Scale

2005

2010

2015

2018

Megacities

(Population > 10 million)

4

6

10

10

Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Tianjin

Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shijiazhuang

Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Suzhou, Wuhan

Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Tianjin,

Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Suzhou, Zhengzhou

33

35

33

33

Megalopolises

(5 million < Population < 10 million)

Harbin, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan, Weifang, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Jining, Xi’an, Quanzhou, Wenzhou, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Changchun, Tangshan, Shenyang, Cangzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Dongguan, Zhengzhou, Yantai, Luoyang, Changsha, Kunming, Jinan, Nanjing, Foshan, Dalian, Taizhou, Ningbo, Dezhou, Tai’an

Suzhou, Harbin, Wuhan, Weifang, Shenzhen, Xuzhou, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Jining, Shenyang, Nanjing, Quanzhou, Wenzhou, Changchun, Tangshan, Ningbo, Yancheng, Nantong, Cangzhou, Yantai, Fuzhou, Changsha, Jinan, Dalian, Luoyang, Dongguan, Kunming, Wuxi, Foshan, Taizhou, Tai’an, Jinhua, Nanchang

Harbin, Zhengzhou, Weifang, Wenzhou, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Xuzhou, Quanzhou, Dongguan, Shenyang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Tangshan, Hefei, Changchun, Fuzhou, Foshan, Changsha, Nantong, Yancheng, Jinan, Yantai, Dalian, Luoyang, Kunming, Wuxi, Taizhou, Yueyang, Xiangyang, Tai’an, Jinhua, Nanchang

Xi’an, Hangzhou, Harbin, Weifang, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Xuzhou, Quanzhou, Nanjing, Dongguan, Shenyang, Ningbo, Changsha, Hefei, Tangshan, Foshan, Fuzhou, Changchun, Jinan, Nantong, Yancheng, Yantai, Dalian, Luoyang, Kunming, Wuxi, Taizhou, Xiangyang, Tai’an, Jinhua, Nanchang, Zhangzhou, Shaoxing