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China denies plans to create futuristic super-city
Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have denied planning to unite nine towns to create the world's biggest city in the Pearl River delta.
Authorities in southern China's Guangdong province have denied planning to unite nine towns to create the world's biggest city in the Pearl River delta.
According to Chinese state media, "the reports were totally false. There is no such plan," Communist party's provincial committee spokesman Guo Yuewen was quoted as saying by the official China Daily on Saturday.
The reactions come in the wake of media reports allegedly blowing the lid on a project that aimed to unite as many as nine urban areas -- including both Guangzhou and Shenzhen -- into one unified megalopolis with a population of 42 million, according to the China Daily.
The Pearl River delta was one of the first Chinese regions to open up to foreign business in the 1980s and is now among its richest, a giant manufacturing hub that produces around 10 percent of the country's
