Jiaxing among top 10 prefecture level cities by influence
An index on overall influence of top 100 Chinese prefecture-level cities was released recently in Shanghai.
A total of 293 prefecture-level cities throughout the country were evaluated in five major aspects: quality, service, innovation, tangible assets and intangible assets by China City, a newspaper under the People's Daily.
Guangdong province boasted 13 cities followed by Jiangsu with nine, Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong and Sichuan, all recording seven cities on the top 100 list.
Let's take a look at the top 10 prefecture cities.
No 1 Suzhou
Index points: 779.59
No 2 Foshan
Index points: 650.82
No 3 Wenzhou
Index points: 648.00
No 4 Dongguan
Index points: 633.47
No 5 Wuxi
Index points: 597.30
No 6 Shaoxing
Index points: 558.75
No 7 Changzhou
Index points: 541.42
No 8 Jiaxing
Index points: 537.61
No 9 Zhuhai
Index points: 534.34
No 10 Jinhua
Index points: 531.11
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