China-Singapore Jingwei Client, December 6th. On December 6, Hurun Research Institute released the "2020 Hurun China's Top 100 Investment Potential Regions" for the first time. Shanghai Pudong New Area topped the list, followed by Shenzhen Longgang District and Beijing Chaoyang District, Shenzhen Baoan District and Beijing Haidian District.

　　According to the Hurun Research Institute, this list selection is based on the 19+2 urban agglomeration proposed by the country’s “13th Five-Year Plan” and conducted a comprehensive assessment of regional investment potential in 570 regions across the country, including economic strength, population, In terms of education and medical care, environmental ecology, characteristic culture and technological innovation, the top 100 regions with the most investment potential were finally selected. The top 10 are ranked in order, and the remaining regions are ranked in no particular order.

In addition, the Hurun Research Institute selected the Top 10 regions with potential for development from the five dimensions of economic development, population development, green development, technological innovation and cultural development.

　　The list shows that the top 100 regions come from 33 cities, with Shanghai and Suzhou the most, with 6 regions each on the list; followed by Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Qingdao, with 5 regions each on the list.

The Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are the most on the list, with 42, 12 and 9 cities respectively.

　　In terms of the urbanization rate of the permanent population, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, as of the end of 2019, the urbanization rate of the permanent population in my country reached 60.6%, an increase of 1% over the previous year.

In the "2020 Hurun China's Top 100 Regions with the Most Investment Potential", the urbanization rate of permanent residents in 15 regions including Gulou District, Shenzhen, Bao'an District, Guangzhou Tianhe District, and Xi’an Yanta District reached 100%, which is much higher 60.6% of the national average.

　　In terms of GDP, Shanghai's Pudong New Area is the region with the highest GDP in 2019 on the list, reaching 1.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 7% over 2018.

　　In terms of per capita disposable income of residents, Xicheng District of Beijing is the region with the highest per capita disposable income on the list in 2019, reaching 88,000 yuan, an increase of 8% over 2018.

　　In terms of environmental ecology, Wenling City, Taizhou performed the best in environmental ecology. Last year, the number of days with good air quality was 362 days, with an excellent and good rate of 99.7%.

　　In terms of funding for research and experimental development, the national investment in research and experimental development in 2019 was 2.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.5% ​​year-on-year, and the ratio to GDP was 2.2%, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous year.

Among them, Beishang and Shenzhen ranks first in the first echelon, with R&D expenditure accounting for 20% of the country.

Guangzhou, Suzhou, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Nanjing and Wuhan are in the second echelon.

　　Hurun Report’s Chairman and Chief Research Officer, Hurun said: “I hope that China’s top 100 regions with the most investment potential will be given to Hurun Global 500, Hurun China’s 500 companies and Hurun Report’s companies. For your reference, which regions in China have the most investment potential." (China-Singapore Jingwei APP)