Yangtze River delta and Pearl River delta have the highest developing level, largest economic volume, highest actual strength in China. In addition, they are the economic zones which have the most vigorous developing volatility and potential.
However, the foreign trade scale, major import & export products, major import & export targeting countries and international trade modes are differentiate in some extent. These differences are caused by the following reasons: the time of the reform and opening-up policy, investing environment, absorbing foreign funds, economic developing formula and culture differences. This essay gives a thorough analysis of all these elements involved. Referring to the future development paths of the two regions, they will sustain the superior and leading states in the whole country. Moreover, they will also appear some new characteristics: deepened intra-regional integration, upgraded industrial structure, strengthened comprehensive economic capability and so on.
The Yangtze River delta and Pearl River delta have plenty of mutual supplements that will enable them to work coordinately with each other. After China’s entering WTO, these two economic zones should dilute financial frontier. With the help of resource consolidation, they will stimulate the co-development, heighten the co-strength and co-competitiveness. Therefore, we will promote the finance, commerce, transportation standard and achieve the prosperity of the two regions at last.
【Key words】Yangtze River delta; Pearl River delta; foreign trade; compared analysis