The Core-Periphery Structure in the Yangtze River Delta: An Enterprise Linkage Perspective, 1978–2019

Table 4

Proportion of headquarters-branch enterprise linkages in cities in Anhui Province.

	1978	1992 (%)	2003 (%)	2009 (%)	2019 (%)
Hefei	—	17.65	33.97	38.94	43.30
Wuhu	—	17.65	16.13	8.97	8.78
Bengbu	—	23.53	8.54	6.24	5.29
Huainan	—	—	5.69	5.55	3.73
Maanshan	—	—	4.93	3.95	3.97
Huaibei	—	41.18	3.80	1.60	1.88
Tongling	—	—	1.52	2.28	2.05
Anqing	—	—	7.40	5.86	4.28
Huangshan	—	—	2.09	2.28	2.34
Chuzhou	—	—	5.31	5.70	4.54
Fuyang	—	—	5.31	4.56	5.40
Suzhou	—	—	1.14	2.28	3.13
Liuan	—	—	0.38	3.80	3.86
Bozhou	—	—	0.19	1.98	2.49
Chizhou	—	—	0.38	1.98	1.37
Xuancheng	—	—	3.23	4.03	3.57