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The top 100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade

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The China Customs magazine, sponsored by the General Administration of Customs of China, announced the list of the top 100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade. The ranking is mainly based on customs statistics and comprehensive national economic data. The index system is based on is mainly composed of 25 major indicators including 5 major items such as urban foreign trade level competitiveness, structural competitiveness, efficiency competitiveness, development competitiveness, and potential competitiveness. Read this article to learn about the top 100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade.

A general introduction of the top 100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade

Judging from the list, cities in the eastern coastal region have taken the top 10, and the number of cities in the central and western regions entering the top 20 has increased. The domestic foreign trade regional layout is more balanced.

The top 10 cities all come from developed areas along the eastern coast. Among the top 20, the eastern region occupies 15 seats. Although cities in the Midwest did not enter the top 10, they accounted for half of the 10-20th. The growth of foreign trade in the central and western regions shows a rapid momentum, and the growth rate is significantly faster than that in the eastern regions.

Zhao Ping, director of the International Trade Research Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that the rapid growth of foreign trade in the central and western regions was mainly driven by the opening-up policy. Under the guidance of the “Belt and Road” and the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the central and western regions have accelerated integration into the global market, thus promoting the steady development of foreign trade in these areas.

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Here are the top 100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade and introduction to the top 10 cities.

The top 1-50 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade

Ranking Cities Scores Ranking Cities Scores
1 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 82.6 2 Shanghai 80.7
3 Dongguan, Guangdong Province 80.4 4 Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 79.9
5 Zhuhai, Guangdong Province 78.1 6 Xiamen, Fujian Province 77.8
7 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 77.1 8 Ningbo, Zhejiang Province 76.3
9 Tianjin 75.7 10 Beijing 75.7
11 Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 75.1 12 Dalian, Liaoning Province 74.6
13 Chongqing 74.4 14 Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 74.4
15 Qingdao, Shandong Province 74.2 16 Zhengzhou, Henan Province 74.1
17 Wuhan, Hubei Province 74.1 18 Chengdu, Sichuan Province 74
19 Foshan, Guangdong Province 73.8 20 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 73.7
21 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 73.7 22 Jinhua, Zhejiang Province 73.5
23 Changzhou, Jiangsu Province 73.5 24 Yantai, Shandong Province 73.4
25 Hefei, Anhui Province 73.3 26 Huizhou, Guangdong Province 72.9
27 Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province 72.7 28 Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province 72.7
29 Zhongshan, Guangdong Province 72.5 30 Changchun, Jilin Province 72.5
31 Shandong Dongying 72.2 32 Ma’anshan, Anhui Province 72.1
33 Changsha, Hunan Province 72 34 Nantong, Jiangsu Province 72
35 Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 72 36 Fuzhou, Fujian Province 71.9
37 Tongling, Anhui Province 71.9 38 Jinzhou, Liaoning Province 71.8
39 Zibo, Shandong Province 71.8 40 Yueyang, Hunan Province 71.6
41 Jiangmen, Guangdong Province 71.6 42 Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 71.5
43 Weihai, Shandong Province 71.5 44 Wuhu, Anhui Province 71.4
45 Fangchenggang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 71.4 46 Jinan, Shandong Province 71.4
47 Shenyang, Liaoning Province 71.3 48 Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 71.3
49 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 71.3 50 Panjin, Liaoning Province 71.2

The top 51-100 China cities in 2019 in terms of foreign trade

Ranking Cities Scores Ranking Cities Scores
49 Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province 71.3 50 Panjin, Liaoning Province 71.2
51 Tangshan, Hebei Province 71.2 52 Benxi, Liaoning Province 71.1
53 Rizhao, Shandong Province 71.1 54 Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 71.1
55 Xinyu, Jiangxi Province 71.1 56 Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 71.1
57 Binzhou, Shandong Province 71.1 58 Taiyuan, Shanxi Province 71
59 Quanzhou, Fujian Province 71 60 Mianyang, Sichuan Province 71
61 Shandong Weifang 71 62 Longyan, Fujian Province 71
63 Anshan, Liaoning Province 70.9 64 Yingkou, Liaoning Province 70.9
65 Langfang, Hebei Province 70.9 66 Huangshi, Hubei Province 70.9
67 Taizhou, Zhejiang Province 70.8 68 Yingtan, Jiangxi Province 70.8
69 Hengyang, Hunan Province 70.8 70 Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province 70.7
71 Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province 70.7 72 Jinchang, Gansu Province 70.7
73 Taizhou, Jiangsu Province 70.7 74 Yancheng, Jiangsu Province 70.7
75 Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province 70.7 76 Jiayuguan, Gansu Province 70.7
77 Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province 70.6 78 Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 70.6
79 Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 70.6 80 Zhuzhou, Hunan Province 70.6
81 Cangzhou, Hebei Province 70.5 82 Shandong Liaocheng 70.4
83 Xingtai, Hebei Province 70.4 84 Bengbu, Anao Province 70.4
85 Huzhou, Zhejiang Province 70.3 86 Wenzhou, Xijiang Province 70.3
87 Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province 70.3 88 Xiangtan, Hunan Province 70.2
89 Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 70.2 90 Chenzhou, Hunan Province 70.2
91 Kunming, Yunnan Province 70.1 92 Haikou, Hainan Province 70.1
93 Guiyang, Guizhou Province 70.1 94 Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province 70.1
95 Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 70.1 96 Ji’an, Jiangxi Province 70
97 Anqing, Anhui Province 70 98 Jilin, Jilin Province 70
99 Yiyang, Hunan Province 70 100 Chizhou, Anhui Province 70

No. 1 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

Shenzhen is located in the South China region. It is a pioneering demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics that China is building with all its strength. Its economic aggregate ranks fourth in mainland China for a long time. In 2019, the gross domestic product of Shenzhen was 26927.09 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% over the previous year.

No. 2 Shanghai

Located in eastern China, Shanghai is a national logistics hub. In the 2018 World City System Ranking published by GaWC, Shanghai was rated as a “First-tier City in the World”. In 2019, Shanghai’s gross domestic product (GDP) was 3,815,532 million yuan, which was calculated at a comparable price, an increase of 6% over the previous year. The total retail sales of consumer goods for the whole year was 1,349,721 million yuan.

No. 3 Dongguan, Guangdong Province

Dongguan is one of the central cities of the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is also an important transportation hub and foreign trade port of Guangdong. Dongguan is listed as the first batch of national new urbanization comprehensive pilot areas and Guangdong’s historical and cultural city. Dongguan has about 1.2 million people from Hong Kong and Macao and about 300,000 overseas Chinese. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.

No. 4 Suzhou, Jiangsu Province

Suzhou is an important part of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration in East China. It has four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. The people in the area grow rice, wheat and rapeseed, and produce cotton, silkworm and mulberry. The specialty products include Biluochun tea leaves, Yangtze saury, Taihu silverfish, and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs. As of 2019, Suzhou has achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 1,923.58 billion yuan. In 2019, the primary, secondary and tertiary industries realized the added value of 19.67 billion yuan, 913.118 billion yuan, and 990.892 billion yuan respectively.

No. 5 Zhuhai, Guangdong Province

Zhuhai is one of the central cities of the Pearl River Delta and one of the earliest four special economic zones established in China. In 2019, the city’s GDP reached 343.589 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 5.736 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9%, and the contribution rate to the growth of regional GDP was 0.48%; the added value of the secondary industry was 152.873 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%, and the contribution rate to the growth of the regional GDP was 33.06%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 184.979 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2%, and the contribution rate to the growth of regional GDP was 66.46%.

No. 6 Xiamen, Fujian Province

Located in East China, Xiamen is a national comprehensive supporting reform pilot area and a national logistics hub. In 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Xiamen was 599.504 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 7.9% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2.649 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7%; the added value of the secondary industry was 249.399 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 347.456 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%.

No. 7 Guangzhou, Guangdong Province

Guangzhou is located in southern China and is rated as a first-tier city in the world by the global authority GaWC. The annual China Import and Export Fair attracts a large number of merchants, as well as a large number of foreign-funded enterprises and the world ’s top 500 companies. In 2019, Guangzhou achieved a GDP of 23628.60 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year (the same below). Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 25.137 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9% and the added value of the secondary industry was 645.40 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5%.

No. 8 Ningbo, Zhejiang Province

Ningbo is located in the east of China. It is the estuary at the southern end of the Grand Canal of China and the origin port of the “Maritime Silk Road” in the east. The annual cargo throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port ranks first in the world, and the container volume ranks in the top three in the world. It is a multi-functional, comprehensive modern deep-water port integrating inland ports, estuary ports and seaports.

In 2019, Ningbo achieved a GDP of 119.501 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%, and the growth rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than that of the whole country. In terms of industries, the added value of the first industry was 32.23 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3%; the added value of the second industry was 578.29 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 587.99 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6%.

No. 9 Tianjin

Tianjin is the largest port city in northern China. It is also the main node of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and a strategic fulcrum on the Maritime Silk Road. In 2019, Tianjin’s GDP is 1,410.428 billion yuan. Calculated at comparable prices, it increased by 4.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate accelerated by 1.2 percentage points from the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 18.523 billion yuan, an increase of 0.2%; the added value of the secondary industry was 496.918 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 894.987 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%.

No. 10 Beijing

Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China, China’s political, cultural,  international exchange, scientific, and technological innovation center. Beijing was rated as the world’s first-tier city by GaWC, the world authority. The UN report pointed out that the Beijing Human Development Index ranks second in Chinese cities. In 2019, Beijing achieved a gross domestic product of 3537.13 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the first industry was 11.37 billion yuan, down 2.5%; the added value of the second industry was 571.51 billion yuan, up 4.5%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 2954.25 billion yuan, up 6.4%. The total retail sales of social consumer goods were 1,227.01 billion yuan.

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