Qingdao top in satisfaction survey

QINGDAO - Qingdao, in East China's Shandong province, is gaining recognition for being the Chinese city where residents are most satisfied with low-income housing, social security, medical care and other public aid, according to a bluebook.

The Evaluation on Chinese Cities' Basic Public Services Capacity (2010 2011), released on Sunday by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ranks Qingdao over Beijing, Ningbo and Dalian in that regard. Closely following it in the listing are Lhasa, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Xiamen and Zhengzhou.

The bluebook looked at surveys and analyses conducted in 38 prominent cities last year. The surveys posed questions about nine basic forms of public aid, including the provision of housing, social security, employment, medical care, security, education, transport, a clean environment, cultural resources, sports and government services.