A Study of the city level classification in China

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MACRO VIEW

• There are 661 Cities in China (as of July 26 th. 2009) – Source China Today. • Countrywide, cities are classified into 6 categories.• Total of 108 cities are classified into Tier 1 – Tier 5 Category (called the 108 Heroes of China)• Rest of the cities fall in the Tier 6 Category.

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PROVINCIAL MAP OF CHINA

• Provinces: 23• Municipalities: 4• Special Autonomous Regions: 5• Special Administrative Regions (SAR): 2

Heilongjiang

Jilin

Hunan

Hubei

Gansu

Tibet

Yunnan Guangxi

Guangdong

Hainan

Jiangxi

Liaoning

Beijing

Tianjin

Hebei

Shandong

Jiangsu

Shanxi

Henan

Anhui

Zhejiang

Fujian

Chongqing

Sichuan

Guizhou

Xinjiang

Qinghai

Inner Mongolia

Ningxia

Shaanxi

Shanghai

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PROVINCIAL POPULATION DETAILS

Source: Wikipedia, accessed 27th May 2010

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City Level Classification

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CHINA TIER – 1 CITIES

• Total Cities: 18• GDP: Greater than RMB 160.00 Billion• Urban Population: Greater than 200 Million

Harbin

Shenyang

Dalian

Beijing

Tianjin

Qingdao

Jinan

Nanjing

Shanghai

Hangzhou

Xian

Chengdu

Chongqing

Wuhan

Guangzhou

Macau

Hong Kong

Shenzhen

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CHINA TIER – 2 CITIES

• Total Cities: 25

• Includes provincial Capitals, sub-provincial Cities and SEZ’s

Guiyang

Kunming

Lhasa

Lanzhou

Xining

Yinchuan

Urumqi

Shijiazhuang

Changchun

Hohhot

Taiyuan

Zhengzhou

Hefei

Wuxi

Suzhou

Ningbo

Fuzhou

Xiamen

Nanchang

Changsha

Shantou

Zhuhai

Haikou

Sanya

Nanning

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CHINA TIER – 3 CITIES

• Total Cities: 24

• Includes open coastal cities, economic development and high income cities Huizhou

Foshan

Zhongshan

Jiangmen

Zhangjiang

Beihai

Guilin

Tangshan

Qinhuangdao

Zibo

Yantai

Weihai

Xuzhou

Lianyungang

Nantong

Zhenjiang

Changzhou

Jiaxing

Jinhua

Shaoxing

Taizhou

Wenzhou

Quanzhou

Dongguang

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CHINA TIER – 4 CITIES

• Total Cities: 18

• Includes cities of population more than 1 million, key economic cities

Handan

Anshan

Fushun

Jilin

Qiqihar

Daqing

Baotou

Datong

Luoyang

Weifang

Wuhu

Yangzhou

Huzhou

Zhoushan

Zhangzhou

Zhuzhou

Chaozhou

Liuzhou

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CHINA TIER – 5 CITIES

• Total Cities: 23

• Includes famous economic cities, major transportation hub cities: population of over 500 thousand, and key tourist cities

Mianyang

Lijiang

Yan’an

Xianyang

Baoji

Chengde

Baoding

Dandong

Kaifeng

Anyang

Taian

Rizhao

Bengbu

Huangshan

Taizhou

Putian

Nanping

Jiujiang

Yichang

Xiangfan

Yueyang

Zhaoqing

Leshan

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