City Level Classification - China

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A Study of the city level classification in China N E L S C O R P

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MACRO VIEW There are 661 Cities in China (as of July 26 th . 2009) – Source China Today. Countrywide, cities are classified into 6 categories. Total of 108 cities are classified into Tier 1 – Tier 5 Category (called the 108 Heroes of China) Rest of the cities fall in the Tier 6 Category. N E L S C O R P

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PROVINCIAL MAP OF CHINA Provinces: 23 Municipalities: 4 Special Autonomous Regions: 5 Special Administrative Regions (SAR): 2 Heilongjiang Jilin Hunan Hubei Gansu Tibet Yunnan Guangxi Guangdong Hainan Jiangxi Liaoning Beijing Tianjin Hebei Shandong Jiangsu Shanxi Henan Anhui Zhejiang Fujian Chongqing Sichuan Guizhou Xinjiang Qinghai Inner Mongolia Ningxia Shaanxi Shanghai N E L S C O R P

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PROVINCIAL POPULATION DETAILS Source: Wikipedia, accessed 27 th May 2010 N E L S C O R P

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POPULATION DENSITY N E L S C O R P

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RAIL NETWORK IN CHINA N E L S C O R P

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ROAD NETWORK IN CHINA N E L S C O R P

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City Level Classification N E L S C O R P

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CHINA TIER – 1 CITIES Total Cities: 18 GDP: Greater than RMB 160.00 Billion Urban Population: Greater than 200 Million Harbin Shenyang Dalian Beijing Tianjin Qingdao Jinan Nanjing Shanghai Hangzhou Xian C hengdu Chongqing Wuhan Guangzhou Macau Hong Kong Shenzhe n N E L S C O R P

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CHINA TIER – 2 CITIES Total Cities: 25 Includes provincial Capitals, sub-provincial Cities and SEZ’s Guiyang Kunming Lhasa Lanzhou Xining Yinchuan Urumqi Shijiazhuang Changchun Hohhot Taiyuan Zhengzhou Hefei Wuxi Suzhou Ningbo Fuzhou Xiamen Nanchang Changsha Shantou Zhuhai Haikou Sanya Nanning N E L S C O R P

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CHINA TIER – 3 CITIES Total Cities: 24 Includes open coastal cities, economic development and high income cities Huizhou Foshan Zhongshan Jiangmen Zhangjiang Beihai Guilin Tangshan Qinhuangdao Zibo Yantai Weihai Xuzhou Lianyungang Nantong Zhenjiang Changzhou Jiaxing Jinhua Shaoxing Taizhou Wenzhou Quanzhou Dongguang N E L S C O R P

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CHINA TIER – 4 CITIES Total Cities: 18 Includes cities of population more than 1 million, key economic cities Handan Anshan Fushun Jilin Qiqihar Daqing Baotou Datong Luoyang Weifang Wuhu Yangzhou Huzhou Zhoushan Zhangzhou Zhuzhou Chaozhou Liuzhou N E L S C O R P

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CHINA TIER – 5 CITIES Total Cities: 23 Includes famous economic cities, major transportation hub cities: population of over 500 thousand, and key tourist cities Mianyang Lijiang Yan’an Xianyang Baoji Chengde Baoding Dandong Kaifeng Anyang Taian Rizhao Bengbu Huangshan Taizhou Putian Nanping Jiujiang Yichang Xiangfan Yueyang Zhaoqing Leshan N E L S C O R P