Top 10 cities by financial strength in Chinese mainland
2021-02-02
As the blood and core of the modern economy, finance has become the key indicator to evaluate a city's general competitiveness. The Securities Times and New Fortune recently released a ranking of the top 50 out of 141 cities in terms of financial competitiveness in the Chinese mainland based on 29 indicators.
The top 50 ranked cities, which accounted for more than half of China's GDP, form the major force in China's financial industry. Nearly 90 percent of the nation's listed companies were located in these cities. Loans and deposits of financial institutions in these cities also encompassed three-fourths of the country's total.
Let's take a look at the top 10 on the ranking.
No 10 Chongqing
People get wedding photos taken by the Chongqing section of the Jialing River, March 11, 2019. [Photo by Liu Song/China Daily]
No 9 Tianjin
A night view of Tianjin's Haihe River on Aug 7, 2016. [Photo/IC]
No 8 Chengdu
Chengdu International Finance Square on Aug 24, 2020. [Photo/IC]
No 7 Suzhou
Taihu Lake in Wuzhong district is a popular tourism destination in Suzhou. [Photo by Chen Buxiang/for China Daily]
No 6 Nanjing
A view of the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Center on Aug 27, 2020. [Photo/IC]
No 5 Guangzhou
Tourists pose for photos amid cosmos flowers at Haizhu Wetland Park in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, on Nov 3, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 4 Hangzhou
A view of the main stadium for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [Photo for Fang Jianfei/for China Daily]
No 3 Shenzhen
Skyscrapers border a lush green landscape in Shenzhen's central business district. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
No 2 Shanghai
Photo taken on Nov 3, 2020, shows a view of the Lujiazui area of Pudong, East China's Shanghai. [Photo/Xinhua]
