Changing of the megaregions' role during the Chinese regional policy transformation (1999–2020)

Basing on the Chinese primary sources, the Chinese presidents’ reports at the CPC congresses, five-year plans and some bylaws related to the stated topic the Authors consider the shift of the megaregions place in the economic state policy. The article highlights not only positive developments in this direction but problematic aspects as well. For example a large-scale regional policy ignores the differences within each territory, so the differentiation of megaregions increases.