Hong Kong remains as the most competitive city in China last year, according to the latest China City Overall Competitiveness Ranking released by the HK-based China Institute of City Competitiveness (CICC) earlier this month.
Shanghai and Beijing still holds the second and third spots respectively among more than 600 cities throughout the country.
The rankings are based on the GN China City Overall Competitiveness Index System, which includes 217 specific index covering economy, society, environment and culture.
The China Institute of City Competitiveness was founded in 1998 in Hong Kong, and began to release China City Competitiveness Rankings annually in 2002.
Chongqing
Score: 5144.82
2011 population: 29.19 million
2011 GDP: 1001.1 bln yuan (US$156.67 bln)
2011 GDP growth rate: 16.4%
Rank in 2010: 12
Score in 2010: 5035
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