Jieyang / 揭阳

Jieyang is one of the three modern cities commonly used to define Chaoshan / 潮汕 in No.205 ⛵️ 潮汕往事：侨批、经济特区和没有等来的深圳奇迹. The episode names it as part of the post-1991 regional structure after the old Shantou area was split into Shantou / 汕头, Chaozhou / 潮州, and Jieyang.

The page matters because the source treats administrative division as part of the region’s development problem. The issue is not that separate cities cannot grow, but that duplicated infrastructure, local competition, and weaker coordination can make Merchant To Industrial City Upgrade harder when a region already lacks Shenzhen / 深圳-level policy scale and external proximity.

Connections

• Chaoshan / 潮汕, Shantou / 汕头, and Chaozhou / 潮州 — regional comparison set.
• Regional Administrative Fragmentation — source concept tied to the 1991 split.
• China Special Economic Zone Asymmetry and Shantou Special Economic Zone / 汕头经济特区 — reform-era development context.