Let's start with the world's five largest urban belts, each of which is home to more than half of the region's population
The world's five largest urban belts
Urban belt along the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States
It is the core of the U.S. economy, the largest production base, commercial and trade center in the United States, and the world's largest international financial center, including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other cities. New York is one of the world's top three international financial centers and a well-known metropolitan area.
New York
The Great Lakes Urban Belt of North America
It is distributed along the Great Lakes coast of North America, the United States and Canada, including Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and other cities, and together with the Atlantic coastal urban agglomeration in the northeast of the United States, it forms the North American manufacturing belt. Chicago is one of the world's leading financial centers.
Chicago
Japan's Pacific Coast urban belt
Japan's most economically developed zone is the center of its politics, economy, culture, and transportation. At the core is Japan's three major metropolitan areas, namely the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Nagoya metropolitan area, and the Osaka metropolitan area, collectively referred to as Higashi-Meihan. Specifically, it includes Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Kobe and other cities, and Tokyo is a famous metropolitan area.
Tokyo
British City Belt
With London-Liverpool as the axis, it includes London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield and other cities. It is the main production base of the United Kingdom after the Industrial Revolution, London is the largest financial center in Europe, and one of the three major international financial centers in the world.
London
The urban belt of northwestern Europe
It is composed of the Paris urban agglomeration in France, the urban agglomeration in Belgium and the Netherlands, and the Rhine-Ruhr urban agglomeration in Germany, including Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Essen, Cologne, Dortmund, Bonn, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and other cities. Paris is the economic center of France and the largest industrial and commercial city, as well as one of the important financial and transportation centers in Western Europe.
Paris
Let's take a look at China's future world-class urban belt
A northern urban belt centered on Beijing
With Beijing as the center, it radiates Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Lhasa, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Qingdao, Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Dalian and other cities, and coordinates the development of the northern and western regions.
Beijing
It is a southeast coastal urban belt centered on Shanghai
With Shanghai as the center, it radiates Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Shaoxing and other cities, and coordinates the development of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Shanghai
The southern coastal urban belt centered on Guangzhou
With Guangzhou as the center, it radiates Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macao, Taipei, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Foshan, Huizhou, Fuzhou, Kaohsiung, Haikou, Nanning and other cities, and coordinates the development of the southern coastal region.
Guangzhou
It is an urban belt in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Wuhan
With Wuhan as the center, it radiates Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Nanchang, Kunming, Guiyang and other cities, and coordinates the development of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest region.
Wuhan
2024 China's eight levels of major cities:
2 super first-tier cities: Beijing and Shanghai
Beijing and Shanghai
4 first-tier cities: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Taipei
Taipei
There are 16 new first-tier cities: Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Macao, Tianjin, Suzhou, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Dongguan, Shenyang, Qingdao, Hefei and Foshan.
Chengdu
There are 8 quasi-first-tier cities: Kaohsiung, Jinan, Hefei, Zhuhai, Dalian, Xiamen, Huizhou and Fuzhou.
Kaohsiung
36 second-tier cities:
Harbin, Jinan, Wuxi, Wenzhou, Nanning, Changchun, Quanzhou, Shijiazhuang, Guiyang, Changzhou, Nantong, Jiaxing, Taiyuan, Xuzhou, Nanchang, Jinhua, Zhongshan, Taizhou, Yantai, Lanzhou, Shaoxing, Haikou, Yangzhou, Ningde, Yichang, Kunming, Guilin, Urumqi, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Zhangzhou, Yancheng, Liuzhou, Xiangyang, Yulin, Luoyang.
Harbin
70 third-tier cities:
Baoding, Shantou, Huzhou, Yancheng, Weifang, Zhenjiang, Luoyang, Taizhou, Urumqi, Linyi, Tangshan, Zhangzhou, Ganzhou, Langfang, Hohhot, Wuhu, Guilin, Yinchuan, Jieyang, Sanya, Zunyi, Jiangmen, Jining, Putian, Zhanjiang, Mianyang, Huai'an, Lianyungang, Zibo, Yichang, Handan, Shangrao, Liuzhou, Zhoushan, Xianyang, Jiujiang, Hengyang, Weihai, Ningde, Fuyang, Zhuzhou, Lishui, Nanyang, Xiangyang, Daqing, Cangzhou, Xinyang, Yueyang, Shangqiu, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Chuzhou, Longyan, Jingzhou, Bengbu, Xinxiang, Anshan, Xiangtan, Ma'anshan, Sanming, Chaozhou, Meizhou, Qinhuangdao, Nanping, Jilin, Anqing, Tai'an, Suqian, Baotou, Chenzhou.
Xiong'an New Area
90 fourth-tier cities:
Dali, Shaoguan, Changde, Lu'an, Shanwei, Xining, Maoming, Zhumadian, Xingtai, Nanchong, Yichun, Lijiang, Yanbian, Quzhou, Qiandongnan, Jingdezhen, Kaifeng, Honghe, Beihai, Huanggang, Dongying, Huaihua, Yangjiang, Heze, Qiannan, Suzhou, Rizhao, Huangshi, Zhoukou, Jinzhong, Xuchang, Lhasa, Jinzhou, Jiamusi, Huainan, Fuzhou, Yingkou, Qujing, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Heyuan, Deyang, Shaoyang, Xiaogan, Jiaozuo, Yiyang, Zhangjiakou, Yuncheng, Datong, Dezhou, Yulin, Yulin, Pingdingshan, Panjin, Weinan, Anyang, Tongren, Xuancheng, Yongzhou, Huangshan, Xishuangbanna, Shiyan, Yibin, Dandong, Leshan, Ji'an, Baoji, Ordos, Tongling, Loudi, Panshui, Chengde, Baoshan, Bijie, Luzhou, Enshi, Anshun, Zaozhuang, Liaocheng, Baise, Linfen, Wuzhou, Bozhou, Dehong, Yingtan, Binzhou, Suihua, Meishan, Chifeng, Xianning.
Dali
128 fifth-tier cities:
Sansha, Fangchenggang, Yuxi, Hulunbuir, Pu'er, Huludao, Chuxiong, Hengshui, Fushun, Qinzhou, Siping, Hanzhong, Qianxinan, Neijiang, Xiangxi, Luohe, Xinyu, Yan'an, Changzhi, Wenshan, Yunfu, Guigang, Zhaotong, Hechi, Dazhou, Huaibei, Puyang, Tonghua, Songyuan, Tongliao, Guangyuan, Ezhou, Liangshan, Zhangjiajie, Jingmen, Laibin, Xinzhou, Karamay, Songning, Chaoyang, Chongzuo, Liaoyang, Guang'an, Pingxiang, Fuxin, Luliang, Chizhou, Hezhou, Benxi, Tieling Zigong, Xilin Gol, Baicheng, Zishan, Ya'an, Jiuquan, Tianshui, Jincheng, Bayannur, Suizhou, Xing'an, Lincang, Jixi, Diqing, Panzhihua, Hebi, Heihe, Shuangyashan, Sanmenxia, Ankang, Ulanqab, Qingyang, Yili, Danzhou, Hami, Haixi, Ganzi, Yichun, Longnan, Wuhai, Nyingchi, Nujiang, Shuozhou, Yangquan, Jiayu, Guanhegang, Zhangye, Liaoyuan, Wuzhong, Changji, Daxinganling, Bayingolin, Aba, Shigatse, Alxa, Bazhong, Pingliang, Aksu, Dingxi, Shangluo, Jinchang, Qitaihe, Shizuishan, Baiyin, Tongchuan Wuwei, Turpan, Guyuan, Shannan, Linxia, Haidong, Kashgargannan, Qamdo, Zhongwei, Ziyang, Altay, Tacheng, Bortala, Hainan, Kizi, Ali, Hotan, Yushu, Nagqu, Huangnan, Haibei, Guoluo.
Sansha