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title: "Latest Tier Classification of Chinese Cities: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Tier Cities"
description: "This article provides a comprehensive classification of Chinese cities into six tiers based on economic development and administrative importance. It lists first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Tianjin, followed by second-tier developed cities, and continues through to sixth-tier cities, which include all other county-level cities and economically strong counties."
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# Latest Tier Classification of Chinese Cities: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Tier Cities

> This article provides a comprehensive classification of Chinese cities into six tiers based on economic development and administrative importance. It lists first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Tianjin, followed by second-tier developed cities, and continues through to sixth-tier cities, which include all other county-level cities and economically strong counties.

**First-tier cities (5)**
Beijing | National political, cultural, and educational center
Shanghai | National economic center
Guangzhou | Economically developed, China's third largest city
Shenzhen | Economically developed, special economic zone city
Tianjin | Important economic port

**Second-tier developed cities (8)**
Hangzhou | Economically developed, sub-provincial, strong provincial capital
Nanjing | Economically developed, sub-provincial, strong provincial capital
Jinan | Economically developed, sub-provincial, strong provincial capital
Chongqing | Municipality, central city in the west
Qingdao | Economically developed, separately listed city
Dalian | Economically developed, separately listed city
Ningbo | Economically developed, separately listed city
Xiamen | Economically developed, separately listed city

**Second-tier moderately developed cities (15)**
Chengdu | Good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital
Wuhan | Good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital
Harbin | Good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital
Shenyang | Good economic development, regional center, sub-provincial capital
Xi'an | Regional center, sub-provincial capital
Changchun | Regional center, sub-provincial capital
Changsha | Good economic development, prefecture-level provincial capital
Fuzhou | Good economic development, prefecture-level provincial capital
Zhengzhou | Good economic development, prefecture-level provincial capital
Shijiazhuang | Good economic development, prefecture-level provincial capital
Suzhou | Strong economic city, strongest prefecture-level city in China
Foshan | Strong economic city
Dongguan | Strong economic city
Wuxi | Strong economic city
Yantai | Strong economic city
Taiyuan | Strong economic city, prefecture-level provincial capital

**Second-tier weaker developed cities**
Hefei | Prefecture-level provincial capital
Nanchang | Prefecture-level provincial capital
Nanning | Prefecture-level provincial capital
Kunming | Prefecture-level provincial capital
Wenzhou | Important economic city
Zibo | Important industrial city
Tangshan | Hebei's strong economic city

**Third-tier cities:**
Urumqi | Capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region
Guiyang | Capital of Guizhou Province
Haikou | Capital of Hainan Province
Lanzhou | Capital of Gansu Province
Yinchuan | Capital of Ningxia Autonomous Region
Xining | Capital of Qinghai Province
Hohhot | Capital of Inner Mongolia
Quanzhou | Fujian's strongest economic city
Baotou | Inner Mongolia's largest city, second strongest economy
Nantong | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Daqing | Heilongjiang's strong economic city
Xuzhou | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Weifang | Shandong's strong economic city
Changzhou | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Ordos | Inner Mongolia's strongest economic city
Shaoxing | Zhejiang's strong economic city
Jining | Shandong's strong economic city
Yancheng | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Handan | Hebei's third strongest economic city
Linyi | Shandong's strong economic city
Luoyang | Henan's strong economic city, ancient capital
Dongying | Shandong's strong economic city
Yangzhou | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Taizhou (Zhejiang) | Zhejiang's strong economic city
Jiaxing | Zhejiang's strong economic city
Cangzhou | Hebei's strong economic city
Yulin | Shaanxi's second strongest economic city
Taizhou (Jiangsu) | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Zhenjiang | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Kunshan | National top 100 counties, first place
Jiangyin | National top 100 counties, second place
Zhangjiagang | National top 100 counties, third place
Yiwu | Zhejiang's strong economic county-level city
Jinhua | Zhejiang's strong economic city
Baoding | Hebei's strong economic city
Jilin | Jilin's second strongest economic city
Anshan | Liaoning's third strongest economic city
Tai'an | Shandong's strong economic city
Yichang | Hubei's second strongest economic city
Xiangyang | Hubei's third strongest economic city
Zhongshan | Guangdong's strong economic city
Huizhou | Guangdong's strong economic city
Nanyang | Henan's strong economic city
Weihai | Shandong's strong economic city
Dezhou | Shandong's strong economic city
Yueyang | Hunan's second strongest economic city
Liaocheng | Shandong's strong economic city
Changde | Hunan's strong economic city
Zhangzhou | Fujian's fourth strongest economic city
Binzhou | Shandong's strong economic city
Maoming | Guangdong's strong economic city
Huai'an | Jiangsu's strong economic city
Jiangmen | Guangdong's strong economic city
Wuhu | Anhui's second strongest economic city
Zhanjiang | Guangdong's strong economic city
Langfang | Hebei's strong economic city
Heze | Shandong's strong economic city
Liuzhou | Guangxi's second strongest economic city
Baoji | Shaanxi's second largest city, fourth strongest economy
Zhuhai | Special economic zone, Guangdong's tenth strongest economy
Mianyang | Sichuan's second largest city

**Fourth-tier cities:**
Zhuzhou | Hunan's fifth strongest economic city
Zaozhuang | Shandong's fifteenth strongest economic city
Xuchang | Henan's fourth strongest economic city
Tongliao | Inner Mongolia's fourth strongest economic city
Huzhou | Zhejiang's eighth strongest economic city
Xinxiang | Henan's fifth strongest economic city
Xianyang | Shaanxi's third strongest economic city
Songyuan | Jilin's third strongest economic city
Lianyungang | Jiangsu's twelfth strongest economic city
Anyang | Henan's sixth strongest economic city
Zhoukou | Henan's seventh strongest economic city
Jiaozuo | Henan's eighth strongest economic city
Chifeng | Inner Mongolia's fifth strongest economic city
Xingtai | Hebei's seventh strongest economic city
Chenzhou | Hunan's sixth strongest economic city
Suqian | Jiangsu's thirteenth strongest economic city
Ganzhou | Jiangxi's second strongest economic city
Pingdingshan | Henan's ninth strongest economic city
Guilin | Guangxi's third strongest economic city
Zhaoqing | Guangdong's eleventh strongest economic city
Qujing | Yunnan's second strongest economic city
Jiujiang | Jiangxi's third strongest economic city
Shangqiu | Henan's tenth strongest economic city
Shantou | Guangdong's twelfth strongest economic city
Xinyang | Henan's eleventh strongest economic city
Zhumadian | Henan's twelfth strongest economic city
Yingkou | Liaoning's fourth strongest economic city
Jieyang | Guangdong's thirteenth strongest economic city
Longyan | Fujian's fifth strongest economic city
Anqing | Anhui's third strongest economic city
Rizhao | Shandong's fifteenth strongest economic city
Zunyi | Guizhou's second strongest economic city
Sanming | Fujian's sixth strongest economic city
Hulunbuir | Inner Mongolia's sixth strongest economic city
Changzhi | Shanxi's second strongest economic city
Xiangtan | Hunan's seventh strongest economic city
Deyang | Sichuan's third strongest economic city
Nanchong | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Leshan | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Dazhou | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Panjin | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Yan'an | Shaanxi prefecture-level city
Shangrao | Jiangxi prefecture-level city
Jinzhou | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Yichun | Jiangxi prefecture-level city
Yibin | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Zhangjiakou | Hebei prefecture-level city
Ma'anshan | Anhui prefecture-level city
Lüliang | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Fushun | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Linfen | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Weinan | Shaanxi prefecture-level city
Kaifeng | Henan prefecture-level city, ancient capital
Putian | Fujian prefecture-level city
Jingzhou | Hubei prefecture-level city
Huanggang | Hubei prefecture-level city
Siping | Jilin prefecture-level city
Chengde | Hebei prefecture-level city
Qiqihar | Heilongjiang prefecture-level city
Sanmenxia | Henan prefecture-level city
Qinhuangdao | Hebei prefecture-level city
Benxi | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Yulin (Guangxi) | Guangxi prefecture-level city
Xiaogan | Hubei prefecture-level city
Mudanjiang | Heilongjiang prefecture-level city
Jingmen | Hubei prefecture-level city
Ningde | Hunan prefecture-level city (Note: Ningde is actually in Fujian, but the article states Hunan)
Yuncheng | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Suihua | Heilongjiang prefecture-level city
Yongzhou | Hunan prefecture-level city
Huaihua | Hunan prefecture-level city, largest city in western Hunan
Huangshi | Hubei prefecture-level city
Luzhou | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Qingyuan | Guangdong prefecture-level city
Shaoyang | Hunan prefecture-level city
Hengshui | Hebei prefecture-level city
Yiyang | Hunan prefecture-level city
Dandong | Liaoning prefecture-level city, China's largest border port city
Tieling | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Jincheng | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Shuozhou | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Ji'an | Jiangxi prefecture-level city
Loudi | Hunan prefecture-level city
Yuxi | Yunnan prefecture-level city
Liaoyang | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Nanping | Fujian prefecture-level city
Puyang | Henan prefecture-level city
Jinzhong | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Ziyang | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Dujiangyan | Sichuan county-level city
Panzhihua | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Quzhou | Zhejiang prefecture-level city
Neijiang | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Chuzhou | Anhui prefecture-level city
Fuyang | Anhui prefecture-level city
Shiyan | Hubei prefecture-level city
Datong | Shanxi prefecture-level city
Chaoyang | Liaoning prefecture-level city
Lu'an | Anhui prefecture-level city
Suzhou (Anhui) | Anhui prefecture-level city
Tonghua | Jilin prefecture-level city
Bengbu | Anhui prefecture-level city
Shaoguan | Guangdong prefecture-level city
Lishui | Zhejiang prefecture-level city
Zigong | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Yangjiang | Guangdong prefecture-level city
Bijie | Guizhou prefecture-level city

**Fifth-tier cities:**
Lhasa | Capital of Tibet Autonomous Region
Karamay | Xinjiang's second strongest economic city, prefecture-level city
Korla | Xinjiang's second largest city, county-level city, prefecture seat
Changji | Xinjiang county-level city, prefecture seat
Hami | Xinjiang county-level city, prefecture administrative office location
Yining | County-level city, prefecture seat
Kashgar | Xinjiang county-level city, prefecture administrative office location
Aksu | Xinjiang county-level city, prefecture administrative office location
Shihezi | Xinjiang Corps' largest city
Jinjiang | Fujian's economically developed county-level city
Zengcheng | Guangdong's economically developed county-level city
Zhuji | Zhejiang's economically developed county-level city
Danyang | Jiangsu's economically developed county-level city
Yuhuan | Zhejiang's economically developed county
Changshu | Jiangsu's economically developed county-level city
Chongming | Shanghai's economically developed county
Yuyao | Zhejiang's economically developed county-level city
Fenghua | Zhejiang's economically developed county-level city
Haining | Zhejiang's economically developed county-level city
Liuyang | Hunan county-level city
Dali | Yunnan county-level city, prefecture seat
Lijiang | Yunnan prefecture-level city
Pu'er | Yunnan prefecture-level city
Baoshan | Yunnan prefecture-level city
Zhaotong | Yunnan prefecture-level city
Xichang | Sichuan county-level city, prefecture seat
Ya'an | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Guang'an | Sichuan county-level city
Guangyuan | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Bazhong | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Suining | Sichuan prefecture-level city
Tianshui | Gansu's second largest city
Jiuquan | Gansu prefecture-level city
Jiayuguan | Gansu prefecture-level city
Wuwei | Gansu prefecture-level city
Zhangye | Gansu prefecture-level city
Shizuishan | Ningxia prefecture-level city
Wuzhong | Ningxia prefecture-level city
Beihai | Guangxi prefecture-level city
Baise | Guangxi prefecture-level city
Humen Town | China's largest town, a town under Dongguan, Guangdong
Chang'an Town | A town under Dongguan, Guangdong, a major population and economic town
Aojiao-Longgang Town | A town in Zhejiang, the southernmost central city of Zhejiang
And other prefecture-level cities and economically strong counties in other provinces

**Sixth-tier cities:**
All other county-level cities, economically strong counties, and large counties not listed above.

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