With the continuous advancement of urbanization, there are more and more large cities in China. According to data from the seventh national census, the urban population of 91 cities will exceed 5 million in 2020.
Among them, the population of china 70 cities has continued to grow in the past ten years, and 15 have increased by more than 2 million, including 9 provincial capitals, 2 municipalities directly under the Central Government, 1 city under separate state planning, and 3 cities with developed manufacturing industries.
In terms of geographical distribution, Shandong, the third largest economic province, has a maximum of 10, and the population distribution in each region is relatively balanced. There are 9 in Henan and Guangdong each, and 7 in Jiangsu, Hebei, and Zhejiang.
At the same time, the permanent population of 18 cities exceeds 10 million, namely Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Xi’an, Suzhou, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Linyi, Shijiazhuang, Dongguan, Qingdao, Changsha, Harbin.
Compared with 2010, 8 cities including Wuhan, Shijiazhuang, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Dongguan, and Changsha have newly joined the “ten million club”, 6 of which are provincial capital cities, and Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, and Changsha have increased in 10 years. The population is over 3 million.
It is worth noting that the phenomenon of population concentration in developed cities and provincial capitals is very obvious. For example, in Hunan, the population growth of other cities except Changsha has been slow. Shaoyang, Hengyang, Yiyang, Changde, and Yueyang have also decreased significantly. Among them, Shaoyang and Hengyang have been About 500,000 people are missing.