City Expansion
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In the early days after the founding of New China, there are only 58 cities.To 1952, there are only 9 cities with more than 1 million people. Since, the progress of China's urbanization enters a new stage of accelerated development. The number of cities increases from 193 in 1979 to 668 in 1999. Among the 668 cities, there are 37 unusually large cities with more than 1 million people, 48 large cities with 500000 to 1 million people, 205 moderate cities with 200000 to 500000 people, and small cities with less than 200000 people. The number of moderate cities increases relatively fast, and the number of small cities increases the fastest. In eastern coastal areas, municipal groups ( zones ) centering on unusually large cities begin to take shape. The main municipal groups are circling Bohai Sea municipal group, the Yangtze River Delta municipal group, and the Pearl River Delta municipal group. The reform and opening up have greatly promoted the cities' comprehensive strength. From 1988 to 1996, GDP of the cities increases rapidly by an annual growth of 18%, and the central position and function of the cities become more and more noticeable
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