Fuzhou is a fourth-tier city.

Four-tierCity (Four-tierCity) most of the city size, economic and social development level, as well as transportation construction is more ordinary medium-sized cities. Most of the four-tier cities are predominantly prefecture-level cities, but also include the capitals of individual provinces and autonomous regions, capitals and autonomous regions.

The economic and social development of 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, fourth-tier cities often have to rely on the radiation of the regional center city, which is attractive to local small and medium-sized enterprises and second-tier brands in China.

As of July 2023, there are 90 fourth-tier cities*** in China, including four in Jiangxi Province: Jingdezhen, Ji'an and Fuzhou.

Calculation Method

Based on the commercial store data of 170 mainstream consumer brands and the user behavior data of 18 head Internet companies in various fields and the urban big data of data organizations in 2018, the city is evaluated in accordance with the degree of concentration of commercial resources, urban hub, urban people's activeness, diversity of lifestyles, and future plasticity The algorithm evaluates 337 Chinese cities at prefecture level and above according to five indexes.

The algorithm is the same as in the past: a combination of scoring by the New Tier 1 Cities Institute's expert committee and principal component analysis to arrive at the final results.

In the framework of the algorithm, the data that make up the first-level index come from 19 second-level dimensions and 79 third-level dimensions - expanding to the fourth-level dimensions, the number of indicators has exceeded 100.

In the 2019 City Business Attractiveness Ranking report book, which is available in the May issue of YiMagazine and online, all 79 third-level dimension indicators under the five dimensions of the judging framework of the judging city are listed in order, and all cities have their own distinctive characteristics of high and low change curves of the indicators.

Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Fourth-tier Cities