Hohhot is categorized as a third-tier city. The ranking, released by the First Finance-New Tier 1 Cities Institute, is an evaluation of 337 prefecture-level and above cities by using city big data from nearly 200 brands, 17 Internet companies and data organizations, and centering on five first-level dimensions: concentration of commercial resources, urban hubs, activity of urbanites, diversity of lifestyles, and plasticity of the future.