Originally Posted by
moondog
To me, Tier 2 refers to places like Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Nanjing. It's not so much about size or importance as it is about development levels and per capita GDP. McKinsey shares this view.
Nanning is not a provincial capital because Guangxi is an autonomous region, not a province.
Nanning is also the poorest of all autonomous region capitals, provincial capitals and municipalities of China:
- Guangzhou 10 5909 yuan
- Nanjing 9 1384
- Tianjin 9 1181
- Changsha 9 0258
- Hangzhou 8 8661
- Huh-hoto 8 6734
- Beijing 8 6024
- Shanghai 8 4444
- Shenyang 8 1505
- Wuhan 7 9878
- Jinan 6 9900
- Zhengzhou 6 2628
- Urumqi 6 1493
- Nanchang 5 9500
- Changchun 5 8703
- Fuzhou 5 8587
- Chengdu 5 7842
- Yinchuan 5 6318
- Hefei 5 4997
- Taiyuan 5 4574
- Xian 5 1323
- Haikou 5 0531
- Lhasa 4 6941
- Kunming 4 6815
- Shijiazhuang 4 3777
- Lanzhou 4 3261
- Harbin 4 3128
- Guiyang 3 9317
- Chongqing 3 9257
- Xining 3 8534
- Nanning 3 1666
Which of these are tier 3?