Today (April 23) afternoon, China's Cities for a Better Life (2020-2021) launched a series of events, the first China Cities for a Better Life Forum, in Chengdu. Tonight, the "China City with a Better Life (2020-2021) - Release Night" party will also release 5 rounds of city lists, including "Top Ten Cities with a Good Life - The City of Great Beauty", "The City of Beauty", "The City of Yearning", "The City of Love" and "The City of Comfort".
How is the list decided? What are the highlights of Chengdu this time? At the forum site, Wei Xiang, professor of the Institute of Financial and Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was interviewed by a Red Star News reporter.
Wei Xiang introduced that when surveying and evaluating cities, they are divided into three categories of indicators, including economic development level, social services and government governance indicators, and there are several subdivision indicators below. The indicators are synthesized and then draw conclusions through certain technical methods.
Professor Wei Xiang, Institute of Financial and Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
"I think that to measure whether a city is good or bad, in addition to its existing stock, what is more important is the change in its indicators, that is, the increment." He paid attention to the fact that after the special year of 2020, Chengdu has three types of indicators that have risen rapidly, and "the people's views on the image of the city" is one of them.
Just this morning, after wei xiang inspected Chengdu, he found that "the construction of Chengdu's 'park city' is not a waste of time, compared with other cities, Chengdu's park city construction has made rapid progress." He said.
"Satisfaction with medical support" is another indicator he mentioned. He said that the satisfaction of Chengdu residents with urban medical support is intuitively reflected in the column of "urban epidemic prevention and control effect", "many Chengdu residents have given satisfactory evaluations to this." ”
In addition, some subdivision indicators such as parks, green spaces, people's income expectations, etc., Chengdu's growth rate is also very fast.
Why evaluate the happiness of a city based on people's feelings? Wei Xiang believes that Chengdu has already given the answer.
"In the past, it was a 'material-first' urban competition pattern, and attracting investment played a vital role, but now it is 'people-oriented', and the future urban competition is the competition for talents." One detail is that at present, Chengdu "has attracted more than 300 fortune-500 companies", in Wei Xiang's view, in addition to its own urban strength, it also shows the efforts made by Chengdu in attracting talents, "the influence of the city and people is mutual achievement, the city attracts people, and people will also bring changes to urban development."
Red Star News reporter Peng Xiangping Zou Yue Intern Li Jianning Photojournalist Lu Guoying
Edited by Chai Chang
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