Cities in western parts of China such as Chengdu as well as eastern coastal cities including Ningbo have made the list of this year’s most attractive Chinese cities for expatriates, according to a survey released on Monday by the State Bureau of Foreign Experts under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).
The annual survey, "Amazing China: The Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Foreigners," unveiled its results at the 2021 Euro-Asia Economic Forum held on Monday in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.
Beijing topped the list, followed by Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Ningbo, Suzhou, Shenzhen and Qingdao.
The poll also rated 10 cities with the most potential to appeal to expats, namely Nanjing, Wuxi, Wuhan, Tianjin, Kunming, Dongguan, Changsha, Quanzhou, Hefei and Yantai.
Cities on the two lists were chosen from 45 candidate cities and ranked by the participants of an online poll conducted between May to August last year. The results were then analyzed by 149 top foreign experts including 14 Nobel Prize winners, one Turing Award laureate, 47 Chinese Government Friendship Award receivers and 16 academicians, as well as 3,727 votes from foreign professionals in China.
