City group | Cities contained |
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group | Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Cangzhou, and Langfang |
City group in the central-southern of Liaoning | Shenyang, Dalian, Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Dandong, Yingkou, Liaoyang, Panjin, and Tieling |
City group of Yangtze River Delta | Shanghai, Nanjing, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, and Taizhou |
City group of Shandong Peninsula | Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Dongying, Yantai, Weifang, Weihai, and Rizhao |
City group of Central Henan | Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Xuchang, Luohe, and Jiyuan |
City group in the west coast of the Taiwan Straits | Fuzhou, Xiamen, Putian, Sanming, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nanping, Ningde, Longyan, Yingtan, Ganzhou, Shangrao, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Quzhou, Lishui, Shantou, Meizhou, Chaozhou, Jieyang |
City group in middle reaches of Yangtze River | Wuhan, Huangshi, Yichang, Xiangfan, Ezhou, Jingmen, Xiaogan, Jingzhou, Huanggang, Xianning, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Hengyang, Yueyang, Changde, Yiyang, Loudi, Nanchang, Jingdezhen, Pingxiang, Jiujiang, Xinyu, Yingtan, Yichun, Shangrao, Ji’an, Fuzhou |
City group of the Pearl River Delta | Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Dongguan and Zhongshan |
City group in Sichuan and Chongqing region | Chongqing, Chengdu, Zigong, Luzhou, Deyang, Mianyang, Suining, Ziyang, Meishan, Nanchong, Yibin, Ya’an, Guang’an, Neijiang and Leshan |
City group in the central Shaanxi plain | Xi’an, Tongchuan, Baoji, Xianyang, Weinan and Shangluo |