Is Changzhou a second-tier city or a third-tier city?

Changzhou is a second-tier city. Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta region of China, an advanced manufacturing base and a famous cultural tourism city, which was approved by the State Council. As of 20 18, the whole city has five districts 1 county-level city, with a total area of 4,385 square kilometers and a permanent population of 4.729 million.

In 2020, Changzhou achieved a regional GDP of 780.53 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5% at comparable prices, ranking third in the province. Divided into three industries, the added value of the primary industry164.3 billion yuan, an increase of 2.0%; The added value of the secondary industry was 3.610.62 billion yuan, up by 4.2%; The added value of tertiary industry was 402.49 billion yuan, up by 4.9%.

Selection criteria for second-tier cities:

In 2020, it is the fifth year that CBN New First-tier Cities Research Institute produces the list of urban commercial charm.

As in previous years, CBN collected 170 commercial store data of mainstream consumer brands, 18 user behavior data of head internet companies in various fields and urban big data of data institutions, and evaluated 337 cities at or above the prefecture level in China according to five dimensions: concentration of commercial resources, urban hub, urban activity, lifestyle diversity and future plasticity.

The algorithm is also consistent with the past: the final result is obtained by combining the scoring method of the expert Committee of the new first-tier city research institute and the principal component analysis method.