Jiangsu Province is a major economic province in my country, and its 13 prefecture-level cities are all among the top 100 in the country. In 2021, Suqian, which has the lowest economic scale, has 371.901 billion yuan, ranking 75th in the country. predicts that by this year, the 13 cities in Jiangsu Province will all reach the level of 400 billion yuan, and all of them will have the economic scale of the provincial capital. What we often see is based on the total economic volume, or a single indicator, such as fiscal revenue, taxation, etc., which is not based on a comprehensive perspective, that is, it is not comprehensive strength.
On June 30, the list of the top 100 cities in the country was released by Wharton Economic Research Institute , from economic hard power (GDP, savings, finance); economic soft power (environment, science and education, culture, health) Starting from two major aspects and seven major areas, ranked the top 110 cities in terms of total GDP, and finally announced the top 100 cities in terms of comprehensive strength. All 13 cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province are still on the list without any surprise. The lowest one is Suqian, ranking 76th.
specific rankings: Nanjing (6), Suzhou (7), Wuxi (12), Nantong (22), Changzhou (24), Yangzhou (40), Taizhou (42) , Xuzhou (45), Zhenjiang (48), Yancheng (49), Huaian (65), Lianyungang (75), Suqian (76) . This is also the comprehensive strength ranking of Jiangsu’s 13 cities that is relatively recognized by the majority of netizens.
Nanjing is much smaller than Suzhou in terms of economic scale. This is for sure. Even today, as a powerful provincial capital, it is almost impossible for Nanjing to catch up with Suzhou in terms of economic scale, that is, total GDP. However, Nanjing beats Suzhou in terms of overall strength. Suzhou's economic hard power is really strong, ranking 4th in the country, higher than Guangzhou, but in soft economic indicators, it only ranks 17th. Nanjing ranks fifth in terms of soft power, second only to Suzhou and Hangzhou. In terms of environment, science and education, Nanjing scores above 80. For example, the science and education in Suzhou is only 63.7, after all, there is only one 211.
Xuzhou No. 8. A big reason is that the list does not include transportation as an indicator. Xuzhou, which has always had an advantage in soft economic indicators, has become a shortcoming this time, ranking only at 51st. On the contrary, ranks 46th in the country in terms of hard economic indicators. This also caused Xuzhou to lose to Yangzhou and Taizhou in the end. Both places have considerable advantages in hard economic indicators. In terms of per capita strength, Xuzhou does not have an advantage. Yangzhou ranks 35th in the country in terms of hard power and only 64th in soft power.
Yancheng lost to Zhenjiang. has far surpassed Yancheng, Zhenjiang in terms of economic scale, so why is it inferior to Zhenjiang in terms of comprehensive strength. From a comprehensive point of view, Zhenjiang and Yancheng are at the same level. Among them, Zhenjiang has a score of 43.23 points, while Yancheng has a score of 42.78 points. The difference between the two is only 0.45 points. Zhenjiang's advantage lies in its hard economic indicators, with GDP, savings and finance all leading Yancheng. and the weight of the hard indicators is 0.618, while the soft indicators are 0.382.
