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Cixi becomes the eighth most competitive county-level city

China Institute of City Competitiveness (CICC) published the ranking list of the most competitive county-level cities (2012) lately. Cixi was rated the eighth with a final score of 90.34.

The first city on the list is Kunshan City of Jiangsu Province, followed by Jingyin City, Zhangjiagang City, Changshu City, Wujiang City, Jinjiang City and Yixing City, all of which except Jinjiang City (Fujian Province) are cities of Jiangsu Province. Zhuji of Zhejiang Province ranked the tenth, while Shaoxing the 12th, Yiwu 14th and Yuyao 18th.

It is learned that the evaluation index system includes economic, social, environmental and cultural systems, with economic competitiveness, industrial competitiveness and financial competitiveness and other seven first level indicators, 50 second indicators as well as 217 third level indicators.

CICC is the first institute made up of over one hundred experts, scholars and researchers from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao as well as from abroad who share the common ambition of studying the development of Chinese cities and improving their competitiveness. The institute is an international academic community which specialized in studying the development of Chinese cities and improving their competitiveness as well as providing counseling and evaluation services. The ranking list of the most competitive county-level cities (2012) is a newly-added list of this year. 

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