呂 浩 (Author)
廣東第二師範學院 數學學院
Population mobility;Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration; Regional economic development
2025-06-20
Since the reform and opening up, the economy of Guangdong Province has continued togrow rapidly, attracting capital, talents, technology and other production factors from all over thecountry. This paper takes the prefecture-level cities of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration asthe research object, and wants to reveal the relationship between population mobility and regional economic development.
Firstly, according to the data of the seventh census, this paper compares the size, gender and age characteristics, education level of the floating population, and grasps the population flow in the Pearl River Delta. Secondly, according to the statistical yearbook data of each city in 2023, the total GDP, per capita GDP and industrial structure of each city in the past 10 years are compared to understand the economic development of each city. Finally, it makes an empirical analysis of the relationship between the comprehensive situation of economic development, population flow and economic development in each city, and summarizes the findings and puts forward solutions to the existing problems.
This paper finds that in terms of population mobility, the floating population in the Pearl River Delta region is mainly from other provinces, mostly young and middle-aged men with junior and senior high school education, and economically developed cities attract more population inflows. In terms of economic development, in the past 10 years, the total GDP and per capita GDP of each city have been increasing, the gap between the cities in the Pearl River Delta has been widening, and the industrial structure has shown a small-scale stable fluctuation in the proportion of the primary industry. The proportion of the secondary industry decreased first and then increased, and the proportion of the tertiary industry increased first and then decreased. There is a significant positive correlation between population mobility and economic development. The more developed the economy, the larger the floating population. There are significant differences in economic development among different circles in the Pearl River Delta.
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