Abstract：Since the early 1980s when Yangtze River Delta Region embarked on the construction of urban agglomeration，its area has been enlarging continuously，and the spatial structure has been experiencing gradual evolution as well. At the same time，the urban agglomeration in Anhui Province is becoming more and more mature after experiencing a series of concepts of spatial planning. The existing literature stresses that economic factors will lead the spatial evolution of the YRDR，result in the breakthrough in the restriction of administrative divisions，and admit some area of Anhui with high carrying capacity and excellent resource to new members of the spatial network of YRDR. In light of this，the central government officially identified Anhui as a new member of the YRDR. This study builds on related data，conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis，to try to address two research questions：first，which areas of Anhui are expected to have bigger advantage during their integration into YRDR？Second，how will spatial structure of Anhui Urban Agglomeration evolve in the process？The results show that Chuzhou，Ma’anshan and Wuhu have bigger advantage during their integration into the YRDR，and three changes in Anhui Urban Agglomeration are expected to happen，which includes an urban belt including Chuzhou，Ma’anshan and Wuhu，a new Suzhou（Anhui）-centred economic circle，and a large central city might rise in the south of Anhui.

Key Words：Anhui；Yangtze River Delta Region；urban agglomeration；integration ei8NNjPkMlgwHsVlebpIV4K6C5KRyyrbzZ0I+Wrj/mKr5AOWPfqWF/aQAkGs2uTl