GaWC(全球化与世界级城市研究小组与网络)的《世界城市名册》以城市发展水平、综合经济实力、辐射带动能力、对人才吸引力、信息交流能力、国际竞争力、科技创新能力、交通通达能力等各个层面对城市的综合实力进行评定。把全世界的城市分为了世界特等城市(Alpha++)、世界一线城市(Alpha+、Alpha、Alpha-)、世界二线城市(Beta+、Beta、Beta-)和世界三线城市(Gamma+、Gamma、Gamma-)等多个级别。
在《世界城市名册》榜单中,中国有29座城市上榜,其中世界一线城市6座,世界二线城市13座,世界三线城市10座。
香港是中国排名最高的城市,在世界城市名册榜单中,香港位居世界第三位,仅次于纽约和伦敦。与美国纽约和英国伦敦并称“纽伦港”,在世界金融界有着极大的影响力。
福建省有2座城市上榜,厦门二线弱,福州三线弱。
序号 城市
1 Abidjan
2 Abu Dhabi
3 Accra
4 Addis Ababa
5 Adelaide
6 Ahmadabad
7 Alexandria
8 Algiers
9 Almaty
10 Amman
11 Amsterdam
12 Ankara
13 Antwerp
14 Arhus
15 Asuncion
16 Athens
17 Atlanta
18 Auckland
19 Baghdad
20 Baku
21 Baltimore
22 Bandar Seri Begawan
23 Bandung
24 Bangalore
25 Bangkok
26 Barcelona
27 Basel
28 Batam
29 Beijing
30 Beirut
31 Belfast
32 Belgrade
33 Belo Horizonte
34 Bergen
35 Berlin
36 Bern
37 Bilbao
38 Birmingham
39 Bogoto
40 Bologna
41 Bonn
42 Bordeaux
43 Boston
44 Bratislava
45 Brasilia
46 Brazzaville
47 Brisbane
48 Bristol
49 Brussels
50 Bucharest
51 Budapest
52 Buenos Aires
53 Buffalo
54 Bulawayo
55 Cairo
56 Calcutta
57 Calgary
58 Canberra
59 Cape Town
60 Caracas
61 Cardiff
62 Casablanca
63 Charlotte
64 Chennai
65 Chicago
66 Christchurch
67 Cincinnati
68 Cleveland
69 Cologne
70 Colombo
71 Columbus
72 Conakry
73 Copenhagen
74 Cuidad Juarez
75 Curitaba
76 Dakar
77 Dalian
78 Dallas
79 Damascus
80 Dar Es Salaam
81 Denver
82 Detroit
83 Dhaka
84 Djibouti
85 Doha
86 Dortmund
87 Doula
88 Dresden
89 Dubai
90 Dublin
91 Durban
92 Dusseldorf
93 Edinburgh
94 Edmonton
95 Essen
96 Frankfurt
97 Freetown
98 Gaborone
99 Geneva
100 Genoa
101 Georgetown
102 Glasgow
103 Gothenburg
104 Grenoble
105 Guadalajara
106 Guangzhou
107 Guatemala
108 Guayaquil
109 Hamburg
110 Hamilton
111 Hannover
112 Hanoi
113 Harare
114 Hartford
115 Havana
116 Helsinki
117 Ho Chi Minh City
118 Hobart
119 Hong Kong
120 Honolulu
121 Houston
122 Hyderabad
123 Indianapolis
124 Islamabad
125 Istanbul
126 Jaipur
127 Jakarta
128 Jeddah
129 Jerusalem
130 Johannesburg
131 Kabul
132 Kampala
133 Kansas City
134 Karachi
135 Kawasaki
136 Khartoum
137 Kiev
138 Kingston
139 Kinshasa
140 Kobe
141 Krakow
142 Kuala Lumpur
143 Kuwait
144 Kyoto
145 La Paz
146 Labuan
147 Lagos
148 Lahore
149 Las Vegas
150 Lausanne
151 Leeds
152 Leipzig
153 Liege
154 Lille
155 Lima
156 Limassol
157 Linz
158 Lisbon
159 Liverpool
160 Ljubljana
161 Lome
162 London
163 Los Angeles
164 Luanda
165 Lucknow
166 Lusaka
167 Luxembourg
168 Lyon
169 Macau
170 Madrid
171 Mainz
172 Malacca
173 Malmo
174 Managua
175 Manama
176 Manaus
177 Manchester
178 Manila
179 Mannheim
180 Maputu
181 Marseille
182 Medan
183 Medellin
184 Melbourne
185 Mexico City
186 Miami
187 Milan
188 Minneapolis
189 Minsk
190 Mombasa
191 Monrovia
192 Monterrey
193 Montevideo
194 Montreal
195 Moscow
196 Mumbai
197 Munich
198 Nagoya
199 Nairobi
200 Nanjing
201 Naples
202 Nassau
203 New Delhi
204 New Orleans
205 New York
206 Newcastle
207 Nicosia
208 Norwich
209 Nottingham
210 Nuremberg
211 Omaha
212 Osaka
213 Oslo
214 Ottawa
215 Palermo
216 Palo Alto
217 Panama City
218 Paris
219 Penang
220 Perth
221 Philadelphia
222 Phoenix
223 Pittsburgh
224 Plymouth
225 Port Louis
226 Port Moresby
227 Port Of Spain
228 Port-Au-Prince
229 Portland
230 Porto Alegre
231 Prague
232 Pretoria
233 Pusan
234 Pyongyang
235 Quebec
236 Quito
237 Rabat
238 Rawalpindi
239 Refice
240 Reykjavik
241 Richmond
242 Riga
243 Rio De Janeiro
244 Riyadh
245 Rochester
246 Rome
247 Rotterdam
248 Ruwi
249 Sacramento
250 Salvador
251 San Diego
252 San Francisco
253 San Jose (CA)
254 San Jose (CR)
255 San Salvador
256 Sanaa
257 Santiago
258 Santo Domingo
259 Sao Paulo
260 Sarajevo
261 Seattle
262 Seoul
263 Seville
264 Shanghai
265 Sheffield
266 Shenzhen
267 Singapore
268 Sofia
269 Southampton
270 St Louis
271 St Petersburg
272 Stockholm
273 Strasbourg
274 Stuttgart
275 Suva
276 Sydney
277 Taipei
278 Tallinn
279 Tampa
280 Tashkent
281 Tbilisi
282 Tegucigalpa
283 Tehran
284 Tel Aviv
285 The Hague
286 Tianjin
287 Tijuana
288 Tirana
289 Tokyo
290 Toronto
291 Trieste
292 Tripoli
293 Tunis
294 Turin
295 Ulan Bator
296 Utrecht
297 Valencia
298 Vancouver
299 Venice
300 Vienna
301 Vilnius
302 Warsaw
303 Washington
304 Wellington
305 Wilmington
306 Windhoek
307 Winnipeg
308 Xiamen
309 Yangon
310 Yaonde
311 Yerevan
312 Yokohama
313 Zagreb
314 Zurich
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