Foreign media ranks China’s top ten richest cities: Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen are among the top three, Hong Kong is ranked sixth

Foreign media listed China’s top ten wealthy cities, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen ranked top three, and Hong Kong ranked sixth

　　[Global Times reporter Yang Weimin] Foreign media recently listed the latest rankings of China's top ten wealthy cities. Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen ranked the top three respectively, and Hong Kong only ranked sixth. Hong Kong media lamented that Hong Kong was gradually losing its advantage.

　　Hong Kong’s "Oriental Daily" said on the 21st that data showed that Shanghai’s latest GDP rose from US$54.9 billion in 2000 to US$602 billion, leading the country; Beijing ranked second, with GDP rising from US$29.9 billion in 2000 to 5640. Shenzhen, neighboring Hong Kong, ranks third, and its GDP has increased from US$20.1 billion in 2000 to US$432 billion.

Chongqing and Guangzhou ranked 4th and 5th respectively, with the latest GDP reaching 386 billion US dollars and 370 billion US dollars respectively.

The GDP of Hong Kong in 2000 was US$171 billion, which was significantly higher than the above-mentioned cities. However, this figure was US$365 billion last year, which is a much lower growth rate than that of major mainland cities.

Ranked 7th is Suzhou with a GDP of 308 billion US dollars, 8th Chengdu, 9th and 10th are Wuhan and Hangzhou.

　　Hong Kong’s wholesale and retail industry councillor Shao Jiahui said that Hong Kong was complacent in the past, like a "tortoise and the hare race", and was eventually caught up by other mainland cities. The continued black storms and the epidemic have greatly affected Hong Kong’s economic development.

He bluntly said that "going against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat." In addition, Hong Kong's epidemic prevention policy has some shortcomings. In contrast, the rapid control of the epidemic in the Mainland shows that the gap is obvious.

Financial congressman Chen Zhenying also agrees that Hong Kong has been under the double attack of gangsters and the epidemic, its economic advantage has fallen, and epidemic prevention measures have been unceasing and tight when questioned. The annual GDP fell by 6.1%, the worst on record.

He mentioned that in addition to the government's employment protection plan as a life-saving straw, the financial sector hopes to have a clear road map so that the Hong Kong economy can fully recover and catch up with the progress of development.