2019 first, second and third tier cities prosperity are how to rank?

Ranking of first-tier cities in terms of prosperity: Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the four old first-tier cities, sit at the top of the list, with Shenzhen coming out on top, followed by Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Second-tier cities: Zhengzhou, Changsha, Suzhou, Xi'an, Dongguan, Foshan, Jinan, Xiamen, Qingdao, Hefei, Ningbo, Fuzhou and Shenyang.

Third-tier city prosperity ranking: Zhuhai, Quanzhou, Huizhou, Wenzhou, Yantai, Jiaxing, Nantong, Zhongshan, Langfang, Changzhou, Baoding, Hohhot, Haikou, Lanzhou, Huzhou, Taizhou, Kaifeng, Sanya, Luoyang, Shaoxing, Xining, Zhuzhou, Yinchuan and Xiangtan.

The two-year ranking comparison, Shenzhen returned to the list of the first position, the status of the north is still solid; and has been the media "fight" dropped out of the first-tier cities of Guangzhou, the ranking also exceeded Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shenzhen has always been also love each other. This time, Guangzhou surpassed Shenzhen mainly due to the index of big brands for Guangzhou's favor in the past year, for the first time exceeding that of Shenzhen.

And if you consider just from the economic as well as financial point of view, Shenzhen is much stronger than Guangzhou. After all, Guangzhou can be said to have a father who doesn't love his mother compared to Shenzhen, and its financial revenue, in addition to the provincial government's tax payments, needs to pay taxes to the central government, which can be said to be the biggest one in the first-tier cities in terms of financial pressure.

These cities, undoubtedly, the highest level of concern is seeded with new first-tier cities, respectively: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Suzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Dongguan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Ningbo, Kunming. After all, this is where the biggest changes in the development of China's cities are likely to occur in the future.

With urbanization entering the middle and late stages, the basic pattern of Chinese cities has been determined. According to the basic logic that people follow industry, industry determines the rise and fall of cities, and location factors such as economies of scale and transportation costs determine the layout of industries.

We objectively ranked the development potential of 336 prefecture-level administrative units nationwide, excluding Sansha City and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, in our April 2019 research report "China's Cities Development Potential Ranking: 2019", with Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Tianjin and Hangzhou in the top ten.