How are first, second and third tier cities divided?

Classification of Chinese cities

First-tier Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong

First-tier Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Chongqing

Second-tier cities

< p>Second-tier strong Nanjing, Wuhan, Shenyang, Xi'an, Chengdu (both regional central cities), Hangzhou, Jinan (economically developed, sub-provincial level), Qingdao, Dalian, Ningbo (three economically developed cities under separate state planning), Suzhou and Wuxi (the two most developed non-provincial capitals) Second-tier cities)

Among the second tier cities, Harbin and Changchun (the remaining two sub-provincial cities) Xiamen (a city under independent planning and small in scale, so it can only be a secondary tier city) Foshan Dongguan (two cities with strong manufacturing economies) ) Hefei, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Fuzhou, Shijiazhuang (five non-sub-provincial capital cities with relatively good economic development) Urumqi, Kunming (a frontier international city with national key development)

Second-tier weak Lanzhou Nanchang Guiyang Nanning Taiyuan Hohhot (six Provincial capital cities with comparable strength) Changzhou (an old developed city) Tangshan (a heavy industrial city in the Bohai Sea Rim)

Quasi-second-tier Yantai (an important port in the Bohai Sea Rim and a strong economic city) Quanzhou (an economic center city in southern Fujian) Baotou ( Heavy industrial city) Xuzhou (core of Huaihai Economic Zone) Nantong (emerging economic powerhouse) Handan (steel and cotton spinning industry city) Wenzhou (important economic city)

Third-tier cities

The third line is strong Yinchuan Xining Haikou Huai'an Yangzhou Luoyang Weifang Zibo Shaoxing Taizhou Daqing Anshan Zhongshan Zhuhai Shantou Taijilin Liuzhou Xiangfan Kaifeng Moved to Anqing Jingdezhen , Jilin, Baotou, Datong, Luoyang, Weifang, Wuhu, Yangzhou, Huzhou, Zunyi, Zhangzhou, Zhuzhou, Chaozhou, Liuzhou

Five-tier cities

Other famous economic cities and important transportation Hub cities and key tourist cities: Chizhou, Chengde, Baoding, Dandong, Kaifeng, Tai'an, Rizhao, Bengbu, Huangshan, Taizhou, Putian, Panjin, Fuxin, Chaoyang, Tieling, Nanping, Jiujiang, Yichang, Xiangyang, Yueyang, Zhaoqing, Leshan , Mianyang, Lijiang, Yan'an, Xianyang, Baoji,

There are 113 cities above, and other cities are all in the sixth level.