香港北京上海成为a 级国际城市-凯发k8官网

hong kong, beijing and shanghai have been included in the so-called alpha category of international cities based on analysis by a think tank called globalization and world cities (gawc), reports qianzhan.com.

 

前瞻网报道，全球化与世界级城市研究小组的分析显示，香港、北京和上海成为所谓的a 国际城市。

 

london and new york top the list as alpha .

 

hong kong, beijing and shanghai are in the alpha category.

 

taipei and guangzhou are on the alpha- list, while shenzhen is listed as a beta city.

 

basically speaking, ranking of top four chinese mainland cities by gawc was in line with traditionally-acknowledged ranking.

 

gawc, based out of loughborough university in the uk, has ranked 361 major cities worldwide into four categories: alpha, beta, gamma and sufficiency.

 

the cities are rated in terms of international influence, population, international airports, transportation systems, foreign investment, the number of expats, large companies or headquarters of institutions, globally-influential media and large ports.

 

the gawc gives a " " or "-" to characterize the strength of each city in its category.