The 18th report on most competitive cities in China was jointly released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Economic Daily on Oct 22 to conduct a multi-dimensional comparative study of 291 cities.

This year's report, a multi-dimensional comparative study of 291 cities, has created five new competitiveness indexes under the comprehensive economic competitiveness index and sustainable competitiveness index to rank the 291 cities.

Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai took the top 3 spots on the list of comprehensive economic competitiveness ranking.

Here are the top 10 cites with strong economic competitiveness.