The latest ranking of first-, second- and third-tier cities in 2013 includes 5 first-tier cities: 1. Beijing (national political, cultural and educational center) 2. Shanghai (national economic center) 3. Guangzhou (economically developed, China’s third Three major cities) 4. Shenzhen (economically developed, special zone city) 5. Tianjin (important economic port) 8 second-tier developed cities: 1. Hangzhou (economically developed, sub-provincial level, capital of a powerful province) 2. Nanjing (economically developed, Sub-provincial level, capital of a strong province) 3. Jinan (economically developed, sub-provincial level, capital of a strong province) 4. Chongqing (municipality) 5. Qingdao (economically developed, city with separate state planning) 6. Dalian (economically developed, city with separate state planning) ) 7. Ningbo (economically developed, city with separate state planning) 8. Xiamen (economically developed, city with separate state planning) 15 second-tier moderately developed cities 1. Wuhan (with good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital) 2. Harbin ( Better economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital) 3. Shenyang (good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital) 4. Xi'an (regional center, sub-provincial capital) 5. Chengdu (regional center, deputy provincial capital) Provincial capital) 6. Changchun (regional center, sub-provincial capital) 7. Changsha (economic development is good, prefecture-level city capital) 8. Fuzhou (economic development is good, prefecture-level city capital) 9. Zhengzhou (economic development Better, prefecture-level city and provincial capital) 10. Shijiazhuang (good economic development, prefecture-level city and provincial capital) 11. Suzhou (economically strong city) 12. Foshan (economically strong city) 13. Dongguan (economically strong city) 14. Wuxi ( Economically strong city) 15. Yantai (economically strong city) 7 cities with weak second-tier development: 1. Taiyuan (prefecture-level city and provincial capital) 2. Hefei (prefecture-level city and provincial capital) 3. Nanchang (prefecture-level city and provincial capital) 4. Nanning (Capital of a prefecture-level city) 5. Kunming (capital of a prefecture-level city) 6. Wenzhou (an important economic city) 7. Zibo (an important industrial city) 9 quasi-second-tier cities: 1. Hohhot (a frontier city with national key development) 2. Lanzhou (a frontier city with key national development) 3. Urumqi (a frontier city with key national development) 4. Guiyang (a frontier city with key national development) 5. Quanzhou (an economic center city in southern Fujian) 6. Changzhou (an emerging economic powerhouse) City) 7. Nantong (an emerging economically powerful city) 8. Weifang (an emerging economically powerful city) 9. Tangshan (a heavy industrial city in the Bohai Rim) Third-tier cities: 19 1. Haikou 2, Shaoxing 3, Daqing 4, Handan 5 , Baotou 6, Taizhou 7, Anshan 8, Zhongshan 9, Zhuhai 10, Shantou 11, Weihai 12, Tai'an 13, Jilin 14, Liuzhou 15, Dongying 16, Zhenjiang 17, Jining 18, Xuzhou 19, Dandong Chinese city rankings (first-tier, List of second-tier and third-tier cities) 2012-03 Based on the city's political status, economic strength, city size and regional radiation, the ranking list of some Chinese cities selected by netizens: First-tier cities, first-tier cities, Beijing and Shanghai (a political and cultural center, an economic center, No dispute) The weak first-tier Guangzhou and Shenzhen (the southern and Guangdong duo are equally matched in strength and recognized as the first-tier) The quasi-first-tier Tianjin (originally a second-tier strong, but in recent years the country has paid attention to it and developed rapidly, becoming a quasi-first-tier) The second-tier cities Nanjing, Wuhan, Shenyang and Xi'an are both strong Chengdu (all are regional central cities) Chongqing (municipalities) Hangzhou (economically developed, sub-provincial level) Qingdao Dalian Ningbo (three economically developed cities under separate state planning) Second-tier weak Jinan Harbin Changchun (the remaining three sub-provincial cities) Xiamen (a city under independent planning and small in scale, so it can only be in the second tier) Zhengzhou, Changsha and Fuzhou (three non-sub-provincial capital cities with good economic development) Urumqi and Kunming (an international city on the border that is a key national development city) Lanzhou (a heavy industrial city in the northwest) , Lanzhou Military Region) Suzhou Wuxi (the two most developed non-provincial capital prefecture-level cities) Third-tier cities Nanchang Guiyang Nanning Hefei Taiyuan Shijiazhuang Hohhot (seven provincial capital cities with equivalent strength) Foshan Dongguan (two strong cities in the manufacturing economy) Tangshan (Heavy industrial city in the Bohai Sea Rim) Yantai (an important port in the Bohai Sea Rim and a strong economic city), Quanzhou (economic center city in southern Fujian), Baotou (a heavy industrial city) Third-tier weak Yinchuan Xining Haikou Luoyang Nantong Prefecture Xuzhou Weifang Zibo Shaoxing Wenzhou Taizhou Daqing Anshan Zhongshan Zhuhai Shantou Jilin Liuzhou Quasi-third line Lhasa Baoding Handan Qinhuangdao Cangzhou Ordos Dongying Weihai Jining Linyi Dezhou Binzhou Tai'an Huzhou Jiaxing Jinhua Taizhou Zhenjiang Yancheng Yangzhou Guilin Huizhou Zhanjiang Jiangmen Maoming Zhuzhou Yueyang Hengyang Baoji Yichang Xiangfan Kaifeng Xuchang Pingdingshan Ganzhou Jiujiang Wuhu Mianyang Qiqihar Mudanjiang Fushun Benxi Dandong Liaoyang Jinzhou Yingkou Chengde Langfang Xingtai Datong Yulin Yan'an Tianshui Karamay Kashgar Shihezi Nanyang Puyang Anyang Jiaozuo Xinxiang Rizhao Liaocheng Zaozhuang Bengbu Huainan Ma'anshan Lianyungang Huai'an Lishui Quzhou Jingzhou Anqing Jingdezhen Xinyu Xiangtan Changde Chenzhou Zhangzhou Qingyuan Jieyang Meizhou Zhaoqing Yulin North Haiyang Yibin Zunyi Dali Fourth-tier cities remaining All cities