up to date! In the first half of the year, the top ten GDP rankings were released, and these two cities are bright! Change and change have mystery
In the first half of this year, the ranking of my country's top ten GDP cities has been officially released. The rankings are: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Tianjin.
After the “big test” of the epidemic, the urban pattern in the first half of this year has undergone considerable changes. Compared with last year, Chongqing "successfully" exchanged positions with Guangzhou and entered the semi-finals; in addition, Nanjing, which performed relatively well, entered the top ten for the first time and surpassed Tianjin to rank ninth.
It is also accepting the "big test", how can Chongqing and Nanjing successfully "break through" and perform so well?
This is not difficult to understand. Chongqing is an inland city. In the first half of this year, when the epidemic has had a greater impact on foreign trade, its advantages have been highlighted; while Nanjing has spared no effort in building a "famous city of innovation" in recent years—in the first half of the year alone, There are 78 newly contracted R&D institutions and 1,204 newly incubated and introduced companies in the local area, which has added a lot of momentum to the economy.
The ranking changes are certainly worthy of attention, but if you stretch your sights, you can discover more interesting phenomena.
For example, with the addition of Nanjing, the Yangtze River Delta city circle players occupy 4 seats in the top 10 rankings: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Nanjing. In fact, the Yangtze River Delta accounts for 6 of the 14 trillion clubs at present, and industry insiders believe that Hefei's entry into the "trillion club" is just around the corner. Now that the integration of the Yangtze River Delta has become a national strategy, and the regional momentum is further released, it can be foreseen that there are more possibilities in this region in the future.
More importantly, a careful review of the list of cities that have entered the top ten GDP in recent years will reveal that they all have some common characteristics.
The new economy is very active
In the first half of this year, Chongqing’s major economic indicators achieved a “V” reversal, and the added value of the digital economy increased by more than 10%. Relying on the digital economy and Internet-related industry R&D investment, Beijing’s high-tech manufacturing investment in the first half of the Investment in the service industry increased by 24%. With Shanghai’s pioneering "Five-Five Shopping Festival", consumption growth in May and June turned from negative to positive, and physical consumption in key business districts basically returned to the same period last year.
The indispensable "net celebrity" atmosphere
Chongqing has light rail crossing buildings and 8D magical interchanges; Zhao Lei’s "Chengdu" has made countless literary and artistic youths rush to Chengdu to check in; Hangzhou has become famous for its "Alipay City"... Some experts have pointed out that the Internet celebrity economy It gives more room for maneuver to the development of contemporary cities and adds more room for imagination.
Actively participate in the "talent war"
Using "net celebrities" to attract attention, and then using policies to retain talents, as soon as young people come, economic vitality will naturally come. In recent years, the "grabbing wars" that have emerged have won the development initiative for many cities. According to a report recently released by Liepin, the top ten cities with net inflow of talents, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Nanjing, and Guangzhou are all on the list, which is highly coincident with the top ten GDP list.
To survive the "big test" with city governance capabilities
In addition, as economic and social development enters a new stage, social governance capabilities have also become the main "field" of urban competition. Through this epidemic, we can see that cities with good epidemic prevention and control are often cities with fast economic recovery. Places such as Hangzhou and Shenzhen took the lead in realizing mutual recognition of health codes with Hubei, while Shanghai has guarded the defense line of "overseas import". Such confidence and strength enable them to hand over under the dual tasks of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production. Satisfactory answer sheet.
Looking outside, we often say that we should abandon the old concept of "only GDP theory" and "do not use GDP as a hero." What's interesting is that entering the new era, it is the cities that are the first to get rid of the "GDP-only theory" and focus on improving urban governance capabilities, economic innovation content, and people's well-being. They have achieved the "eternal youth" of GDP—— This may provide some new ideas for today's urban development.