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Jiaxing ranks highly nationwide in residents' wealth

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated : Mar 9, 2023

Jiaxing in East China's Zhejiang province was included on the list of China's top 50 cities in terms of urban prosperity, which was recently released by the reporting team of Caijing Magazine.

The urban prosperity was measured based on the per capita disposable income of urban residents in the cities.

Jiaxing ranked 12th on the list with a per capita disposable income of 72,096 yuan ($10,347). Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou rounded out the top three.

All 11 cities in Zhejiang province were included on the list, making it the most represented province.

Shanghai, Beijing, four cities from Zhejiang province, three cities from Jiangsu province and one city from Guangdong province made up the top 10. Cities in the Yangtze River Delta accounted for eight of the top 10 cities.

Among the top 15 cities, cities in the Yangtze River Delta still accounted for 80 percent.

Among the top 20 cities, there were 14 cities in the Yangtze River Delta, or 70 percent of the total.

The 50 richest cities are concentrated in six provinces and three municipalities, namely Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, accounting for 78 percent of the total, while the top 50 cities in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shandong accounted for 60 percent of the total.