Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, has topped an economic study of best-performing cities in China. Shanghai and Tianjin followed Chengdu, while seven cities in eastern China's Jiangsu province made the top 10 list of lower-tier sites.
Compiled by the independent United States think-tank Milken Institute, the rankings were based on a mix of economic conditions of 266 cities across China. The 34 first-and second-tier cities and 232 third-tier sites were measured predominantly on employment levels, wage rises, regional gross domestic product, and levels of foreign direct investment.
Surprisingly, Beijing failed to make the top 10 of first-tier cities. Milken's Managing Director of Research, Perry Wong, said it was because of its already-large economic base figure.
Let's take a look at some of the top-ranked first-tier cities.
No 10 Shenzhen, Guangdong province
 |
|
A sports center in Shenzhen Bay, Guangdong province. [Photo by Wu Jun / Asianewsphoto] |
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
