The Press Conference of 2010 China Urban Competitiveness Report (Hong Kong) was held in Hong Kong on 27 April 2010. It is organized by the Better Hong Kong Foundation and co-organized by Center for City and Competitiveness, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. “The 2010 China Urban Competitiveness Report” project is led by Prof. Pengfei Ni in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The urban competitiveness of 294 cities in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau in 2009 is analyzed.
The top 10 cities in overall urban competitiveness are: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Kaohsiung, Dalian and Qingdao. Hong Kong is also ranked the 1st in the scale competitiveness, economic efficiency, industrial competitiveness and income competitiveness. Comparing with previous year, Hong Kong moved from the 2nd position to the top position in the scale competitiveness, economic efficiency and industrial competitiveness while income competitiveness remained at the top position. Hong Kong is ranked 4th in the development cost competitiveness, down from the top position in previous year. Comparing with rapidly growing cities in the mainland, Hong Kong is ranked 289th in the growth competitiveness, down from 288th in previous year.
The Foundation’s Executive Director Ms Karen Tang commented that “As a global city, Hong Kong will develop into a world class metropolis in the future. Hong Kong will grow by capitalizing the opportunities in the mainland China and beyond. It will also provide advanced services to Asian and the world. It will be the place hosting the headquarters of transnational corporations from Asia and the world. Hence, to realise the recommendations of improving the living environment, developing Hong Kong as an education hub, providing an effective industrial development strategy, being included in the 12th FYP as a world–class city in China, cooperating and coordinating with the Mainland cities, etc are the key to keeping Hong Kong as the forerunner in the globe.”
(Please click here to download the ppt presentation of the report (Chinese only))
(L to R) Prof. Yue-man Yeung (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Ms. Karen Tang (the Foundation’s Executive Director), Prof. Pengfei Ni (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Prof. Jianfa Shen (Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK) giving a brief introduction of the report to the media