Top 30 cities in GDP in 2020: 23 cities exceed one trillion yuan, Xi'an has the first growth
With the recent publication of economic annual reports in various regions, the list of the top 30 cities in GDP in 2020 has been announced.
A reporter from China Business News found that in 2020, 6 cities will newly enter the ranks of GDP trillion club cities, and the total number has increased to 23, of which 6 cities have exceeded 2 trillion yuan. From the perspective of growth rate, Xi’an is 30 billion yuan. The strong middle ranks first, and the strong provincial capital performs very well.
Source: China Business News
Jiangsu accounted for the most
The top 30 cities include Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and Tianjin, the four municipalities directly under the Central Government, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Hefei, Xi'an and Fuzhou, the 11 provincial capital cities, Shenzhen, Ningbo, Qingdao, and Dalian Four cities are separately listed in the plan, as well as 11 ordinary prefecture-level cities: Suzhou, Wuxi, Foshan, Quanzhou, Nantong, Dongguan, Yantai, Changzhou, Xuzhou, Tangshan and Wenzhou.
Statistics show that the combined GDP of the top 30 cities has reached 43.73 trillion yuan, accounting for 43% of the national GDP.
Judging from the entry threshold, the 30th Wenzhou GDP reached 687.09 billion yuan in 2020.
From the perspective of regional distribution, the eastern coastal area occupies 22, accounting for more than 70%, of which 11 ordinary prefecture-level cities are all located in the eastern coastal area; there are 7 in the central and western regions, all of which are provincial capitals and municipalities; the northeastern region has only 1 This is Dalian, the 29th planned city.
From the distribution of provinces, among the coastal areas, Jiangsu has the most cities in the top 30, with six cities including Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, Nantong, Changzhou, and Xuzhou. From the perspective of the province, there are southern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu.
During the period of planned economy, Jiangsu had a better foundation for urban development. The urban spatial distribution was relatively balanced, and the development gap between cities was relatively small.
In addition, the regional gap between Central Jiangsu, Northern Jiangsu and Southern Jiangsu has further narrowed in recent years, and the economic growth of Central Jiangsu and Northern Jiangsu is significantly faster than Southern Jiangsu.
After Jiangsu, Guangdong, the largest economic province, has 4 cities in the top 30, namely Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan and Dongguan, all concentrated in the Pearl River Delta region.
The combined GDP of the four cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan and Guan reached 7,315601 billion yuan, accounting for 2/3 of the province.
Shandong, the third largest economic province, and Zhejiang, the fourth largest economic province, each have three cities in the top 30. Shandong’s three cities are Qingdao, Jinan and Yantai, and Zhejiang’s three shortlisted cities are Hangzhou, Ningbo and Wenzhou.
There are 2 cities in Fujian in the southeast, namely Quanzhou and Fuzhou.
In other words, the total of the top 30 cities in the 5 eastern provinces has reached 18, accounting for 60%.
23 cities exceed one trillion yuan, 6 new cities enter
Among the top 30 cities, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou continue to rank in the top four.
Both Shanghai and Beijing exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan, of which Shanghai ranked first in the country with 3.8 trillion yuan.
Shenzhen's growth rate reached 3.1%, leading the growth rate among the four first-tier cities.
Among the top ten, Suzhou and Nanjing have achieved new breakthroughs.
Among them, Suzhou's GDP exceeded 2 trillion yuan, becoming the sixth city to break through the 2 trillion yuan mark. It is also the only ordinary prefecture-level city among the top 10 cities in the country's GDP, and is known as the "most prefecture-level city".
Nanjing, which ranked 11th in 2019, will achieve a GDP of 1,481.795 billion yuan in 2020. After entering the national GDP trillion club city for the first time in 2016, Nanjing has also ranked among the top ten in the country for the first time.
There are currently 5 cities in the 1.2 trillion GDP echelon, namely Ningbo, Qingdao, Wuxi, Changsha and Zhengzhou, ranking 12th to 16th.
The gap between these five cities is tens of billions, and the gap between them is very small.
It is worth noting that in 2020, a total of 23 cities' GDP will exceed the trillion-level mark, which is an increase of 6 from 2019, achieving a major expansion.
The newly added cities are Quanzhou, Jinan, Hefei, Nantong, Xi'an and Fuzhou.
Among them, the completion of the city's main economic indicators for 2020 officially released by Quanzhou City shows that, after preliminary calculations, the city's regional GDP was 1015.866 billion yuan last year, an increase of 2.9%, and its economic aggregate ranked 18th in the country.
In the final year of the "13th Five-Year Plan", Quanzhou's economic aggregate exceeded the trillion mark for the first time, ranking first in Fujian for 22 consecutive years.
However, compared with cities of the same type, Quanzhou still has some shortcomings. For example, Quanzhou has fewer high-tech enterprises, weak modern service industry, and the bottleneck of insufficient talents for transformation and upgrading.
In terms of urban development, Quanzhou is a typical "small horse-drawn cart". The counties and townships under its jurisdiction are economically strong, while the development of the central city is weak.
And due to the small population in the central city, Quanzhou is also the only city in the current GDP trillion club city that has not been approved to build a subway.
Jinan and Hefei have both ranked among the top 20 while their GDP exceeded one trillion.
Nantong, Xi'an and Fuzhou ranked 21st to 23rd.
In contrast, among the 7 trillion GDP urban reserve forces (Quanzhou, Dongguan, Jinan, Hefei, Fuzhou, Nantong, and Xi’an) in 2019, Dongguan ranks second among the 7 cities after Quanzhou. The country ranks 19th.
However, in 2020, the other six cities will smoothly break through the trillion mark, and only Dongguan "stranded".
Statistics show that in 2020, Dongguan's GDP is 965.19 billion yuan, ranking 24th.
Hu Gang, president of the South China Urban Research Association and professor of Jinan University, analyzed by China Business News that Dongguan's economy has the highest degree of export-oriented economy and will be greatly affected by the export-oriented economy in 2020.
Affected by the epidemic, a large number of migrant workers have difficulty returning to work in the first quarter of 2020, and many orders cannot be completed; exports have been blocked again after April.
However, with the rebound in order volume, according to the current situation, Dongguan is likely to exceed the trillion mark in 2021.
Xi'an has the fastest growth rate and the rise of a strong provincial capital
From the perspective of GDP growth, among the top 30 cities, 10 cities will have a growth rate of more than 4% in 2020. Among them, the top three are Xi'an, Fuzhou and Jinan.
Statistics from Xi’an Bureau of Statistics show that in 2020, Xi’an’s GDP will be 1,002.039 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year at comparable prices, and the growth rate is 2.9 and 3.0 percentage points higher than that of the whole country and the province.
Xi'an has also become the first GDP trillion club city in the Northwest Region.
Zhang Baotong, chairman of the Shaanxi Urban Economic and Cultural Research Association, analyzed by China Business News that Xi’an’s growth rate is the first. On the one hand, under the influence of the epidemic, private enterprises, small and micro enterprises have been more affected, but Xi’an’s state-owned enterprises and national defense technology There are many enterprises, and the impact of the epidemic is relatively small; on the other hand, Xi'an will usher in the National Games in 2021, and investment in venues will be very strong in 2020.
Zhang Baotong said that at present, Xi'an's economic development also has some shortcomings and shortcomings.
In particular, although Xi'an has strong resources for higher education and science and technology, due to the underdeveloped private economy, many scientific research results cannot be transformed locally, but instead are transformed into developed coastal areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.
Therefore, it is very important for Xi'an to speed up to make up for the shortcomings of private economic development in the future.
Fuzhou's growth rate has also exceeded 5%, reaching 5.1%, not only breaking the trillion mark, but also narrowing the gap with Fujian's economic leader Quanzhou.
Data show that in 2019, Quanzhou’s GDP was 55.436 billion yuan higher than Fuzhou’s GDP; in 2020, this leading advantage shrank to 13.864 billion yuan.
At this rate, Fuzhou is likely to surpass Quanzhou in the future and become the first economic city in Fujian.
Associate Professor Ding Changfa of the Department of Economics at Xiamen University analyzed China Business News that as the provincial capital, Fuzhou is the province’s political, cultural, educational, and medical center. It has concentrated the province’s best element resources and has obvious advantages.
The software service industry in Fuzhou is very prominent, and a number of well-known companies such as Newland (000997.SZ) and NetDragon (00777.HK) have emerged.
In addition, in 2020, the GDP growth rate of the provincial capital cities of Nanjing, Hefei, Chengdu, and Changsha will also reach or exceed 4%.
The rise of strong provincial capitals is that, on the one hand, after my country’s economy has entered a new stage of transformation and upgrading, the advantages of provincial capital cities in science, education, medical care, and culture have become increasingly prominent; on the other hand, in recent years, through the construction of rail transit, they have actively built provincial capital cities. The central metropolitan area has also greatly enhanced the provincial capital's ability to gather resource elements and drive the development of surrounding areas.
For example, on February 8, the National Development and Reform Commission website issued a reply on agreeing to the Nanjing Metropolitan Area Development Plan, agreeing in principle to the "Nanjing Metropolitan Area Development Plan", requiring the establishment of a sound intra-city development mechanism as a breakthrough point, and efforts to promote an integrated, efficient and innovative system of infrastructure Co-construction, industrial specialized division of labor and collaboration, public service co-construction and sharing, ecological environment co-preservation and co-governance, and urban-rural integrated development will build the Nanjing metropolitan area into a modern metropolitan area with national influence.
Author: Lin Xiaozhao