City
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Summary:
• Considering population mobility and general birth rate, the number of cities with over 1 million
population have kept increasing. With rising population density in cities, population growth has
exceeded the urban construction speed. Moreover, the proportion of urban population reached
56.1% in 2015 along with the acceleration of the process of urbanization.
• Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen and Suzhou were seen as the most liveable cities in China. They
ranked high for many reasons, such as air quality, employment opportunity, salary level,
greening rate, walk score, cultural atmosphere, night life, housing cost, personal safety, etc.
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1.27 1.28
1.28 1.29 1.30
1.31 1.31
1.32 1.33
1.33 1.34 1.35
1.35 1.36
1.37 1.37
14.03
13.3812.86
12.41 12.29 12.4012.09 12.10 12.14 11.95 11.90 11.93 12.10 12.08
12.3712.07
7.586.95
6.456.01 5.87 5.89
5.28 5.17 5.08 4.87 4.79 4.79 4.95 4.925.21
4.96
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1.20
1.25
1.30
1.35
1.40
1.45
1.50
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
China’s Population Trend
Total Population(Billion) Birth Rate(‰) Natural Growth Rate(‰)
China’s population grew to 1.37 billion in 2015 in spite of lower birth rate and slower natural
population growth. China’s population and birth rate was expected to rise in the next few years,
because the government liberalized the Two-Children Policy in 2015.
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Source:National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
Shanghai
Chongqing
Tianjin
Guangxi
4 Municipalities
5 Autonomous regions
23 Provinces
(including Taiwan)
2 Special administrative regions
653 Cities
Hong KongMacau
BeijingXinjiang
Inner Mongolia
Tibet
Ningxia
*Mainland China: Excluding Hong Kong,
Macau & Taiwan
Taiwan
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Source:National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
Tianjin
Hangzhou
Nanjing
Chongqing
Chengdu
Xi’an
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Shenzhen
Shenyang
Wuhan
Super tier cities:Beijing
Shanghai
1st tier cities:Guangzhou
Shenzhen
1.5 tier cities:Tianjin
Chengdu
Suzhou
Wuhan
Chongqing
Hangzhou
Shenyang
Nanjing
Xi’an
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Source:Jones Lang LaSalle 2015
Suzhou
2nd tier cities:
Qingdao
Changsha
Ningbo
Dalian
Zhengzhou
Xiamen
Wuxi
JinanZhengzhou
Ningbo
Xiamen
Wuxi
Changsha
Source:Jones Lang LaSalle 2015
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Qingdao
Dalian
Jinan
8 8 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 17 12 16 21 21 23 25 24 26 28 28 30 31 31 33 35
70 69 71 73 73 75 80 79 81 82 81 82 82 86
91
103 105 109 111 111 108 106 111 110 110 109 108 108 103
98
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Cities of Prefectural Level or Above in China
Cities With Less Than0.2 Million Year-endTotal Population
Cities With 0.2-0.5Million Year-end TotalPopulation
Cities With 0.5-1 MillionYear-end TotalPopulation
Cities With 1-2 MillionYear-end TotalPopulation
Cities With 2-4 MillionYear-end TotalPopulation
Cities With Over 4Million Year-end TotalPopulation
Considering population mobility and general birth rate, the number of cities with over 1 million
population have kept increasing over the past decade in China, rising to 143 in 2014.
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Source:National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
178,110.3 175,463.6
178,691.7 183,618.0 183,039.4 183,416.1 184,098.6
39,140.5 38,726.9 39,758.4 41,860.6 45,750.7 47,108.5 49,982.7 2,080
2,147
2,209 2,228
2,307
2,362
2,419
1,900
2,000
2,100
2,200
2,300
2,400
2,500
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40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
China’s Urban Construction Speed
Urban Area(sq. km.) Urban Construction Land Area(sq. km.) Urban Population Density(person/sq. km.)
The development of the cities in China has slowed down, but city population density has risen.
Population growth has exceeded the urban construction speed.
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Source:National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
Since 2000, China has went to great length to head towards modernization and urbanization, with
the proportion of urban population at 56.1% in 2015.
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36.2% 37.7% 39.1% 40.5% 41.8% 43.0% 44.3% 45.9% 47.0% 48.3% 49.9% 51.3% 52.6% 53.7% 54.8% 56.1%
63.8% 62.3% 60.9% 59.5% 58.2% 57.0% 55.7% 54.1% 53.0% 51.7% 50.1% 48.7% 47.4% 46.3% 45.2% 43.9%
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1.30 1.31
1.31 1.32
1.33 1.33
1.34 1.35
1.35 1.36
1.37 1.37
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
China’s Urban and Rural Population
Urban Population Rural Population Total Population(Billion Persons)
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Source:National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
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Province
(excluding HK, Macau & Taiwan)
Population
(thousand)Rank GDP(Billion) GDP Rank
Per-capita GDP
(RMB)
Per-capita GDP
Rank
Guangdong 10,849.00 1 72,812.55 1 67,115 8
Henan 10,722.00 2 37,010.25 5 34,518 25
Shandong 9,847.16 3 63,002.30 3 63,980 10
Sichuan 8,204.00 4 30,103.10 6 36,693 22
Jiangsu 7,976.30 5 70,116.40 2 87,906 4
Hebei 7,424.92 6 29,806.10 7 40,143 20
Anhui 6,949.10 7 22,005.60 14 31,667 27
Hunan 6,783.00 8 29,047.20 9 42,824 16
Hubei 5,851.50 9 29,550.19 8 50,500 13
Zhejiang 5,539.00 10 42,886.00 4 77,426 5
Guangxi 5,518.00 11 16,803.12 17 30,451 28
Yunnan 4,741.80 12 13,717.88 23 28,930 30
Jiangxi 4,565.60 13 16,723.80 18 36,630 23
Liaoning 4,382.40 14 28,743.40 10 65,588 9
Fujian 3,839.00 15 25,979.82 11 67,673 7
Shannxi 3,792.87 16 18,171.86 15 47,911 14
Heilongjiang 3,746.96 17 15,083.70 21 40,256 19
Shanxi 3,664.00 18 12,802.60 24 34,942 24
Guizhou 3,529.50 19 10,502.56 25 29,757 29
Chongqing 3,016.55 20 15,719.72 20 52,112 11
Jilin 2,753.30 21 14,274.11 22 51,844 12
Gansu 2,599.55 22 6,790.32 27 26,121 31
Inner Mongolia 2,511.04 23 18,032.80 16 71,814 6
Shanghai 2,415.27 24 24,964.99 12 103,363 3
Xinjiang 2,360.00 25 9,324.80 26 39,512 21
Beijing 2,170.50 26 22,968.60 13 105,822 2
Tianjing 1,546.95 27 16,538.19 19 106,908 1
Hainan 910.82 28 3,702.80 28 40,653 18
Ningxia 667.88 29 2,911.77 29 43,597 15
Qinhai 588.43 30 2,417.05 30 41,076 17
Tibet 323.97 31 1,026.39 31 31,682 26
Source:Statistical Bulletin in All Provinces and Province-level Municipalities, 2015
Source:Best-Performing Cities China 2015 Note:Best-Performing cities includes diversified industries, improved
transportation network, and the ability to attract foreign investment,
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Ranking First-tier and second-tier cities
1 Chengdu, Sichuan
2 Shanghai
3 Tianjin
4 Dalian, Liaoning
5 Nanjing, Jiangsu
6 Hefei, Anhui
7 Xiamen, Fujian
8 Changchun, Jilin
9 Chongqing
10 Shenzhen, Guangdong
Ranking Third-tier cities
1 Suzhou, Jiangsu
2 Nantong, Jiangsu
3 Yangzhou, Jiangsu
4 Suqian, Jiangsu
5 Taizhou, Jiangsu
6 Qingyang, Gansu
7 Changzhou, Jiangsu
8 Wuxi, Jiangu
9 Ji’an, Jiangxi
10 Yichang, Hubei
With the exception of Chengdu and Chongqing, the Top 10 first-tier and second-tier cities were
located on or near the east coast, with easy access to global markets. Cities of Jiangsu Province
dominated Top 10 among all third-tier cities, with Suzhou in the first place.
Chinese Best-Performing Cities in 2015
Source:Chinese Cities of Opportunity 2015
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Rank City
Intellectual
Capital and
Innovation
Important
Regional
Cities
Technology
Readiness
Healthcare,
Safety and
Security
Transportation
and Urban
Planning
Sustainability
and Natural
Environment
Cultural
and
Lifestyle
Economic
Clout
Ease of
Doing
Business
Cost Score
1 Shenzhen 102 116 74 67 81 76 51 112 141 32 852
2 Guangzhou 112 107 71 73 83 70 55 100 124 33 828
3 Nanjing 111 70 68 71 80 70 46 76 102 84 778
4 Wuhan 106 78 46 80 80 58 46 89 103 70 756
5 Hangzhou 110 75 71 73 61 56 44 82 122 39 733
6 Chengdu 79 97 51 75 69 52 26 75 103 54 681
7 Xi’an 94 64 44 53 84 46 45 76 102 63 671
8 Tianjin 88 71 35 57 61 60 14 90 117 64 657
9 Xiamen 65 77 62 53 70 62 45 46 109 45 634
10 Qingdao 51 66 45 61 52 71 43 46 117 79 631
11 Dalian 69 49 37 64 76 55 45 71 89 66 621
12 Shenyang 71 63 34 44 92 57 43 59 69 87 619
13 Chongqing 53 93 16 54 58 55 20 50 81 75 555
14 Fuzhou 58 48 53 42 48 53 44 36 88 64 534
15 Zhengzhou 72 49 29 45 47 35 44 40 104 67 532
16 Urumqi 47 40 20 29 66 39 34 58 79 86 498
17 Changchun 48 33 23 40 49 36 48 49 62 81 469
18 Harbin 39 41 19 29 36 38 55 48 65 64 434
19 Nanning 43 18 25 33 46 60 46 28 69 64 432
20 Lanzhou 66 8 20 26 57 18 52 46 68 57 428
Some Chinese Cities’ Opportunity in 2015
4.2 4.1
3.9 3.9
3.8 3.8
3.7 3.7
3.6 3.6
3.3 3.3
3.2 3.1 3.1
2.9 2.7 2.7
2.5 2.4
HangzhouShanghaiXiamenSuzhou
ShenzhenChengdu
DalianQingdao
GuangzhouNanjingNingbo
WuxiChongqing
WuhanXi'an
ChangshaZhengzhou
TianjinBeijing
Shenyang
Most Liveable Cities in China
Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen and Suzhou were seen as the most liveable cities in China. They
ranked high for many reasons, such as air quality, employment opportunity, salary level, greening
rate, walk score, cultural atmosphere, night life, housing cost, personal safety, etc.
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Source:Savills 2015
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Source:Savills 2015
Chinese City Equal in US Feature
Hong Kong New York Business and financial center
Shanghai New York Business and financial center
Beijing Washington Political capital
Guangzhou Los Angeles Main industrial city
Shenzhen San Jose High tech, information tech
Changsha St. Louis Heavy industry, inland port
Chengdu Austin High tech, electronic R & D
Chongqing Houston Heavy tech, oil refining industry
Dalian San Francisco Financial capital, newly developed industry
Hangzhou Seattle Linkage role of main cities, technology center
Nanjing Boston National education center,previously large metropolitan
Ningbo Long Beach Large port next to big cities
Qingdao Baltimore National power station
Shenyang Cleveland Aviation, heavy equipment
Suzhou Newark Link with man cities, newly developed industry
Tianjin Chicago Trading center
Wuhan Pittsburgh High retail consumption,affluent freshwater resources
Wuxi Providence Second-tier city with comprehensive development
Xiamen Miami High-tech electronic R & D, inbound travel, aviation
Xi’an Dallas Education, telecommunication
Zhengzhou Denver Larger population、expanding young city,transportation hub
Cities in China and Its Equals in United States
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