The first-tier cities in 2014 are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Tianjin.

Beijing (the nation's political, cultural, and educational center), Shanghai (the nation's economic center), Guangzhou (economically developed and China's third-largest city), and Shenzhen (economically developed and a Special Administrative Region city). The four first-tier cities have switched places in their respective echelons - from "North-South-Guangzhou-Shenzhen" to "North-South-Shenzhen-Guangzhou". 15 "new first-tier" cities have also switched places in their respective echelons. The 15 "new first-tier" cities have also seen some changes in their order of precedence: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Suzhou, Xi'an, Tianjin, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Shenyang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Dongguan and Wuxi.

Among the 338 cities at prefecture level or above, in addition to the four first-tier cities in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the list named 15 "new first-tier" cities, 30 second-tier cities, 70 third-tier cities, 90 fourth-tier cities and 129 fifth-tier cities.

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April 26, 2018, based on the latest year's commercial data of 170 brands, user behavior data of 19 Internet companies and city big data of data agencies. city big data from data organizations, the First Finance-New Tier 1 Cities Institute ranked 338 Chinese cities above prefecture level again. Yesterday, the "2018 Chinese Cities Business Charm Ranking" was released, and the ranking of 15 "new first-tier" cities was also officially announced, with Chengdu once again topping the list of "new first-tier" cities, which is also the third consecutive year that Chengdu has topped the list of "new first-tier" cities. The new line of cities is the third consecutive year that Chengdu has topped the list of "new first-tier" cities.

The four first-tier cities have switched places in their respective tiers - from "north, north, south and north" to "north, north, south and north". 15 of the "new first-tier" cities have been ranked as "new first-tier" cities, with Chengdu as the top city for the third year in a row. The 15 "new first-tier" cities have also seen some changes in their rankings: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Suzhou, Xi'an, Tianjin, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Shenyang, Qingdao, Ningbo, Dongguan and Wuxi, in that order.

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