19th Century to the present.
Materials in CityU Library's PRD Collection include books, reports, periodicals, newspapers, press clippings, statistical year books, annual reports, pamphlets, maps, databases on either CD-ROMs or computer discs, microforms and other ephemeral materials in all subject areas relating to the past, current position and projected growth of the Pearl River Delta region of China.
www.cityu.edu.hk /lib/collect/prd   (562 words)

  
 Pearl River (China) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Pearl River (China) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Pearl River (China) contains research on
Pearl River (China), See also, Rivers of China, Pearl River Delta and Estuaries.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Zhujiang   (237 words)

  
 International Market Research - Pearl River Delta Region
The PRD region by definition: A coastal area of Guangdong Province adjacent to Hong Kong, which covers 14 cities and counties.
Emergence of the PRD: Since China's open-door policy began in 1979, many Hong Kong manufacturers have moved their production facilities to the PRD region to take advantage of the low cost of land and labor.
Total value of exports from the Greater PRD in 2001 was USD 289 billion, representing 4.69% of total world merchandise trade.
strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr121903e.html   (683 words)

  
 U.S. Government Export Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The combined GDP of Hong Kong and the PRD, at about US$265 billion in 2001, was greater than that of any other region in the Chinese mainland, and equivalent to that of Switzerland.
To many foreign companies, setting up production bases in the PRD is part of their strategy for penetrating the domestic market of China.
The PRD's Cantonese speaking population is heavily influenced in forming its tastes and fashions by Hong Kong's Cantonese language media.
www.export.gov /comm_svc/press_room/marketofthemonth/HK/pearlriverdelta.html   (792 words)

  
 MacauHub
Vice Minister of Commerce An Min pointed out that geographical advantages of the nine inland localities in the Pan-Pearl River Delta are evidenced by their active cooperation with the two SARs.
The Pan-Pearl River Delta (9 inland localities + 2 SARs) accounts for one-fifth of the national territory and one-third of the national GDP.
Its population is equal to that of the EU.
www.macauhub.com.mo /en/other.php?ID=224   (568 words)

  
 International Policy Review - Is China Growing too Fast?
Deng's reforms began in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD), a fertile rice basket-turned-garden of industry linking Hong Kong and Macau with the alluvial plains of Guangzhou, ancient capital of South China.
The Yellow River, which used to be called the "sorrow of China" for its notorious floods, cannot frequently reach the sea due to less precipitation along the river and its reckless consumption.
Although many PRD provincial and local governments officials welcome the huge influx of workers because of the continued need for a steady, cheap labor force to maintain the region's economic growth, they are slow to respond to the labor concerns and social service needs of migrant workers.
www.policybriefs.org /Bohr/China_intro.htm   (7102 words)

  
 China or India for Investment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Delta is a leader in all of the industries listed above as well as a leader in the auto sector and numerous other sectors focused initially on the domestic market.
Although historically the Yangtze River Delta Region had a more diversified economy, recent large scale investments in chemicals, steel, autos, industrial equipment, tourism, and other industries in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region are creating a fully diversified economy in the Greater Pearl River Delta as well.
The story is not one of either the Greater Pearl River Delta Region OR the Yangtze River Delta Region in terms of China’s development or investment by major firms it is a story of the Greater Pearl River Delta Region AND the Yangtze River Delta Region.
www.business-in-asia.com /greater_pearl.html   (3850 words)

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