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China rapidly gaining ground on world's top cities

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-06-02 11:57
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Dawn breaks over Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai on March 7, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

BEIJING — The strength of China's economy is propelling its cities towards greater prominence on the global stage, a report has shown.

China is gaining ground on both Europe and North America as its improvement in performance and potential outpace those of Western cities, according to the 2019 Global Cities Report released by international consultancy firm AT Kearney.

The report features the Global Cities Index and the Global Cities Outlook, revealing the world's top-performing cities and those with the most potential.

The average Index scores of the original Chinese cities have grown three times faster than that of North American cities, and in the Outlook, the Chinese cities improved 3.4 times faster than European cities.

Beijing ranked ninth in the global cities index while Shanghai took the 19th spot. East China's Suzhou made it into the top 100 for the first time.

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