| Major categories | Sub categories | City | Current function | Orientation in “Regional planning of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration (2008-2020)” | Disparity |
| II |
| Xiangxiang | Manufacturing function | Important industrial base and leisure tourism city | Business and service functions |
| IV | IV1 | Changsha | Comprehensive city focus on commercial, real estate, services, education, health and social management functions | Core city of urban agglomeration, advanced manufacturing center, science and technology culture center, logistics center and technology innovation center. | Industrial transport, manufacturing functions |
| IV2 | Shaoshan | commercial, real estate, services, education and health functions | Famous tourist city, base of red tourism service. | Basically conform | |
| V | V1 | Hengyang | Generally Balanced city | The central city and transportation hub in southern of Hunan, the comprehensive manufacturing base. | Transport function |
| Yueyang | Door of north Hunan, petrochemical industry base, energy base, an important node in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River | Basically conform | |||
| Zhuzhou | Real estate, business, services, industrial transport and financial functions | Sub-center city of urban agglomeration, advanced manufacturing and science, technology, culture center. Logistics center, technology innovation center. | Manufacturing function | ||
| Xiangtan | Real estate business services, and manufacturing functions | Sub-center city of urban agglomeration, advanced manufacturing and science, technology, culture center. Logistics center, technology innovation center. | Social management, traffic and building functions | ||
| Loudi | Business and service functions | An important node that expanded its functions to the central and west of Hunan, anenergy base. | Industrial and transportation functions | ||
| V2 | Changde | Comprehensive city focus on manufacturing function and public management organization function | Central city in Northwest of Hunan, transportation hub, an important base for manufacturing and agricultural products processing. | Transport function | |
| Yiyang | New energy and leisure travel service base | Business and service functions | |||
| VI | VI2 | Liling | Public management organization, financial, industrial and traffic functions | Ceramic City, door of east Hunan, traditional industrial base | Manufacturing, business and service functions |