Historical and cultural diversity Lau Yee-cheung -- Geographical background and strategic networking Zhang Li -- Economic basis of regionalization Tsang Shu-ki -- Infrastructure and economic development Y.M. Yeung and Gordon Kee -- Education and manpower training Xiao Jin -- Urban and regional development Chun Yang and Haifeng Liao -- Population distribution and growth Shen Jianfa -- Regional inequality Mingjie Sun and C. Cindy Fan -- Guangdong Liang Guiquan, You Aiqiong and Gordon Kee -- Guangxi Huang Yefang -- Yunnan Yang Xianming and Ng Wing-fai -- Guizhou Peng Xianwei and Maggi W.H. Leung -- Sichuan Dai Bin, Qian Zhihong and Chung Him -- Hunan Hu Wuxian and Joanna Lee -- Jiangxi Zhou Guolan, Huang Shuhua and Lin Hui -- Fujian Zheng Daxian ... [et al.] -- Hainan Yang Guanxiong and Matthew Chew -- Hong Kong Y.M. Yeung and Shen Jianfa -- Macao Kwan Fung and Lee Pak-kuen