On October 25, 2024, Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) released the 2024 GaWC Global City Rankings to the public. In the 2024 list, more than 300 cities around the world were shortlisted, and a total of more than 40 cities in China were among them.
included among these
Nanjing ranks 75th in the world
Up 10 places from 2022
GaWC has been publishing the Roster of World Cities from time to time since 2000, and according to the agency's official website, this year's selection is based on data from 175 organizations around the world that provide modern and emerging production services to 785 cities around the globe, a ranking that reflects the importance of cities as nodes in the world's network of cities (i.e., facilitating the globalization of businesses).
Based on location and energy level in the global network, GaWC classifies world cities into four tiers, Alpha (Tier 1), Beta (Tier 2), Gamma (Tier 3), and Sufficiency (Self-Sufficiency), to indicate the location and degree of integration of different cities in the globalized economy.
- In this list, the world's eight Alpha + (the world's first tier of strong cities), a total of three cities in China were selected, respectively, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, China.
- Guangzhou is on the Alpha (world's first-tier cities) list.
- Chinese Taipei and Shenzhen are Alpha- (weak first-tier world cities).
- Chengdu, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xiamen, Shenyang and 17 other cities are ranked at Beta (second-tier cities in the world) level.
The report shows a significant increase in global connectivity for Chinese cities, cities in the Gulf region, and Singapore compared to previous years' ranking data.Nanjing made a cross-level leap in the 2018 rankings, moving from Gamma+ (the world's third-tier strongest city) to Beta (the world's second-tier city), and entering the top 100 globally for the first time in the rankings.So far in 2018, Nanjing has continued to move up the ranks among Beta-level cities.
Currently, Nanjing has a globalMore than 200countries and regions for trade cooperation, with offshore investments inMore than 90countries and regions, attracting113 homesFortune 500 companies includingOver 130Foreigners from countries and regions have come to invest in Ningbo, which has been linked to the58nations106Cities are twinned.
In the future, Nanjing will further strengthen the interaction and exchange with international organizations, domestic and foreign economic and trade representative bodies and famous business associations and other resources, continue to build and improve the global economic and trade network, accelerate the pace of linking to the world, and continue to broaden and deepen the degree of integration in the globalized economy, so as to contribute to the service of constructing a two-way open hub with the world's convergence.
