Chengdu Tops List as China’s Happiest City

文化   2025-01-06 08:31   四川  

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• Chengdu, the city you know, and love (hometown of the panda, spicy hot pot and mahjong etc. etc.) once again came in first in an annual listing of China’s 10 happiest cities, according to a recent forum.


• The cities are selected for their efforts in striving for the well-being of the people and seeking quality development, green development and good governance. Their residents' sense of happiness is also related to local education, employment, income, social welfare, healthcare and living conditions, according to the organizer.

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China's Happiest Places‍‍

11 provincial capitals and major cities, and another ten cities at the prefectural level, have been listed as the happiest cities in China for 2024, according to a forum held in Shanghai. Please find the list below...


The happiest cities of provincial capitals and municipalities with independent planning status:


  1. Chengdu 成都

  2. Hangzhou 杭州

  3. Ningbo 宁波

  4. Nanjing 南京

  5. Changsha 长沙

  6. Qingdao 青岛

  7. Guangzhou 广州

  8. Shenyang 沈阳

  9. Xi'an 西宁

  10. Dalian 大连

  11. Shijiazhuang 石家庄


The happiest prefecture-level cities:


  1. Suzhou 苏州

  2. Taizhou 泰州

  3. Wenzhou 温州

  4. Yibin 宜宾

  5. Taizhou 台州

  6. Huzhou 湖州

  7. Panzhihua 攀枝花

  8. Weihai 威海

  9. Yingkou 营口

  10. Jiayuguan 嘉峪关


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Chengdu Usually Tops the List

Chengdu has won the title of "China's happiest city" more than any other city!

The cities were selected by Oriental Outlook magazine and think tank Liaowang Institute, both run by Xinhua News Agency, in a three-month-long process that included big data collection, questionnaires and panel discussions. 


Education, employment, income, social welfare, health care, living conditions and the local environment are all related to people's sense of happiness, and they represent the key criteria in selecting winners, according to the organizer.


Chengdu has been well-known for its long standing history, delicious Sichuan cuisine and the reserve of pandas. But what makes it an attractive place to live also seems to have a lot to do with its slower pace of life.

In recent years, Chengdu has witnessed a strong development in cultural and high-tech industry, which makes it a magnet for people wanting to settle down as well.



Can 'happiness' be measured?

This leads us to ask the question, is there any way to truly measure a city's happiness and can anyone really put a rating on the concept of happiness?


The key criteria assessed to determine happiness included education, employment, income, social welfare, healthcare, living conditions, and environment that contribute to a bundle of people's happiness. It's obviously not perfect, but we're happy to see out city coming out on top.



The verdict? 

We wouldn't live anywhere else in the middle kingdom... but as for the other 9 cities listed? The jury is still out. 



Sources: 瞭望东方周刊, Chengdu-Expat 



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