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National Central City 
Simplified Chinese 国家中心城市 Traditional Chinese 國家中心城市 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Zhōngxīn Chéngshì National central city (simplified Chinese: 国家中心城市; traditional Chinese: 國家中心城市; pinyin: Guójiā Zhōngxīn Chéngshì) was a concept proposed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China in 2005 as a first step in reforming urbanization in China. National central cities are described as a group of cities in charge of leading, developing, performing tasks in political, economic, and cultural aspects. [1]
In February 2010, the ministry issued the "National Urban System Plan" and designated five major cities, Beijing and Tianjin in the Bohai Economic Rim, Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta, Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta, and Chongqing in western China. [2] National central cities sphere of influence have great impact around the surrounding cities on modernizing and integrating services in fields such as infrastructure, finance, public education, social welfare, sanitation, business licensing and urban planning. The ministry also makes mention of regional central cities including Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shenyang, Chengdu, and Xi'an.
Contents
List of the national central cities
Division Hanzi (S) & Pinyin Total GDP
(2010)Per capita
(2010)Urban Population
(2010)Municipal Population
(2010)Area
(km²)Density
(km²)Economic Zone Region Subdivisions Beijing 北京; Běijīng CN¥ 13,777 million US$ 13,406 11,716,000 19,612,368 16,801.25 1,309.4 Bohai Economic Rim North List Chongqing 重庆; Chóngqìng CN¥ 7,895 million US$ 11,220 4,513,100 28,846,170 82,300.00 382.0 West Triangle Economic Zone Southwest List Guangzhou 广州; Guǎngzhōu CN¥ 10,603 million US$ 18,803 7,727,163 12,700,800 7,434.40 1,055.0 Pearl River Delta Economic Zone South Central List Shanghai 上海; Shànghǎi CN¥ 16,972 million US$ 16,683 12,030,644 23,019,148 7,037.00 3,298.3 Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone East List Tianjin 天津; Tiānjīn CN¥ 9,168 million US$ 12,244 6,825,105 12,938,224 11,760.00 1,044.4 Bohai Economic Rim North List Gallery
See also
List of cities in the People's Republic of China by urban population- List of TOP Chinese cities by GDP
- List of province-level capitals and sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China
References
Metropolitan cities of the People's Republic of China Municipalities and National central cities Regional central cities Special administrative regions Sub-provincial cities (not included above) Separate state-planning cities (not included above) Provincial capitals (not included above) Autonomous regional capitals Comparatively large cities (not included above) Special economic zone cities (not included above) Coastal development cities (not included above) XPCC / Bingtuan cities State-level new areas Pudong New Area (Shanghai) · Binhai New Area (Tianjin) · Liangjiang New Area (Chongqing) · Zhoushan Archipelago New Area (Zhoushan)Categories:- Metropolitan areas of China
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