Socioeconomic Macroregions of China

The regional system analysis of 20th-century China revealed nine macroregional economies/societies, excluding Inner Asian territories. The analysis covers the urban and the associated local and regional system hierarchies of these macroregions during the 1990-2000 period. The Socioeconomic Macroregions available here are snapshots of the regional systems (which change over time depending on variable inputs). The GIS Shapefiles provided here are divided into two layers, (1) for the Main Macroregions [SMR], (2) for the 33 Subregions [SMR_SubR]. (see also, the Physiographic Macroregions)