1, 2018 China's third-tier cities;

Zhuhai, Zhenjiang, Haikou, Yangzhou, Linyi, Luoyang, Tangshan, Hohhot, Yancheng, Shantou, Langfang, Taizhou, Jining, Huzhou, Jiangmen, Yinchuan, Zibo, Handan, Wuhu, Zhangzhou, Mianyang, Guilin, Sanya, Zunyi, Xianyang. Shangrao City, Putian City, Yichang City, Ganzhou City, Huaian City, Jieyang City, Cangzhou City, Shangqiu City, Lianyungang City, Liuzhou City, Yueyang City, Xinyang City, Zhuzhou City, Hengyang City, Xiangyang City, Nanyang City, Weihai City, Zhanjiang City, Baotou City, Anshan City, Jiujiang City, Daqing City, Xuchang City, Xinxiang City;

Ningde City, Xining City, Suqian City, Heze City, Bengbu City, Xingtai City Tongling, Fuyang, Jingzhou, Zhumadian, Xiangtan, Chuzhou, Zhaoqing, Deyang, Qujing, Qinhuangdao, Chaozhou, Jilin, Changde, Yichun, Huanggang,

2. 2018 China's fourth-tier cities;

Zhoushan City, Tai'an City, Xiaogan, Ordos, Kaifeng, Nanping, Qiqihar, Dezhou City, Baogi maanshan,chenzhou,anyang,longyan,liaocheng,weinan,suzhou,quzhou,meizhou,xuancheng,zhoukou,lishui,anqing,sanming,zaozhuang,nanchong,huainan,pingdingshan,dongying,hulunbeier,leshanshan,zhangjiakou,qingyuan,jiaozuo,heyuan,yuncheng,jinzhou,chifengluan,panjin,yibin Yulin, Rizhao;

Jinzhong, Huaihua, Chengde, Suining, Bijie, Jiamusi, Binzhou, Yiyang, Shanwei, Shaoyang, Yulin, Hengshui, Shaoguan, Ji'an, Beihai, Maoming, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Huangshan City, Yangjiang City, Fuzhou City, Loudi, Yingkou, Mudanjiang City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Xianning. Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Anshun City, Qiannan Buyi Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Luzhou City, Yuxi City, Tongliao City, Dandong City, Linfen City, Meishan City, Shiyan City, Huangshi City, Puyang City, Bozhou City, Fushun City, Yongzhou City. Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Neijiang City.

Third-tier City (Third-tier City) is a large or medium-sized city of strategic significance, more economically developed, and with a larger economic total, assessed on the basis of a number of indicators such as the size of the city, the size of the population, the level of economic development, and the total amount of GDP.

Third-tier cities are mostly larger in size, with most of the non-agricultural population in the central urban area exceeding 1 million people, with relatively well-developed urban infrastructures, commercial support facilities and transportation facilities, with residents possessing a certain degree of consumption power, with residents generally having a relatively affluent standard of living, and with a certain number of pillar industries, with a relatively reasonable industrial structure, and with a certain degree of attractiveness to large-scale enterprises in certain industries, but with a certain degree of overall competitiveness, and with an overall competitiveness of the city. The city has certain pillar industries, a relatively reasonable industrial structure, and a certain attractiveness to large enterprises in certain industries, but the comprehensive competitiveness of the city still needs to be further improved.

Third-tier cities are generally more economically developed cities in the eastern region, provincial sub-centers, regional centers or economic powerhouses in the central region, and provincial capitals in the western region.

Four-tier cities (Four-tier City) are mostly medium-sized cities with relatively ordinary city size, economic and social development level and transportation construction. Most of the fourth-tier cities are predominantly prefecture-level cities, including autonomous regions in individual provinces and autonomous regions.

The economic and social development of the fourth-tier cities often relies on local small and medium-sized enterprises or resource-based enterprises, and the consumption level of the residents is in the process of growth. In the regional strategic layout of large companies and brands, the fourth-tier cities often have to rely on the radiation of the regional center city, but the fourth-tier cities have a certain degree of attraction to China's local medium-sized enterprises and second-tier brands.

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