The 2008 Blue Book of City Competitiveness in China was issued in Beijing on March 28.
The book's creation was initiated by Dr. Ni Pengfei from the Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and compiled by nearly 100 experts on city competitiveness from famous colleges, national statistics organizations and local scientific research institutes across the country including the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
The book evaluates the top ten cities based on quantitative researches and analysis of competitiveness, in the following manner:
Comprehensive Competitiveness: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, Taiwan's Kaohsiung, Jiangsu's Suzhou, Zhejiang's Hangzhou, and Tianjin.
Growth Speed: Ordos of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Yantai of Shandong province, Heyuan and Qingyuan of Guangdong province (Yantai, Heyuan, Qingyuan are tied), Linyi of Shandong province, Baotou and Wuhai of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Yingkou of Liaoning province, Dongguan and Shanwei of Guangdong province.
Benefit: Taiwan's Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Ordos, Taipei, Tainan and Taichung of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Yantai, Guangdong's Zhongshan, and Taiwan's Keelung.
Quality: Hong Kong, Macao, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Keelung, Shenzhen and Dongguan.
Generally speaking, the cities with a larger scale and population, and higher administrative rank have competitive advantages. Cities located in the center of economic zones are more competitive; and small- and medium-size cities have better economic growth.
By People's Daily Online
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