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Shenzhen should be elevated to same administrative status as Beijing, academics say
- Hong Kong’s neighbour and other cities should become centrally administered municipalities, updating regional structure drawn up in 1960s, article argues
- Change would bring greater resources and clout – but the proposal, floated before, is not official policy
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Academics from a top Chinese research institute have proposed upgrading Shenzhen and three other cities to centrally administered municipalities, similar to top-tier metropolises such as Beijing and Shanghai.
In an article published in the July issue of the journal Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the authors said that adjustments to administrative divisions should be made as the country continued its urbanisation and economic push.
“We should support Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei development, Greater Bay Area development, Yangtze River Delta and other strategic schemes,” wrote the two academics from the Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modelling at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Specific suggestions include designating Shenzhen, the eastern cities of Qingdao and Dalian, and Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as centrally administered municipalities. The article also proposed expanding administrative rights for cities including Chengdu, Wuhan and Nanjing.
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“Repetitive construction and ferocious competition between different administrative regions commonly exist, and adjustment of these relations will directly impact competition, allocation and cooperation in these areas,” the article said.
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