East China - Kato

Japanese: 華東 - かとう

A large region of China. Refers to the area covering the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Changjiang), as well as Shanghai. In Japan, it is often included in Central China. In China, a large administrative region was established in 1950 that had jurisdiction over the six provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu (including Nanjing), Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Taiwan, as well as Shanghai, but it was abolished in 1954. As the current economic cooperation zone, East China includes Shanghai and the seven provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Taiwan. [Kono Michihiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の大地域。長江(揚子江)下流部の江蘇，浙江，安徽3省と上海市にわたる地域を指す。日本では華中に含めることが多い。中国では1950年設置された大行政区としては，山東，江蘇(南京市を含む)，安徽，浙江，福建，台湾の6省と上海市とを管轄するものであったが，54年廃止された。現在の経済協作区としては，華東には上海市と山東，江蘇，安徽，浙江，江西，福建，台湾の7省が含まれている。【河野通博】

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