Original title: 39 cities in top 200, Hangzhou ranked 64th
According to Hong Kong media of sihai.com, the "Global City Competitiveness Report 2019-2020" jointly released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and UN Habitat shows that nine cities in China have entered the top 50 in the world, and 39 cities have ranked among the top 200 in the world.
According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post website on December 18, the survey measured 1006 major cities around the world - each with at least 500000 residents - to reflect their industrial base and their connection with the global division of labor. The more irreplaceable a city is in the world network, the higher the ranking.
Ni Pengfei, the main author of the report and director of the center for urban and competitiveness research of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that in the past year, among the top 200 most economically competitive cities, the number of Asian cities has increased, while the number of European cities has decreased. This reflects that 'the overall improvement of global comprehensive centers and science and technology centers, and the overall decline of professional cities and manufacturing centers'.
According to the report, Shenzhen, China's science and Technology Center - the headquarters of giants such as Huawei, Tencent and UAV manufacturer Dajiang Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. - ranks fourth among the world's most economically competitive cities and the highest ranked Chinese city.
Hangzhou ranked 64th, behind Sydney and ahead of Barcelona. The economic competitiveness of Hangzhou, a city in eastern China, has leapt 10 places over last year, and its overall economic competitiveness has improved in China. Due to the demographic factors, 291 cities in China and 75 cities in the United States were included in the evaluation of 1006 cities.
The report shows a notable development trend that urban centers have evolved from isolated cities to urban agglomerations, and then to the so-called metropolitan areas composed of related urban centers.
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in southern China may be an example, the report said. Among the 11 cities covered by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, seven cities have entered the top 200 of the world's most economically competitive cities, namely Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, Macao and Zhuhai.