Chinese Cities of Opportunities 2023

Overview

The development and changes of cities bear many imprints of social and economic development, as well as production and life. The achievements from development and experience accumulated at each historical stage guide us in finding development opportunities in the new development cycles. As we moved into 2023, the challenges and uncertainties of external circumstances still exist, the current focus for Chinese cities is to seek sound development opportunities and explore the potential for economic recovery and growth. in the long run, after accomplishing the initial goal of urbanisation, Chinese cities are now entering a new stage of high-quality development. This gives play to the driving role of leading cities in the urban clusters, hence promoting balance and coordinated development among different areas, encouraging discussions on issues such as green and low carbon development and digital transformation of cities will be the focus of attention in the new development cycle. From 2014 to 2022, PwC China and the China Development Research Foundation jointly published nine issues of the "Chinese Cities of Opportunity" report. This report is a series of studies observing the development process and opportunities of Chinese cities from a global perspective. lt provides comprehensive observations of the development characteristics and realities of Chinese cities from multiple perspectives. While maintaining observations on cities as in previous issues, this year's tenth edition of this report also reviews the observational findings on cities over the past decade.

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Chinese Cities of Opportunities 2023