China’s top ten development potential cities are the most promising cities in China’s top ten futures in terms of urban innovation, science and technology, urban security, transportation and urban planning, economy, and business environment.
1.Hangzhou
Hangzhou is the political, economic, cultural, educational, transportation and financial center of Zhejiang Province. With comprehensive strength, with the rapid development of the economy in recent years, foreign exchanges have become more frequent, ranking first in the “star hotel” variable. There are many cultural relics in Hangzhou. There are a large number of natural and cultural landscapes in the West Lake and its surrounding areas. The representative Western Lake culture, Liangzhu culture, silk culture, tea culture, and many stories and legends that have been handed down have become representatives of Hangzhou culture.
2.Wuhan
Wuhan is an important industrial base, science and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in the country. The performance of “scientific and technological expenditures”, “research and development level”, “innovation” and “entrepreneurship” is also prominent, reflecting to some extent the achievements of higher education. As the axis of the national high-speed rail network, Wuhan relies on the rapid accessibility of transportation. At present, with Wuhan as the center, the “1234 hour” traffic circle is gradually being established, and the integrated transportation system of “iron, water, public and air” is integrated. It is also gradually improving.
3.Nanjing
Nanjing is an important central city in the eastern part of China, an important national research and education base and an integrated transportation hub. Nanjing has outstanding performance in the “travel coverage” variable, ranking first for three consecutive years, mainly benefiting from Nanjing’s many years of rail transit construction. At present, the number of miles in Nanjing Metro ranks fourth in the country. In the next five years, 17 new rail transit lines will be built in Nanjing and local one-hour metropolitan areas.
4.Chengdu
Chengdu is China’s fourth largest aviation hub and the fifth largest railway hub in China. At the same time, the pace of internationalization is accelerating significantly. The Chengdu-European international trains that have arrived in Luoz, Poland, have been normalized. Chengdu and Europe have opened in North America. The number of routes ranks first in the central and western regions, and Chengdu is the first in the “total passenger traffic” variable. In addition, Chengdu, as a hub city for international gateways, has developed rapidly.
5.Xiamen
The overall development of Xiamen is relatively balanced and has developed rapidly in terms of transportation and urban planning. It is an important central city, port and scenic tourist city on the southeast coast. After successfully hosting the “BRIC National Summit” in 2017, Xiamen has promoted its exhibition economy development. At the same time, its beautiful port city environment and special economic zone status will continue to help Xiamen’s urban development in the future.
6.Xi’an
Similar to Wuhan, Xi’an is one of China’s eight major railway hubs. It is building an important city for the “International Transport Corridor” and “International Aviation Hub”. The “M”-shaped high-speed railway is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2020. In addition, Xi’an is also stepping up the construction of urban rail transit. Since 2017, the total length of the line under construction in Xi’an has reached 203.2 kilometers, forming an unprecedented nine-line construction situation. Xi’an is also an important national science and education center. It has seven “double-class” construction universities including Xi’an Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology.
7.Changsha
Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, is an important central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a national “two-oriented society” comprehensive supporting reform pilot zone, an important grain production base in China, an urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and an important node city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. It is a national comprehensive transportation hub, where the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway and the Yuxia high-speed railway meet. Changsha has 51 colleges and universities, 97 independent scientific research institutions, 52 academicians of the two academies, 14 national engineering technology research centers, and 15 national key engineering laboratories; hybrid rice breeding, “Tianhe” supercomputer, and the first domestic 3D sintering Scientific research results such as printers.
8.Suzhou
Suzhou is one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, an important part of the G60 Science and Technology Corridor Central City and the Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has a reputation as a “paradise on earth”. In 2017, Suzhou’s per capita GDP was as high as 160,000, ranking second in the country.
9.Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou is an important hub city for railway, aviation, electric power and postal telecommunications in the country. It has the largest trucking station in Asia. Because of its good location, developed logistics, high popularity, and many business opportunities, Zhengzhou has brought more consumption, which has led to the rapid development of many industries such as commerce, trade and tourism. In the current pillar industries of Zhengzhou, the electronic information industry is quite powerful, mainly the mobile phones produced by Foxconn. Nowadays, because of Foxconn in Henan, its mobile phone production ranks third in the country, only in Guangdong, Chongqing. As the leader of the central region, Zhengzhou has now jumped into a new first-tier city. Although it is not as strong as Shenzhen, it has unlimited future potential.
10.Zhuhai
One of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta of Zhuhai, an important scenic tourist city on the southeast coast. Zhuhai strategically positioned to build an international innovative city, a strategic fulcrum for the 21st World Maritime Silk Road, and a new special zone for ecological civilization. Guangzhu Intercity Light Rail is fully integrated, and it takes only 50 minutes from Zhuhai to Guangzhou. The West Coast Expressway, Jiangzhu Expressway, Xianghai Expressway (under construction), Airport Expressway and Gaolan Port Expressway run through the territory. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is connected to the above-mentioned high-speed road network via the connecting line in Doumen.