HK, Shanghai and Shenzhen Most Competitive Cities in China

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HK, Shanghai and Shenzhen Most Competitive Cities in China

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Initiated by Dr. Ni Pengfei of Institution of Finance, Trade & Economy under Chinese Academy of Social Science, specialists from a dozen of famous universities and local colleges such as Nankai University, Peking and Tsinghua and Nanjing Universities, as well as authoritative statistic agencies and enterprise research institutions, spent over half a year in evaluating in an authoritative and fair way the main aspects as to the competitiveness of more than 200 Chinese cities. And the official "Report on Competitiveness of Chinese Cities" was released last February.

According to the report, comprehensive competitiveness of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Macao, Guangzhou, Dongguan, Suzhou, Tianjin and Ningbo are listed in order into the top 10 cities (exclusive of the cities in Taiwan Province). The reprehensive cities in the three big city-chains are beyond doubt the most competitive Chinese cities nowadays.

Compared with some cities at prefecture level in the east coastal areas such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong provinces, whose competitiveness is powerful and advances fast while the mining industry cities are lack of sufficient strength, which are about to change their economic structures.

In the report, the index of comprehensive competitiveness is synthesized into 12 categories in connection with the human resources, capital and technologies.

The recent 20 years have seen the fastest development of cities in Chinese history.

During the 11 years from 1990 to 2001, Chinese cities at prefecture level have increased from 188 to 269 and metropolises with a population of over 1 million have increased from 31 to 41. The ratio of occupancy by rural areas as against the national territory has increased from 20 percent to 42.6 percent.

In 2001, the total urban population accounted for 37.7 percent of the whole population in China, 10.3 percent higher than that of 1990. In 2001, the GDP of prefecture-level cities and those above the level (exclusive of counties under the jurisdiction of such cities) increased from RMB 67.08 billion yuan in 1990 to RMB 550.57 billion yuan, an annual increase of 15.5 percent at constant price. And 2001 witnessed the urban per-capita GDP to be at RMB 18,322.9 yuan, 4.8 times much as that of 1990 and 1.4 times more than the national average.

By PD Online Staff Liu Wei

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