7 Chinese cities make Global Cities Index
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Seven Chinese cities have been included in the 2010 Global Cities Index compiled by the American journal Foreign Policy.
The global Cities Index is a cooperative project of Foreign Policy, management consulting firm A.T.Kearney, and Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
To create this year's rankings, the magazine analyzed 65 major cities using several criteria, including per capita GDP, influence, culture, innovation and overall strength. In the 2010 Global Cities Index, New York ranked 1st; Hong Kong 5th; Beijing 15th and Taipei 39th. Shanghai ranked 20th; Guangzhou 57th; Shenzhen 62nd and Chongqing 65th.
Following is a full list of this year's Global Cities Index:
|
Rank |
City |
Rank by Population |
Rank by GDP |
|
1 |
New York |
6 |
2 |
|
2 |
London |
28 |
5 |
|
3 |
Tokyo |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Paris |
20 |
6 |
|
5 |
Hong Kong |
31 |
14 |
|
6 |
Chicago |
25 |
4 |
|
7 |
Los Angeles |
12 |
3 |
|
8 |
Singapore |
38 |
23 |
|
9 |
Sydney |
43 |
24 |
|
10 |
Seoul |
22 |
19 |
|
11 |
Brussels |
54 |
48 |
|
12 |
San Francisco |
46 |
16 |
|
13 |
Washington |
42 |
10 |
|
14 |
Toronto |
36 |
20 |
|
15 |
Beijing |
13 |
33 |
|
16 |
Berlin |
48 |
46 |
|
17 |
Madrid |
34 |
22 |
|
18 |
Vienna |
55 |
40 |
|
19 |
Boston |
41 |
11 |
|
20 |
Frankfurt |
64 |
20 |
|
20 |
Shanghai |
7 |
21 |
|
22 |
Buenos Aires |
11 |
12 |
|
23 |
Stockholm |
59 |
52 |
|
24 |
Zurich |
61 |
58 |
|
25 |
Moscow |
19 |
13 |
|
26 |
Barcleona |
37 |
31 |
|
27 |
Dubai |
56 |
49 |
|
28 |
Rome |
49 |
37 |
|
29 |
Amsterdam |
63 |
60 |
|
30 |
Mexico City |
5 |
8 |
|
31 |
Montreal |
44 |
35 |
|
32 |
Geneva |
65 |
61 |
|
33 |
Miami |
58 |
54 |
|
33 |
Munich |
35 |
18 |
|
35 |
Sao Paulo |
3 |
9 |
|
36 |
Bangkok |
32 |
42 |
|
37 |
Copenhagen |
60 |
59 |
|
38 |
Houston |
40 |
17 |
|
39 |
Taipei |
53 |
26 |
|
40 |
Atlanta |
39 |
15 |
|
41 |
Istanbul |
21 |
30 |
|
42 |
Milan |
52 |
39 |
|
43 |
Cairo |
17 |
36 |
|
44 |
Dublin |
62 |
55 |
|
45 |
New Delhi |
2 |
32 |
|
46 |
Mumbai |
4 |
25 |
|
47 |
Osaka |
16 |
7 |
|
48 |
Kuala Lumpur |
57 |
65 |
|
49 |
Rio de Janeiro |
14 |
27 |
|
50 |
Tel Aviv |
50 |
40 |
|
51 |
Manila |
15 |
34 |
|
52 |
Johannesburg |
45 |
43 |
|
53 |
Jakarta |
24 |
47 |
|
54 |
Bogota |
29 |
45 |
|
55 |
Caracas |
51 |
62 |
|
56 |
Nairobi |
47 |
64 |
|
57 |
Guangzhou |
27 |
38 |
|
58 |
Bangalore |
30 |
53 |
|
59 |
Lagos |
18 |
63 |
|
60 |
Karachi |
10 |
50 |
|
61 |
Ho Chi Minh City |
33 |
56 |
|
62 |
Shenzhen |
26 |
28 |
|
63 |
Kolkata |
8 |
44 |
|
64 |
Dhaka |
9 |
50 |
|
65 |
Chongqing |
23 |
57 |
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