The top ten cities in terms of GDP in 2019 are Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Tianjin.

As the engine driving economic growth, central cities are playing an increasingly important leading role, and these cities are constantly moving to new levels.

As of now, the data of the top ten GDP cities in 2019 have been announced. China Business News reporter combed the data and official data released by the statistical bureaus in various places. The top ten cities in terms of GDP in 2019 are Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Tianjin.

A major background here is that on November 22 last year, the National Bureau of Statistics issued a notice saying that according to China ’s GDP accounting system and the results of the Fourth National Economic Census, the National Bureau of Statistics ’preliminary calculation of GDP in 2018 Revised. The main results are as follows: In 2018, the gross domestic product (GDP) was 919.281 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.8972 trillion yuan over the initial accounting figures, an increase of 2.1%. In addition, the National Bureau of Statistics will authorize the regional statistical bureaus to publish the regional GDP in 2018 when they announce their GDP in 2019.

Therefore, on the basis of the 2018 data revision, the total amount and ranking of the top ten GDP cities in 2019 have also changed. Among them, Chongqing has approached Guangzhou, Wuhan has overtaken Chengdu, and Tianjin has retreated to tenth.

Chongqing catches up with Guangzhou Wuhan overtakes Chengdu

The top ten GDP cities of 2019 include Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Tianjin, four municipalities directly under the Central Government, and five sub-provincial cities, such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Hangzhou. Only sixth place, Suzhou, is an ordinary prefecture-level city. In terms of regional distribution, 7 of the top 10 cities are located on the eastern coast, of which 3 are in the Yangtze River Delta, and 2 in the Pearl River Delta and Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei.

Specifically, the four first-tier cities in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are still in the top four. In particular, Shanghai and Beijing, two strong first-tier cities, are far ahead in the country.

According to the data released by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics, based on the unified accounting data fed back by the National Bureau of Statistics, based on the revised data, the city's gross domestic product in 2019 was 3,815.552 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year.

Data show that in 2019, Shanghai's manufacturing investment was driven by a number of large projects such as new energy vehicles and electronic information, which increased by 21.1% over the previous year. Investment in the six key industrial sectors increased by 24.2%. Among them, investment in biomedical manufacturing increased by 79.0%, investment in automobile manufacturing increased by 48.5%, investment in petrochemical and fine chemical manufacturing increased by 36.6%, and investment in electronic information product manufacturing increased by 12.9%.

Beijing's GDP also exceeded 3.5 trillion yuan. In 2019, Beijing's total GDP reached RMB 35,371.3 billion, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year.

Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the two deputy provincial cities in South China, are ranked three or four. In 2019, Shenzhen and Guangzhou achieved GDP of 2.69 trillion yuan and 2.36 trillion yuan respectively, and the total of the two cities in Guangzhou and Shenzhen exceeded 5 trillion yuan. It is worth noting that since 1989, Guangzhou's economic aggregate has jumped to the third place in Guangzhou. After being surpassed by Shenzhen for the first time in 2016, the gap between the two cities has widened in recent years. The total amount is 329.84 billion yuan less than Shenzhen.

Not only that, Chongqing, which ranked fifth, is also approaching Guangzhou. In 2019, Chongqing's GDP is only 2.283 billion yuan behind Guangzhou.

Peng Peng, executive chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Institutional Reform Research Association, analyzed First Financial reporters that from the main indicators such as the number of high-tech companies, the number of listed companies, and the number of the top 500, there is a large gap between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Especially in terms of high-tech industries, although Guangzhou is also a large number, it does not have as many industry-leading enterprises as Huawei and Tencent like Shenzhen. "Overall, it is not strong. The quantity is okay, but there is not a big leader."

Peng Peng said that several traditionally advantageous industries in Guangzhou, such as automobiles and biomedicine, have no special cattle companies. In terms of private enterprises, there are several large real estate companies with great influence, but this industry has no unique characteristics; the emerging industries are cultivated. Nor has it fully developed. "In short, nothing is new, nothing big, nothing big."

He believes that Chongqing's GDP is likely to surpass Guangzhou in 2020 or 2021. Chongqing has a large geographical area with a population of over 30 million, which is equivalent to the size of a medium province, and it is normal to surpass Guangzhou.

In addition, among the top ten cities, the competition between Wuhan and Chengdu, the two central and western cities, is also very tight, and the data are not much different. The two central cities in the two regions are strong in higher education. In recent years, in the process of rapid economic development in the central and western regions, the development of high-tech industries in both cities is very bright.

From 2016 to 2018, Chengdu's GDP slightly surpassed Wuhan; in 2019, Wuhan slightly surpassed Chengdu, rising to seventh in the country. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, Wuhan is expected to be overtaken by Chengdu again in 2020.

Hangzhou and Tianjin ranked 9th and 10th respectively. Among them, the 10th place Tianjin is only 7.4 billion yuan ahead of the 11th place, with a small gap.

Rise of sub-provincial cities with strong provincial capital

Vice-provincial cities have five seats in the top ten. The sub-provincial cities are an important part of China's urban system, and they are the key cities second only to the municipalities in terms of administrative status. Therefore, the performance of sub-provincial cities is quite interesting.

According to the "Comparative Analysis of Xiamen and Sub-Provincial Cities in 2019" (hereinafter referred to as "Analysis Report") recently released by the Xiamen Bureau of Statistics' official website, in 2019, 8 of the 15 sub-provincial cities with a GDP exceeding 1 trillion will be 8 .

The analysis report indicates that the development differentiation of the sub-provincial cities will increase in 2019. Among them, Shenzhen and Guangzhou achieved GDP of 2.69 trillion yuan and 2.36 trillion yuan, respectively, remaining in the top two cities at the sub-provincial level; Shenzhen's GDP growth also ranked first at the sub-provincial level, reaching 270.5 billion yuan. Among the city's GDP trillion clubs, the Central and Yangtze River Delta speed up their catch-up. The central Wuhan and Chengdu's total advantages are prominent, achieving GDP of 1.72 trillion yuan and 1.70 trillion yuan, especially Wuhan increased by 231 billion yuan over 2018; long The triangle of Hangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo and other cities continued to increase their vitality, achieving GDP of 1.54 trillion yuan, 1.40 trillion yuan, and 1.20 trillion yuan, all increasing by more than 100 billion yuan over the previous year.

In contrast, the development level of Northeast cities is generally lower. The GDPs of Dalian, Shenyang, Changchun, and Harbin are 700.170 billion yuan, 647.30 billion yuan, 590.410 billion yuan, and 52.940 billion yuan, respectively.

It is worth noting that as a sub-provincial city with the least population in the past, Xiamen ’s total GDP has long been the bottom of the sub-provincial city, but by 2019, Xiamen has already surpassed its population by far more than its own Harbin and Changchun. , Rose to the 13th place in the sub-provincial cities.

Yi Baozhong, a professor at the Northeast Asia Research Institute of Jilin University, analyzed the first financial reporter. In recent years, the industrial structure in Northeast China has been relatively simple, with the basic industrial sectors as the mainstay. Many basic industries have experienced stagnation or even decline. Big. In contrast, at present, various factors are converging to the developed areas along the southeast coast, and several major cities in the northeast are much worse than the southeast coast.

Yi Baozhong told reporters that in the future, several central cities in the northeast must accelerate the cultivation of emerging industries. Higher education resources in several sub-provincial cities in the Northeast are relatively strong in the country, but science and education resources have little effect on the local pull, and many achievements have been transformed on the southeast coast. Therefore, we must vigorously cultivate new industries and form new growth points. Only science and technology, talent funding, and other factors can be regrouped.

In addition to the intensification of differentiation, the trend of a strong provincial capital has become increasingly apparent. According to the analysis of the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Statistics, with the promotion of the strategy of strengthening the provincial capital, the development of provincial capital cities has continued to accelerate, and the first place (the proportion of the total economy in each province) has further increased. The capital cities of the central and western regions have become the main support for the regional economy, and their first place has remained at a high level. Wuhan, Chengdu, and Xi'an have reached 37.4%, 36.5%, and 36.1% respectively. Weak provincial capitals are also actively seeking breakthroughs. Nanjing and Jinan ranked first at 14.1% and 13.3%, respectively, up 0.3 and 3.0 percentage points from the previous year.

In recent years, China's economic development is entering a "strong provincial capital era". Ding Changfa, an associate professor in the Department of Economics of Xiamen University, analyzed the first financial reporter. After the economic development has entered a new stage, various advantages possessed by provincial capitals are becoming prominent. The provincial capital is the center of the province's politics, culture, education, and medical care. It concentrates the best element resources in the province. Under these factors, high-tech industries, emerging industries, and headquarters economy are accelerating the concentration and development in provincial capital cities.

At the same time, the new economy is becoming an important part of urban economic development. The analysis report points out that the “three new” economy, which mainly includes new industries, new business formats, and new business models, has continuously injected new impetus into the development of sub-provincial cities. Shenzhen and Hangzhou are particularly prominent. Among them, Shenzhen takes emerging industries as its starting point. In 2019, it will achieve a strategic emerging industry value-added of 105.551 billion yuan, accounting for nearly 40% of the city ’s GDP, an increase of 8.8%, which is 2.1% higher than the GDP growth rate. Technology, digital economy, high-end equipment manufacturing, and green low-carbon industries are booming.

Data from the Hangzhou Bureau of Statistics show that in 2019, Hangzhou ’s digital economy core industries realized an added value of 379.5 billion yuan, an increase of 15.1%, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous year, and an increase of 8.3 percentage points from GDP; the e-commerce industry added value Increased 14.6%, the added value of the Internet of Things industry increased 13.6%, the added value of the digital content industry increased 16.3%, and the added value of the software and information services industry increased 15.7%.

Professor Chen Jianjun, executive director of Zhejiang University's Regional and Urban Development Research Center, analyzed First Financial reporters. In recent years, Hangzhou's digital economy has developed rapidly, attracting a large number of talents. Hangzhou is not only led by leading companies such as Alibaba and NetEase, but also many startups. In addition, Hangzhou's government services and policies are good and attractive.

Author: Lin Xiaozhao