The County Economy Research Center of CCID Consulting, a firm affiliated with a think tank under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on December 7 released a list of top 100 counties in central China in terms of competitiveness in 2022. Hunan has 20 counties and county-level cities on the list, among which Changsha County, Liuyang County-level City, and Ningxiang County-level City were the top 3.

The other shortlisted counties (county-level cities) and their rankings are: Liling City (9th), Shaodong City (28th), Xiangtan County (37th), Xiangxiang City (41st), Taoyuan County (49th), Youxian County (54th), Miluo City (55th), Lixian County (60th), Guiyang County (64th), Leiyang City (67th), Yueyang County (70th), Huarong County (79th), Changning City (82nd), Hengnan County (87th), Hengyang County (88th), Zixing City (94th), and Xiangyin County (99th) .

The evaluation system for high-quality development of county economy was based on four aspects – economic competitiveness, growth potential, affluence level, and green development level.

Changsha County is reputed as the "No.1 county in central and western regions of China". Its GDP hit 200 billion CNY in 2021. The county defined its role in the national development strategies, made overall plans, and harnessed its superiorities.

Liuyang City, a "city of fireworks", is a destination of opportunity for emerging industries. The Liuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, with electronic information and biological medicine as its leading industries, has hit 100 billion CNY in output value.

Ningxiang City pursues building an "industrial powerhouse" supported by its advanced manufacturing industrial clusters of construction machinery, energy storage materials, and intelligent household electrical appliance.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn