What are the lines of your hometown? What are the second tier cities in China? Where is the most developed second tier city? Come and have a look with Xiaobian.
5 first tier cities:
Beijing (National Center for politics, culture and education)
Shanghai (national economic center)
Guangzhou (the third largest city in China with developed economy)
Shenzhen (economically developed, special zone city)
Tianjin (an important economic port)
8 second tier developed cities:
Hangzhou (economically developed, sub provincial, provincial capital)
Nanjing (economically developed, sub provincial, provincial capital)
Jinan (economically developed, sub provincial, provincial capital)
Chongqing (municipality directly under the central government, western central city)
Qingdao (a city with developed economy and independent planning)
Dalian (economically developed city with separate planning)
Ningbo (economically developed city with separate planning)
Xiamen (economically developed city with separate planning)
15 second tier medium-sized cities:
Chengdu (better economic development, regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Wuhan (better economic development, regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Harbin (better economic development, regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Shenyang (better economic development, regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Xi'an (regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Changchun (regional center, deputy provincial capital)
Changsha (better economic development, provincial capital)
Fuzhou (better economic development, provincial capital)
Zhengzhou (better economic development, provincial capital)
Shijiazhuang (better economic development, provincial capital)
Suzhou (a city with strong economy and the most powerful prefecture level city in China)
Foshan (strong economic city), Dongguan (strong economic city), Wuxi (strong economic city)
Yantai (a city with strong economy) Taiyuan (a city with strong economy and a provincial capital at prefecture level)
Second tier cities with weak development:
Hefei (prefecture level city capital), Nanchang (prefecture level city capital), Nanning (prefecture level city capital)
Kunming (capital of prefecture level city), Wenzhou (important economic city), Zibo (important industrial city)
Tangshan (a city with strong economy in Hebei Province)
the third-class cities:
Urumqi (capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Guiyang (capital of Guizhou Province), Haikou (capital of Hainan Province)
Lanzhou (capital of Gansu Province), Yinchuan (capital of Ningxia Autonomous Region), Xining (capital of Qinghai Province)
Hohhot (capital of Inner Mongolia), Quanzhou (the most powerful city in Fujian economy), Baotou (the largest city in Inner Mongolia, the second largest city in economy)
Nantong (a strong economic city in Jiangsu), Daqing (a strong economic city in Heilongjiang), Xuzhou (a strong economic city in Jiangsu)
Weifang (a strong economic city in Shandong), Changzhou (a strong economic city in Jiangsu), Ordos (the largest economic city in Inner Mongolia)
Shaoxing (strong economic city in Zhejiang), Jining (strong economic city in Shandong), Yancheng (strong economic city in Jiangsu)
Handan (the third most powerful city in Hebei economy), Linyi (the most powerful city in Shandong economy), Luoyang (the most powerful city in Henan economy and ancient capital)
Dongying (a strong economic city in Shandong), Yangzhou (a strong economic city in Jiangsu), Taizhou (a strong economic city in Zhejiang)
Jiaxing (a strong economic city in Zhejiang), Cangzhou (a strong economic city in Hebei), Yulin (the second largest economic city in Shaanxi)
Taizhou (a city with strong economy in Jiangsu), Zhenjiang (a city with strong economy in Jiangsu), Kunshan (the first among the top 100 counties in China)
Jiangyin (second in the top 100 counties in China), Zhangjiagang (third in the top 100 counties in China), Yiwu (county-level city in Zhejiang Province)
Jinhua (a strong economic city in Zhejiang), Baoding (a strong economic city in Hebei), Jilin (the second largest economic city in Jilin)
Anshan (the third largest city in Liaoning economy), Tai'an (the largest city in Shandong economy), Yichang (the second largest city in Hubei economy)
Xiangyang (the third most powerful city in Hubei economy), Zhongshan (the most powerful city in Guangdong economy), Huizhou (the most powerful city in Guangdong economy)
Nanyang (a strong economic city in Henan), Weihai (a strong economic city in Shandong), Dezhou (a strong economic city in Shandong)
Yueyang (the second most powerful city in Hunan economy), Liaocheng (the most powerful city in Shandong economy), Changde (the most powerful city in Hunan economy)
Zhangzhou (the fourth most powerful city in Fujian economy), Binzhou (the most powerful city in Shandong economy), Maoming (the most powerful city in Guangdong economy)
Huai'an (a strong economic city in Jiangsu), Jiangmen (a strong economic city in Guangdong), Wuhu (the second largest economic city in Anhui)
Zhanjiang (a strong economic city in Guangdong), Langfang (a strong economic city in Hebei), Heze (a strong economic city in Shandong)
Liuzhou (the second largest city in Guangxi economy), Baoji (the second largest city in Shaanxi and the fourth largest city in economy), Zhuhai (Special Economic Zone, the tenth largest city in Guangdong economy)
Mianyang (the second largest city in Sichuan)
Fourth tier cities:
Zhuzhou (the fifth largest city in Hunan economy), Zaozhuang (the 15th largest city in Shandong economy), Xuchang (the fourth largest city in Henan economy)
Tongliao (the fourth largest city in Inner Mongolia) Huzhou (the eighth largest city in Zhejiang) Xinxiang (the fifth largest city in Henan)
Xianyang (the third largest city in Shaanxi economy), Songyuan (the third largest city in Jilin economy), Lianyungang (the twelfth largest city in Jiangsu economy)
Anyang (the sixth largest city in Henan economy), Zhoukou (the seventh largest city in Henan economy), Jiaozuo (the eighth largest city in Henan economy)
Chifeng (the fifth largest city in Inner Mongolia) Xingtai (the seventh largest city in Hebei) Chenzhou (the sixth largest city in Hunan)
Suqian (the 13th largest city in Jiangsu) Ganzhou (the second largest city in Jiangxi) Pingdingshan (the ninth largest city in Henan)
Guilin (the third largest economy city in Guangxi), Zhaoqing (the 11th largest economy city in Guangdong), Qujing (the second largest economy city in Yunnan)
Jiujiang (the third largest city in Jiangxi economy), Shangqiu (the tenth largest city in Henan economy), Shantou (the twelfth largest city in Guangdong economy)
Xinyang (the 11th largest city in Henan economy) Zhumadian (the 12th largest city in Henan economy) Yingkou (the 4th largest city in Liaoning economy)
Jieyang (the 13th largest city in Guangdong economy), Longyan (the fifth largest city in Fujian economy), Anqing (the third largest city in Anhui economy)
Rizhao (the 15th largest city in Shandong economy), Zunyi (the 2nd largest city in Guizhou economy), Sanming (the 6th largest city in Fujian economy)
Hulunbuir (the sixth largest city in Inner Mongolia) Changzhi (the second largest city in Shanxi) Xiangtan (the seventh largest city in Hunan)
Deyang (the third largest economy city in Sichuan), Nanchong (prefecture level city in Sichuan) Leshan (prefecture level city in Sichuan)
Dazhou (Sichuan prefecture level city), Panjin (Liaoning prefecture level city), Jinzhou (Liaoning prefecture level city)
Yichun (Jiangxi prefecture level city), Yibin (Sichuan prefecture level city), Zhangjiakou (Hebei prefecture level city)
Maanshan (Anhui prefecture level city), Luliang (Shanxi prefecture level city), Fushun (Liaoning prefecture level city)
Linfen (Shanxi prefecture level city), Weinan (Shaanxi prefecture level city), Kaifeng (Henan prefecture level city, ancient capital)
Putian (Fujian prefecture level city), Jingzhou (Hubei prefecture level city), Huanggang (Hubei prefecture level city)
Siping (Jilin prefecture level city), Chengde (Hebei prefecture level city), Qiqihar (Heilongjiang prefecture level city)
Sanmenxia (prefecture level city of Henan), Qinhuangdao (prefecture level city of Hebei), Benxi (prefecture level city of Liaoning)
Yulin (Guangxi prefecture level city), Xiaogan (Hubei prefecture level city), Mudanjiang (Heilongjiang prefecture level city)
Jingmen (Hubei prefecture level city), Ningde (Hunan prefecture level city), Yuncheng (Shanxi prefecture level city)
Suihua (Heilongjiang prefecture level city), Yongzhou (Hunan prefecture level city), Huaihua (Hunan prefecture level city, the largest city in Western Hunan)
Huangshi (Hubei prefecture level city), Luzhou (Sichuan prefecture level city), Qingyuan (Guangdong prefecture level city)
Shaoyang (Hunan prefecture level city), Hengshui (Hebei prefecture level city), Yiyang (Hunan prefecture level city)
Dandong (Liaoning prefecture level city, China's largest port city), Tieling (Liaoning prefecture level city), Jincheng (Shanxi prefecture level city)
Shuozhou (Shanxi prefecture level city), Ji'an (Jiangxi prefecture level city), Loudi (Hunan prefecture level city)
Yuxi (Yunnan prefecture level city), Liaoyang (Liaoning prefecture level city), Nanping (Fujian prefecture level city)
Puyang (prefecture level city of Henan), Jinzhong (prefecture level city of Shanxi), Ziyang (prefecture level city of Sichuan)
Dujiangyan (county level city of Sichuan), Panzhihua (prefecture level city of Sichuan), Quzhou (prefecture level city of Zhejiang)
Neijiang (Sichuan prefecture level city), Chuzhou (Anhui prefecture level city), Fuyang (Anhui prefecture level city)
Shiyan (Hubei prefecture level city), Datong (Shanxi prefecture level city), Chaoyang (Liaoning prefecture level city)
Lu'an (prefecture level city of Anhui) Suzhou (prefecture level city of Anhui) Tonghua (prefecture level city of Jilin)
Bengbu (Anhui prefecture level city), Shaoguan (Guangdong prefecture level city), Lishui (Zhejiang prefecture level city)
Zigong (Sichuan prefecture level city), Yangjiang (Guangdong prefecture level city), Bijie (Guizhou prefecture level city)