THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA IN NEW TERM

Since China opening to outside world,the economy in the Pearl(Zhujiang)River Delta(PRD)has been double digit growth.It has been known as one of mature fast growth areas in the world and become the model and hope of Chinese reformand opening to outside wo rld.The regional development in PRD is the outcome of polarization effects .The polarization effects actually are extension of international regional division and a combination of Hongkong's i nfluence and reform and opendoor policies on the mainland.Since the 1990s,driven by knowledgebased economy,the PRD has further adjusted the industrial structure a nd achieved good progress in upgradi ng industrial structure.Its high te chnology industry has developed quickly and the economic internationalization has deepened,meanwhile,the region is going th rough transformation and some new trends have begun to appear,which include:university towns springing up,industrial globalization and the construction of Hitech develop ment zones.The paper suggests that with the economic growth changing fromrelying on the low level production elements to relying on high level production ele ments,the regional policies in Guan gdong Province should develop correspondingly:1)make a plan to prohibite the blind con struction in innovative spatial con structions;2)make measures to attract the overseas talents to establish a pool of talen t;3)work out the favorable policies for absorbing larger capital;4)formulate the policy of attracting a cluster of industries to speed up the upgrade of industrial development.