On August 6, the 2025 Top 100 Chinese Cities Ranking was released in Shanghai. This is the eleventh consecutive year that the Warton Economic Institute has organized and compiled the annual “Top 100 Chinese Cities Ranking” since 2015. Anqing City entered the list for the first time at 95th place, becoming the only prefecture-level city newly added to the top 100 this year, marking a new stage in Anqing’s economic and social development.

The candidate cities for the ranking are prefecture-level and above cities ranked in the top 115 by last year's GDP. They are scored and ranked based on their hard economic indicators (GDP, savings, and fiscal revenue) and soft economic indicators (environment, science and education, culture, and health), with the top 100 taken as the annual Top 100 cities.

This year’s list places Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Chongqing in the top ten, while Tianjin, Ningbo, Qingdao, Wuxi, Jinan, Hefei, Changsha, Xi’an, Fuzhou, and Zhengzhou occupy positions 11 to 20.

Hangzhou has overtaken Guangzhou to rank in the top four for the first time; Ningbo moved up one place, surpassing Qingdao; Hefei moved up one place, surpassing Changsha; Xi’an moved up two places, surpassing Fuzhou and Zhengzhou.

On the list, 33 cities rose in ranking, 31 cities fell, and 36 cities’ rankings remained unchanged, showing that competition for positions remains intense. In the interprovincial distribution, Jiangsu (13), Shandong (13), Guangdong (8), Zhejiang (8), and Fujian (7) have the most cities on the list; the top five provinces by listing rate are Jiangsu (100%), Shandong (81.25%), Fujian (77.78%), Zhejiang (72.73%), and Hebei (54.55%).

Source: anhuinews.com