The China manufacturing engine not only boost Chinese people’s living standard with improving international status but also gradually changing supply chain over the world. To get start with this overview by looking at geographical development regarding Chinese manufacturing, let’s first get to understand backdrop of China city tier system.
If you highlight all the 1st and 2nd tier cities in China, you will understand how the Chinese government plans to develop China into the world’s largest economy. They are the most developed regions of Chinese manufacturing bases.
The tiers are used by analysts to study consumer behavior, income level, politics, and local trends to help tune strategies to local conditions. More than 600 Chinese cities are divided into five tiers with classification according to GDP, administrative level and population. Please find the rundown of latest 2018 China tiered cities, only to highlight New Tier 1 Cities became the most crucial and large manufacturing regions of China.
Actually this is just preface. We believe China's new economic era is out there. The manufacturing growth is turing more rational which will entail transformations in time.
Tier 1 Cities:
They are large densely populated urban metropolises with centralized economic and political influence in China.
Shanghai
Beijing
Guangzhou
Shenzhen
New Tier 1 Cities
Chengdu
Hangzhou
Wuhan
Chongqing
Nanjing
Tianjin
Suzhou
Xi’an
Changsha
Shenyang
Qingdao
Zhengzhou
Dalian
Dongguan
Ningbo
Tier 2 Cities
Generally they are Provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, special economic zones, coastal cities and other more developed cities with cultural and economic influence.
Jinan
Xiamen
Harbin
Changchun
Fuzhou
Shijiazhuang
Foshan
Yantai
Wuxi
Taiyuan
Hefei
Nancang
Nanning
Kunming
Wenzhou
Zibo
Tangshan
Tier 3 Cities:
Most refer to small medium sized cities with strategic significance or comparatively developed with large economic aggregates. Most of them are regional central cities in the province of central, western and eastern China.
Wurumuqi
Guiyang
Haikou
Lanzhou
Yinchuan
Xining
Huhehaote
Baotou
Quanzhou
Nantong
Daqing
Xuzhou
Weifang
Changzhou
Eerduosi
Shaoxing
Jining
Handan
Linyi
Luoyang
Dongying
Yangzhou
Taizhou
Jiaxing
Cangzhou
Yulin
Taizhou
Zhenjiang
Kunshan
Jiangyin
Zhangjiagang
Yiwu
Jinhua
Baoding
Jilin
Anshan
Tai’an
Yichang
Xiangyang
Zhoushan
Huizhou
Nanyang
Weihai
Dezhou
Yueyang
Liaocheng
Changed
Zhangzhou
Binzhou
Maoming
Huai’an
Jiangmen
Wuhu
Zanjiang
Langfang
Hezhe
Liuzhou
Baoji
Zhuhai
Mianyang
Tier 4 and 5 Cities:
I took out a lot from these categories but only touch some well-known cities. From the well-known cities you got a picture of latest classifications.
Xingtai
Maoming
Yulin
Yichun
Beihai
Mudanjiang
Pingdingshan
Hezhe
Zhumadian
Datong
Changzhi
Yiyang
Jingmen
Guangyuan
Guang’an
Jixi
Hezhou
Fangchenggang
Qinzhou
Guigang