Wuhan’s population increase will rank first in the country in 2021. What are the reasons?

As for the reason why Wuhan’s population increase will rank first in the country in 2021, there are roughly five reasons:

1. Behind the population growth is the rapid development of the local economy< /p>

In 2021, Wuhan’s GDP increased by 12.2% year-on-year, investment increased by 12.9%, and consumption increased by 10.5%, all achieving double-digit growth. The rapid economic growth is due to the development of local real industries. Many leading companies such as Xiaomi Wuhan Headquarters, TCL Central China Regional Headquarters, and Tencent (Wuhan) Digital Industry Headquarters have settled in Wuhan. In 2021, the Wuhan government will increase its efforts to recruit large companies to set up headquarters there. China Three Gorges Corporation, a trillion-dollar state-owned enterprise, also moved its headquarters to Wuhan. The rapid economic development directly drives the employment of the local population and the improvement of the welfare of enterprises. These are the main reasons that attract people to join Wuhan.

2. Wuhan attaches great importance to the introduction of talents

First of all, Wuhan has relatively complete settlement and employment policies, and the demand for positions in enterprises and institutions is very strong, which can satisfy the employment of talents at different levels. need. At the same time, the headquarters of major enterprises have settled in Wuhan, bringing a large number of talents from all over the country, allowing them to settle down and buy property here. At the same time, Wuhan's own outstanding graduates have become their first choice to stay in Wuhan for employment. The large influx of young people caused by various reasons is a prerequisite for a city to maintain long-term population growth and economic development.

3. The city’s related supporting measures are quite complete and more suitable for people’s daily living.

The number of institutions of higher learning in Wuhan is second only to the two major cities in the country, Beijing and Shanghai. The city’s educational resources are very excellent. More parents hope to settle here to provide their children with better learning conditions in the future. In addition, the city's medical and health care industry is also very developed, which can provide the elderly with more security in their later years. In this way, living in Wuhan can enjoy various service resources like those in first-tier cities without feeling the pressure of such a fast-paced life. Wuhan's well-connected geographical location and relatively low housing prices compared to surrounding major cities are the highlights that attract foreigners to settle down and start a business. 4. Population control in first-tier cities has stagnated population growth, providing more opportunities to second-tier cities. China has long carried out population control on China's first-tier cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, mainly in terms of settlement. This has limited the development scale of large cities to a certain extent and given some second-tier cities a larger Development space is extremely obvious in provincial capital cities such as Wuhan. Allowing people to move to better places and providing them with more preferential policies and humanistic care are important reasons for a city to maintain vitality.

5. Competitors in the Original City Ranking Last year’s special circumstances also have a certain relationship. Speaking of Wuhan’s population growth, we cannot fail to mention another city, Zhengzhou. You must know that at the end of 2020, Zhengzhou had a leading advantage of 270,000. For the first time, Wuhan has overtaken Wuhan to become the city with the largest population inflow in the country. According to data at the end of 2021, Wuhan has regained the first place among central cities. This is directly related to Zhengzhou’s special situation in 2021. The heavy rainstorm on July 2 caused heavy casualties and property losses, and then the impact of the new crown epidemic was superimposed, resulting in Zhengzhou's economic growth in 2021 being only 4.7%. For this reason, some of the population has moved out of Zhengzhou, which is very similar to Wuhan in 2020, because we believe that the population rankings of Zhengzhou and Wuhan may still alternate, and the development of both cities is very resilient.