上海、北京、广州、深圳、天津、杭州、南京、武汉、成都、沈阳
Shanghai/Beiijng/Guangzhou/Shenzhen/Tianjin/Hangzhou/Nanjing/Wuhan/Chengdu/Shenyang

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In terms of integrated strength. Better change the title to 10 strongest cities in mainland China. Urbanization is more of importance...
See the way how the US developed. In economic terms, Shanghai and Beijng, Guangzhou etc. etc. r in place as to NYC, LA, Chicago ...(percentage of national economy) The reason why the US is much ahead is that it is highly urbanized and industrialized. There rn't many big cities in the US but in terms of number of cities the US is placed the #1. Many more small cities can make more sense than just huge metropolises considering the ability of management for Chinese. No time for boasting...

Wow....Chongqing dosent qualify?? :D

I agree with the list except for Wuhan, Tianjin, and Shenyang. Instead, I put Hongkong, Chongqing, and Qingdao.

Tianjin, Wuhan, Shenyang, Nanjing are definitely not qualified! It's very shocking that Dalian is not in the list.

How big is Chongqing now? I heard that it has grown enormously in recent years.

Chongqing is the bigest municipality directly under central government in China. And then the Chongqing city is still huge with a large citizen population. I've ever watched a program about China in Discovery Channel. This program said Chongqing city is the third bigest city in China.

Hong Kong should be number 1.
Not just in terms of skyline too -

Chongqing is the bigest municipality directly under central government in China. And then the Chongqing city is still huge with a large citizen population. I've ever watched a program about China in Discovery Channel. This program said Chongqing city is the third bigest city in China.


The third-largest city in China is TIANJIN.

The third-largest city in China is TIANJIN.
Dont think that is accurate by now? Chongqing got a new border thanks to the new municipality which was setup?

I heard BeiJing is bigger than ShangHai. in land size and population i think, but not finacially i guess.

and qaok... you don't consider HK as a chinese city? finacially and economically HK should be on that list.. if shenzhen is there how can HK not be there hahaha

I heard BeiJing is bigger than ShangHai. in land size and population i think, but not finacially i guess.

and qaok... you don't consider HK as a chinese city? finacially and economically HK should be on that list.. if shenzhen is there how can HK not be there hahaha
Beijing is definitely larger than Shanghai in terms of land size, but not in population. Beijing has roughly about 13 million people while Shanghai has 16 million. Financially Shanghai is definitely ahead of Beijing. That's like comparing New York to Washington D.C.

BBC is always reporting that both Cities Beijing, Shanghai and i think a couple of other chinese cities are sinking, Is there anything the government can do to stop that from happening?? these two cities have so much potential!!

You know what the Chinese will do. Enact laws which prohibit over extraction of ground water and over-building, which is going to be hard. If all else fails, they will just build a huge tidal barrier, no matter how impossible it may seem today.

BBC has never been a good friend of China as far as I know.

Well lets hope the issue is solved and China continue's its march to the 1st World.

How come Chongqing is not on the list ?? The city has the metro pop of 30 millions

Hong Kong is usually not included in Chinese polls is because HK is not fully integrated into China. Its part of China but it is still a special administrative region, and HK has its own government.

I suppose some things are perhaps more a case of perceptions then factual...especially as time progresses?

There is a Scottish government in the UK too, but Glasgow is considered both a Scottish city as well as one in the United Kingdom?

Hi, I'm very interested in seeing pictures of those that could be considered China's top 25-30 cities. I've seen pictures of A LOT of Chinese cities in the international forums and I was hoping you had some. Thanks.

my ranking
Hongkong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen,
Taipei, Chongqing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Tianjin,
Shenyang, Hangzhou, Dalian, Harbin, Wuhan,
Chengdu, Xiamen, Urumqi, Fuzhou, Nanning,
Changchun, Jinan, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Shijiazhuang,
Suzhou, Wuxi, Taiyuan, Ningbo, Nanchang, Kunming,
Gaoxiong, Macao, Zhuhai, Yichang, Yantai, ...... too long

China has 1.3 billion dwellers

no fun talking to people who have no insight into their own country. China is No1...far better than hk and taiwan that have a completely different history in terms of modern development....althought both taiwan and hk have far higher income than those of chinese cities, they are simply incomparable to chinese cities because of their lack of potential in future development. whereas shanghai the world's center of manufacturing has unlimited supply of cheap labour from other part of china to sustain its economic growth.

Taiwanese countries?
Well, by seein' ur speakin' and specially spellin'&grammar I don't see how ur Taiwan has an edge over Chinese mainland education, Plus ur maths suck. Now whose time to lol actually?

i've changed my post to something that chinese people want to hear....i hope that pleases u POSTMORTEM. no hard feelings....i am sure chinese education systems, standard of living, quality of life, and average income will definitely be better than that of taiwan and hk.

don't reply my post ppl...
"frogs in the well" is how i describe some people

Well, if Taiwan were a well it would be probably undersea. Aquarium? I can see some political fishes bubblin' there, definitely no frogs.
Manufacturin'? Cheap? U should seriously learn some history and get where all the money for Taiwan's development came from. It's just like I robbed of ur money and laughed at how poor u were whereafter.
(*Some eagles in the sky don't know how to count 0s*), so I'd rather be some frog who can at least read numbers.

What we call that? Insular?

Talkin' about frogs, I've just found one thing to share(ok I'm bored):
Quote:
I don't see how GDP at ppp raising from 18000 to 23000 is a problem for an asian country like taiwan which is still in the phase of rapid economic growth as opposed to UK which has only slightly higher GDP at ppp per cap. just to let u guys know, if u guys haven't already know, GDP.ppp per cap is different from GDP per cap and GDP ppp is a better measurement of how wealthy a person is in a country. if anyone who don't understand what i've said and wish to reply this message pls go and do some homework b4 u reply.

Is this same sarcasm as in the post that u just edited? U seemed to be very serious sayin' the same thing whereas u talked in the same tone in the previous post talkin' about all the advantages mainland China possesses.
(Chop in:
Umm, since when did Taiwanese become same rich as the Brits? Some sarcasm in there?
Taiwan's rapid growth, oops, I just saw some redefinition of that word "rapid"?
GDP at PPP is a better measure for standard of livin'? I thought that just related to Consuming power. :baa: Which expert has ever verified the accuracy of that indicator anyway?
I have a lot of works to do but I don't want an economist who aint able to count 0s teachin' me economy. Not mentionin' tellin' me what PDE, Fibonacci retracement and Black-Scholes formula r.)

Where were we at? Frogs? No? I think aquarium. I'm not to personally attack someone but that was so laughable, ok have fun eagle.

what numbers u referring to????? i really have no idea what u were talking about regarding my poor maths....???? was i wrong by saying that china's GDP per head is lower ?

What? u are really bored....so am i...
i did not contradict myself by saying that taiwan is about as rich as uk when talking about GDP PPP. if u don't understand what this means pls go and do some research (as i already mentioned) china's GDP at PPP is 4000-5000 per year as oppose to taiwan's 22000 per year, which i can't remember the exact figure. but who cares???? do i care? i was just saying that china's GDP is lower than TAIWAN regardless of how u calculate it...maybe china will one day become richer ...but not NOW....ok? NOT NOW....
ok taiwanese ppl are definitely poorer than british in terms of everything u can think of. but the standard of living and quality of life are at least comparable. (as oppose to comparing CHINA with TAIWAN, (which is not comparable at present), not to mention the other more developed countries like japan which chinese loves comparing themselves with) ...this is just pathetic.......
Who is the FROG NOW?

don't really understand what it is that u are going on about.....
when i criticise china u argue that i am wrong, when i compliment china u say i am being sarcastic? I am sure if i compliment westerners in the way as i complimented china they will NOT feel the same way as u did (ie being insulted).

Ok dear, now let's find who ever said that China was rich or mainland China was richer? Or u r just botherin' urself thinkin' about that? And since when did Taiwan become a country? And who compared mainland China to Japan by the way? I smell strangeness.

PLEASE COMPARE THE TOP 30 CHINESE CITIES USING ONLY CITIES THAT ARE UNDER CHINESE GOVERNMENT"S CONTROL. no point posting up another political statement about the status of taiwan as being a country or a province.

this is out..

i believe thread starter wants some information on the mainland china not taiwan. cause he saw tons of photos of mega huge cities of china in the world forum.

Since there's no point why did u keep repeatin' Taiwan as a nation or countries like Taiwan it was fun yeah I only mentioned once this issue at last and what was ur intent? I don't care what u ppl think actually since i can't change ur mind. Is it again that ya r just botherin' urself talkin' about this issue? Oddly enough.
Now put up ur proof about mainland Chinese sayin' China was rich or mainland China richer than Taiwan or Chinese compared their country to Japan to accord with ur claims.
And 'm no fond(no fondlin' with ya) of attackin' anyone, just get into the thing not ppl.

this is out..

i believe thread starter wants some information on the mainland china not taiwan. cause he saw tons of photos of mega huge cities of china in the world forum.



Actually yea, that's correct...er...I thought Taiwan was a completely different country...


So how about the pics!

Don't be dreaming

cat fight...

Don't be dreaming


huh?

Don't be dreaming
Don't mind kids talkin' I mean especially when they r the offspring of some colonists?
I don't bother myself to reply to such ppl, I mean it's sad to see every lil tad can have a say in the issue that they don't fuckin' know about. R we really stupid or what to be driven by every important or negligible person?

Wow, wtf!

I came here hoping to see a list of the 30 most prominent Chinese cities and related pics and all I see is a bunch of garbage. Keep your agendas to yourself and help inform those interested in learning about your cities. Those 2 fools need to post some impressive pics to redeem themselves..... or again, are they just talk lol ;)

I thought it was the thread that somebody started long time ago about the ranking of mainland Chinese cities in terms of economic strength, but then again don't u guys know how to use the function "search"? Or is it adequate to request pics from about 30 cities? Coolies or what r we?
I just searched and found all my contribution has vanished due to upgrade of bbs system, great.
Ok only two threads left:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=108219
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=126218

Search neon's or snake's threads usin' the search function, and remember select "find posts started by user".

Nice shots of Shanghai. plenty of skyscrapers and nice skylines but it would be better if there were some photos of shanghai at street level so that ppl can have a better understanding of what shanghai's living standard is like. also, thought that guangzhou and shenzhen is now about the same as shanghai in terms of the development....it would be really appreciated if someone can post up photos of other cities of china as well :) !!!!!!

Alright ...no more provoking

ok, heres some pics stolen by me from everywhere in the net..

1.hongkong
population: 6,803,100
area: 1,102.15 km²
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/hongkong.jpg

2.shanghai
population: 13,271,400
area: 6,340.5 km²
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/shanghai.jpg

3.beijing
population: 13,820,000
area: 16,808 km²
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/beijing.jpg

4.shenzhen
population: 4,050,000
area: 2,020 km² (?)
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/shenzhen.jpg

5.guangzhou
population: 6,850,000
area: 7,434 km² (?)
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/guangzhou.jpg

6.zhongqing
population: 30,970,000
area: 82,300 km²
http://andrew.hostingfantasy.com/image/chinese cities/chongqing.jpg

pics from rank 7-30 are very hard to steal..

anyway, data provided by nationmaster.com

hey post mortem where is ur manner? pls do not swear in public forum. and pls post up something that other people can understand not just sentences full of words without meanings. frog
enough is enough. don't try to provoke anymore. pls.

Chongqing is the biggest municipality at 30 million. However, the area that constitute's Chongqing is huge, bigger than several of the provinces. Tianjin is now the 4th largest municipality, but in terms of urban area Tianjin is still 3rd largest, and will be for the next few years at least.

Personally, I think Tianjin may well become the next Chinese boomtown. Beijing's going to begin routing a significant portion of their air traffic here, they're building the new high-speed railway, they've just finishing their impressive lightrail line, (which is already partially operational), will soon finish their renovation of the subway line, and I believe have already started on at least two more lines. There's a lot of work going into getting Beijing and Tianjin ready for the next Olympics, (several of the events are going to be held there), and I think the Chinese government is going to make sure that Tianjin is ready for it.

Then again, I'm a little biased on the subject.

www.TianjinExpats.com
www.ChinaSchoolReview.com

tianjin shenyang wuhan may not appeal you well, but they are important industrial centres, they deserve to be on the list.

Dalian qingdao are nice, but they are too small compared to others.

i believe this list is based on relative importance, it's not based on GDP. (nor GDp per capita)

BBC is always reporting that both Cities Beijing, Shanghai and i think a couple of other chinese cities are sinking, Is there anything the government can do to stop that from happening?? these two cities have so much potential!!

This is true, I have heard about this from different sources. NY is living the same process, but on smaller scales, and slower. The real problem is for Shanghai, because geologists fear the equilibrum point might be below the sea level!
In the article I read (in a French national daily a few months ago, Le Monde), it said the municipality of Shanghai is already considering this issue seriously, and wants to limit highrise construtions in the most exposed Pudong district.
Maybe they will have one day to build a dam, like in Wuhan where the city center is below the level of Changjiang.

tianjin shenyang wuhan may not appeal you well, but they are important industrial centres, they deserve to be on the list.

Dalian qingdao are nice, but they are too small compared to others.

i believe this list is based on relative importance, it's not based on GDP. (nor GDp per capita)


I would agree with you. Tianjin, Shenyang, and Wuhan are major industrial cities in China. Although Dalian and Qingdao are important, they are NOT AS important as the three mentioned above. If the list were extended to 15 most important cities in China, I bet they'd be there...

Well, I guess it kind of depends on what you mean by "great". It's a bit of a subjective word, and depends on your interpretation of it. I might think Boston is the greatest city in the world, (I don't, but just for arguments' sake), because I like watching the Celtics. That's a subjective argument for "greatness". Now if it was 10 most important cities, that might be a little bit more objective. People might argue that Qingdao is a better city to live in than Wuhan, but in terms of industrial, economic, and political importance Wuhan is probably tops because it's just that much bigger.

www.TianjinExpats.com

My first post here, please welcome me ?

Actually people depend on their interest.Someone will like this place, others will like the other places. there are no wrong or right.

My first post here, please welcome me ?

Welcome! Huanying!

Here is my list of top ten in China, in all aspects including political, historical and economic importance:

1. Beijing
2. Shanghai
3. Hong Kong
4. Chongqing
5. Nanjing
6. Xi'an
7. Guangzhou
8. Tianjin
9. Shenyang
10. Hangzhou

Here is my list of top ten in China, in all aspects including political, historical and economic importance:

1. Beijing
2. Shanghai
3. Hong Kong
4. Chongqing
5. Nanjing
6. Xi'an
7. Guangzhou
8. Tianjin
9. Shenyang
10. Hangzhou
Seems pretty agreeable to me :)

I heard BeiJing is bigger than ShangHai. in land size and population i think, but not finacially i guess.

and qaok... you don't consider HK as a chinese city? finacially and economically HK should be on that list.. if shenzhen is there how can HK not be there hahaha

I agree! I don't believe that list.
Hongkong is number one.ShenZhen is number two!

CHONGQING is the 4th largest municipality for now,and i guess the population has grown to 7 million.

Welcome! Huanying!

Here is my list of top ten in China, in all aspects including political, historical and economic importance:

1. Beijing
2. Shanghai
3. Hong Kong
4. Chongqing
5. Nanjing
6. Xi'an
7. Guangzhou
8. Tianjin
9. Shenyang
10. Hangzhou

i agree with you! :weirdo:

I believe it's pretty much agreed that, in terms of urban population, the biggest cities in China are

1. Shanghai
2. Beijing
3. Tianjin
4. Hong Kong
5. Wuhan

HK is very important for political reasons, as well as economic ones, but it's quite a bit smaller than the first three cities, even if the entire SAR is considered Hong Kong's metro.

I agree that Tianjin may be China's next big boomtown. It would be nice to move economic growth closer to the capital. Already the gap between Beijing conservatism and Shanghai/Southern dynamism is decreasing rapidly. The biggest problem areas continue to be Manchuria and the West, which are lagging behind.

This is the population in the 14th largest cities in China, in term of urban areas. Number of population is from 2005.

City: ----- Population:
Shanghai ----- 14 173 000
Beijing ----- 12 033 000
Tianjin ----- 10 239 000
Hangzhou ----- 6 389 000
Hong Kong ----- 6 097 000
Shenyang ----- 5 681 000
Changchun ----- 5 566 000
Harbin ----- 5 475 000
Chengdu ----- 5 293 000
Guangzhou ----- 5 163 000
Jinan ----- 4 785 000
Wuhan ----- 4 750 000
Qingdao ----- 4 376 000
Chongqing ----- 3 896 000
______________________________________

This is another list from 1.1.2002, which is not the urban area, but the city.

City: ----- Population:
1 Shanghai ----- 9,838,400
2 Beijing ----- 7,441,000
3 Tianjin ----- 5,095,900
4 Wuhan ----- 4,488,900
5 Guangzhou ----- 4,154,800
6 Shenyang ----- 3,981,000
7 Chongqing ----- 3,934,200
8 Nanjing ----- 2,822,100
9 Harbin ----- 2,672,100
10 Xi'an ----- 2,589,000
11 Chengdu ----- 2,341,100
12 Changchun ----- 2,223,200
13 Dalian ----- 2,118,100
14 Hangzhou ----- 1,932,600
15 Jinan ----- 1,917,200
16 Taiyuan ----- 1,906,500
17 Qingdao ----- 1,867,400
18 Zhengzhou ----- 1,692,400
19 Shijiazhuang ----- 1,632,300
20 Kunming ----- 1,549,600
21 Lanzhou ----- 1,527,400
22 Zibo ----- 1,514,000
23 Changsha ----- 1,489,300
24 Nanchang ----- 1,386,500
25 Urumqi ----- 1,359,000
26 Guiyang ----- 1,341,200
27 Anshan ----- 1,287,100
28 Tangshan ----- 1,279,200
29 Wuxi ----- 1,265,700
30 Jilin ----- 1,244,700
31 Fushun ----- 1,244,100
32 Fuzhou ----- 1,172,200
33 Suzhou ----- 1,170,600
34 Baotou ----- 1,146,500
35 Qiqihar ----- 1,125,900
36 Xuzhou ----- 1,120,500
37 Hefei ----- 1,107,100
38 Handan ----- 1,069,100
39 Shenzhen ----- 1,061,200
40 Luoyang ----- 1,043,200
41 Nanning ----- 1,016,100

You'll have to give the source. Chongqing is a municipality, so technically it's city population should be over 30 million, while its urban population should be a lot less. Beijing and Tianjin are also much bigger cities than urban areas. The data doesn't reflect this.

The data for Hangzhou seems way too high as well. Hangzhou is nowhere near the the 4th largest urban area in China!

chengdu---The 4th city of cn

christian,your source is all faulse.

the population of chongqing city have surpassed 6 million since 2001,this is quite sure with no doubt.chongqing is china's 4th city,this is pretty sure with no doubt as well.

why chinese gouvernment chose chongqing as the 4th municipality directly under central gouvernment?that's because chongqing is china's 4th city.

christian,your source is all faulse.

the population of chongqing city have surpassed 6 million since 2001,this is quite sure with no doubt.chongqing is china's 4th city,this is pretty sure with no doubt as well.

why chinese gouvernment chose chongqing as the 4th municipality directly under central gouvernment?that's because chongqing is china's 4th city.

tiger actually what quoted by Christian is right.
Chongqing isn't the no.4 city in china mainland, in southestern china,Chongqing cant be more likely to compare with Chengdu now no matter the importance in economy, politics and military affairs.
as for its status of the 4th municipality, the media has given us the full reason that it was due largely to the great development of western regions.
Thanks

tiger actually what quoted by Christian is right.
Chongqing isn't the no.4 city in china mainland, in southestern china,Chongqing cant be more likely to compare with Chengdu now no matter the importance in economy, politics and military affairs.
as for its status of the 4th municipality, the media has given us the full reason that it was due largely to the great development of western regions.
Thanks


look at the pics of chengdu,that's a big village.how can it be compared with chongqing? :runaway:

can those people from chengdu tell me whether chengdu own any local conglomerate?

chengdu is powerful than chongqing which is china's 4th city?that's a big joke!

please be respectful to people from other cities.

I dont think Chongqing is anywhere near China's 4th city, probably only in population and area, but its economy, and overall influence is not in top 5 at least. it's developing very fast though

some serious contenders for No.4 (can we agree on the top 3 in CM are Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou) are Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin, Nanjing and Shenyang.

however if we are talking about GDP here, it's a totally different list.

wuhan is smaller than chongqing,and the population is also less.there is no one local private conglomerate in wuhan.the biggest private company of wuhan ranges only the 5th in chongqing.

that's the distance.chongqing is the 4th.

shenzhen is a the small hongkong at most.no culture,no good university,and it's sure that shenzhen is much much smaller than chongqing.

regarding chinese GDP,that's quite different from other countries.the biggest difference is the GDP of chinese city doesn't contain the value created by the war industry.

and for sure,chongqing is the biggest centre of war industry of china,look at china's expenses of military,you can image how chongqing is low valued by the chinese present system.

Does Chongqing has any well-known universities for example?

a city's greatness is not only determined by its economy, even we are only talking about economy here cities like Suzhou and Ningbo are DEFINITELY in the top 10 (I've seen the list before). they have far greater GDP than Chongqing.

regarding chinese GDP,that's quite different from other countries.the biggest difference is the GDP of chinese city doesn't contain the value created by the war industry.

and for sure,chongqing is the biggest centre of war industry of china,look at china's expenses of military,you can image how chongqing is low valued by the chinese present system.

SAC- Shenyang Aircraft Company. It assemblies Su-27 and Su-30

CAC- Chengdu Aircraft Company, it produces the FC-1 fighter and J-10 fighter

Jiangnan Shipyard- Shanghai, it makes the 071C class destroyers

Hangpu Shipyard- Guangzhou, 054 class frigate.

what war industry are you talking about?

Does Chongqing has any well-known universities for example?


it's a joke,does china have any well-known university?

SAC- Shenyang Aircraft Company. It assemblies Su-27 and Su-30

CAC- Chengdu Aircraft Company, it produces the FC-1 fighter and J-10 fighter

Jiangnan Shipyard- Shanghai, it makes the 071C class destroyers

Hangpu Shipyard- Guangzhou, 054 class frigate.

what war industry are you talking about?

these aircraft manufacturer just produce several aircrafts eath year,but chongqing is the biggest centre of war industry of china. :eek2:

nanjing wuhan have univerisites that are well-known in china.

these aircraft manufacturer just produce several aircrafts eath year,but chongqing is the biggest centre of war industry of china. :eek2:

who says so?

nanjing wuhan have univerisites that are well-known in china.

it depends on different majors,each city owns its advantage major.

who says so?

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chongqing is the biggest production and R&D centre of war industry of china.

chongqing has the potential to be the 3rd.

chongqing has the potential to be the 3rd.

definitely, but not in the near future.

definitely, but not in the near future.

that's it.

anyhows,chongqing has been chosen to be the 4th municipality directly under central gouvernment for just 8 years,but shanghai,beijing,they've shared the preferential policies for 20 years.

Yes, my sources is pobably wrong, thats why i made two different sources. But in most sources i have searched trought Chongqing is listed as a city around 4 million inhabitants, but many sais the population of Chongqing is most unknown, and might be far larger, which i belive it is. In one source i found that the population in the urban area might be 15 million, while the population in the region may be 30 million.

Chinese cities GDP first quarter 2005

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1114699995251850.JPG

Chinese cities GDP first quarter 2005

http://bbs.sjtu.edu.cn:8000/PIC/1114699995251850.JPG

false again!!! :sleepy:

the actual growth of chongqing's GDP is 11,9% which has been checked by the national statistics bureau.