There are many definitions of cities, such as municipalities directly under the central government, provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, and prefecture-level cities. However, due to the small current land area and economic aggregate in my country and the generally low level of economic development, the population distribution of most large cities in my country is uneven, and some of them are distributed outside the provincial capital (capital) cities. For example, the prefecture-level city with the most populous population in Zhejiang Province is Quzhou City . The population is about 10 million, which is 1.5 million less than the registered population in the provincial capital Hangzhou (excluding Taiwan Province). There are 17 prefecture-level cities and 4 county-level cities in Zhejiang, namely Quzhou , Jinhua , Taizhou , Zhoushan , Lishui and Wenzhou . There are 11 prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang Province, and 4 prefecture-level cities in China have urban areas exceeding 10,000 square kilometers (including Taizhou City ). Among these provinces, except for Zhoushan Economic New District, there are not many county-level cities across the country. According to statistics, as of the end of 2019, the total population of the country reached 960.91 million, but there are 141 county-level administrative units of , accounting for only 0.9% of the total.
. Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Quzhou, abbreviated as "Qu", was called Changshan , Quxia (now Quzhou City), and Jiangshan. It is located at the junction of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and is in the middle reaches of Qiantang River , and is across the river from the three metropolitan areas of Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo . Quzhou City has an area of 1,262.31 square kilometers, a permanent population of 1.096 million, and an urban area of 187.28 square kilometers. At the end of 2019, the urban area was 84.28 square kilometers. ##"Qu" means "Kai"; Quzhou is a thoroughfare of nine provinces in Zhejiang and a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Quzhou is a national historical and cultural city (referred to as Quzhou), and is one of the important central cities in eastern China approved by the State Council. Quzhou has four districts and one county under its jurisdiction, namely Jiangshan City , Longyou County , Changshan County , Kaihua County , Taizhou City Huangyan District and Taizhou City Jiaojiang District. Quzhou is the city with the highest economic development level, the highest administrative efficiency and the largest population (as of 2019). It is one of the county-level cities with the largest population growth, the fastest permanent population growth rate, the highest permanent population urbanization rate and the highest economic growth rate.
2. Linhai City, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province
Linhai City is located in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, facing Shaoxing City and Ningbo City across the sea. It is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. In 2019, the permanent population was 1.0598 million, and the permanent population was 959,300. Linhai is located in the southeast coastal area of Zhejiang Province. It is a county-level city with the longest coastline in mainland China, a national sanitary city, a national garden city and a national forest city. The total area is 169 square kilometers, the area is 1,030 square kilometers, and the permanent population is 950,000. In 2019, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in was 24,324 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers in 5,197 yuan. The total economic output ranks fourth among prefecture-level cities in the country.
3. Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province
Zhoushan Islands is the first and only prefecture-level city in mainland China named after an archipelago. It is located in the eastern part of mainland China and the closest waters to Taiwan in mainland China. It is the largest archipelago city in China and the only city named after an archipelago. There are many islands in Zhoushan. After more than 30 years since 2000, with the continuous development of Zhejiang Zhoushan Economic New District, it has become an important portal and important development platform for mainland China to open up maritime transportation to Taiwan, and a portal to Zhejiang Maritime Silk Road.
permanent population at the end of 2019 reached 885,400; at the end of 2019, the urban area was about 205 square kilometers, with a permanent population of about 1 million and 1 million yuan, with a per capita GDP of 226,000 yuan; the urbanization rate of the permanent population was about 69.58%, and the urbanization rate of the registered population was about 63.62%. After the establishment of Zhoushan New District, Zhoushan's GDP has ranked seventh in the country, with a permanent population of more than 1 million (about 870,000), which is about 4 times that of Hangzhou (registered population). In 2019, the regional GDP was 52.137 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 21,352 yuan, an increase of 9.8%; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 213,328 yuan, an increase of 8.6% over the previous year.Zhoushan has a permanent population of about 785,000, and the urban area is 523 square kilometers. In 2019, Zhoushan's per capita GDP was 16,469 yuan, and the permanent population was 927,000.
4. Conclusion
From the above analysis, the population size of most county-level cities is very small. Compared with big cities, there are still many small cities in our country that have not achieved real urbanization. Urbanization is the most important and important economic development model in my country at this stage and is an inevitable result of my country's social and economic development. It can not only promote the development of social and economics, but also effectively solve a series of problems that arise in my country's urbanization process. However, due to the small land area and small economic output in my country, many cities do not even have urban area, which limits the population to gather in large cities. As the pace of urbanization advances, the problem of land resource shortage will be alleviated.
