Pearl River Delta Region

The Pearl River Delta is the major economic zone of south China. It is home to less than three percent of chinas population, but is responsible for nearly one third of of the countries manufacturing output.This is nearly the size of the Taiwanese economy.

The chinese government has gone through a process of economic planing streching back to the 1980's. The (PRD) region was one of the first areas to expierence change as it has the highest number of specially designated areas for economic reform. This means (PRD) has had more than twenty years of expierence in market economy operations. Because of this it has built up a large population of middle class consumers and a broad base of manufacturing capabilities.