By the end of 2023, around 48.69 million people were employed in Guangdong's Pearl River Delta. Adding Hong Kong and Macau, this region is also called Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. This is the most economically active region in Southern China.
Number of employees in China's Pearl River Delta* from 2014 to 2023
(in millions)
* The figures contain data of nine cities of Guangdong province: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, and Zhaoqing.
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