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It has now become a proxy for demographic and social segmentation in China, especially relevant to those college-educated seeking non-governmental employment. [6][7][8] It is the general consensus that four cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, belong to the first tier, while tier II includes other major cities.
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [ 10 ] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas.
Beijing. Beijing, [a] previously romanized as Peking, [b] is the capital of China. With more than 22 million residents, [11] it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city after Shanghai. [12] It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the ...
Hangzhou[a] is the capital of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. As of 2022, the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 4 trillion yuan (US$590 billion), making it larger than the ...
Shanghai[ a ] is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the third largest in the world, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023 ...
Changsha. Changsha[a] is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, [6] and the third-most populous city in Central China, located in the lower reaches of the Xiang River in northeastern Hunan. The city forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region along with Zhuzhou ...
Zhengzhou[b] is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine national central cities in China, [6] and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. [7] The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic ...
Wuhan[a] is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the ninth-most-populous city in China. [15] It is also one of the nine national central cities. [16] Wuhan historically served as a busy city port for commerce and trading with some crucial influences on Chinese history.