CONTENTS
Ⅰ PartⅠ General Report
1 Chapter 1 Annual Ranking of General China Urban Competitiveness
in 2010 ................................................./001
2 Chapter 2 Reviews of General China Urban Competitiveness in 2010 ../025
Ⅱ PartⅡ Framework of Research
3 Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework of Urban Competitiveness ........../082
4 Chapter 4 Is Our Urban Life Happy? ................................/103
Ⅲ PartⅢ Regional Report
5 Chapter 5 Urban Competitiveness Report on Southeast China ........./119
6 Chapter 6 Urban Competitiveness Report on Bohai Rim of China ....../143
7 Chapter 7 Urban Competitiveness Report on Northeast China ........./152
8 Chapter 8 Urban Competitiveness Report on Middle China ............/166
9 Chapter 9 Urban Competitiveness Report on Southwest China ........./189
10 Chapter 10 Urban Competitiveness Report on Northwest China ......./202
11 Chapter 11 Urban Competitiveness Report on Hong kong China ......./215
Ⅳ PartⅣ Theme Report
12 Chapter 12 Urban: Impel the World Curve and Flat ................./232
13 Chapter 13 Position of Chinese Urban in World: Analysis
on 500 Urbans in Global .............................../241
14 Chapter 14 Connection Degree of Urban in China: Measure
on Urban Network in Global ............................/251
15 Chapter 15 Transportation Costs and City Revenue:Study
on Urban Agglomeration ................................/260
16 Chapter 16 Analysis on Spatial Economic Relationship and
Structure form of Yangtze River Economic Zone ........./267
17 Chapter 17 Industrial Upgrade of Urban in China and Division
of the Value Chain in Global ........................../281
18 Chapter 18 Spatial Distribution of Urban Capital in China:
Empirical Study on Listed Companies .................../292
19 Chapter 19 Historical Culture and Commercial Culture of
Urban in China ......................................../308
20 Chapter 20 “Urban Morbidity” of Accelerating Urbanization
Process in China ....................................../318
Ⅴ PartⅤ Main Cities Report
21 Chapter 21 Comparisons of Urban Competitiveness
in China’s 56 Main cities ............................/336
22 Appendix ........................................................../365
23 References ......................................................../378
24 Postscript ......................................................../383
This book collects the latest research results on urban competitiveness and urban orientation achieved by specialists of urban economic issues. On the basis of thorough theoretical and quantitative studies, it creatively introduced urban resident welfare survey to the analysis of urban competitiveness. Through quantitative studies, it warns against the “urban malaise” that has been arising in certain cities.