The report issued by GaWC in 2016 showed Chengdu saw the fastest rise among all cities by transforming itself into a Beta - city from a city with high sufficiency of services. For example, Hangzhou inched up from the Gamma + classification to Beta +, Tianjin from Beta - to Beta, Nanjing from Gamma + to Beta, and Wuhan from Gamma - to Beta.Ĭhengdu, which leads the pack among China's new first-tier cities, has been continuing the strong growth momentum. It is also worth noting that many other new first-tier cities of China made great strides as well. Singapore, which is highly praised for its globalization, saw a drop of two positions to the fifth place. Beijing entered the top four for the first time ever. London and New York remained the two elite Alpha ++ cities in the GaWC matrix.Ĭhina's Hong Kong moved one notch higher as an Alpha + city to the third place in the overall list. GaWC is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization and measures cities in terms of their advanced producer services and integration into the world city network. 14 (NBD) – Chengdu, the provincial city of southwestern China's Sichuan province, is again seeing a substantial rise in status in the world city network.Īs is shown in The World According to GaWC 2018 released in the wee hours of Wednesday by The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Chengdu achieved a great leap by moving up to the Beta + classification from the Beta - classification.
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