Shenzhen advanced to the 46th place from the 55th rank in 2018.Ĭhengdu jumped 12 places from the 2018 ranking to the Beta+ level, and Tianjin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chongqing and Wuhan were ranked at Beta level. Shanghai and Beijing got Alpha Plus and were placed at No.5 and No.6, while Guangzhou and Shenzhen got Alpha Minus.
Six of them were ranked in the Alpha level, or first-tier city level. Photo taken on July 29, 2020, shows a view of Wuhan, central China's Hubei province.Guangzhou, Shenzhen have entered a list of the world’s top 50 cities in a ranking by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), a think tank at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, recently.Ī total of 34 mainland cities entered the list and 10 cities entered the top 100, ranking results showed. Here are the top 10 mainland cities based on integration into the world city network: This defines a different type of network, an interlocking network," the bulletin explained. "Advanced producer service firms are the network makers they create the world city network through their everyday practices linking offices across the world. Shanghai and Beijing are the two mainland cities that fall into the Alpha+ category.Īccording to a relevant research bulletin, advanced producer service firms reflect how cities operate as key components of the global economy. Results are derived from the activities of 175 leading firms providing advanced producer services across 707 cities worldwide.Ī total of 34 cities on the Chinese mainland appear on the report. Under each level there are several sub-categories. Cities are classified into four major levels of world city network integration, dubbed as Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Sufficiency. The research assesses cities in terms of their advanced producer services using a model called "interlocking network".
Ten cities on the Chinese mainland rank within the first 100 on "The World According to GaWC: City Classification for 2020", a research report released by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) on Aug.
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