shenzhen was ranked third on china's cities creative index (ccci) during the 2016 shenzhen management innovation dialogue forum on saturday, the daily sunshine reported.
ccci is the first intercity index in china evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural industry, and this year is the fifth that the index has been released.
the top 10 cities on the 2016 ranking are as follows: beijing, shanghai, shenzhen, guangzhou, hangzhou, suzhou, tianjin, nanjing, qingdao and wuhan.
one of the main researchers for the ccci, zhou zhimin of shenzhen university, said the evaluating model of ccci incorporates four sections, examining the extent of factor-driving, demand-pull, developmental support and industrial impact of different cities.
in order to expand the research coverage, 50 large- and medium-sized cities in china were included in the study. as a result, zhou said that the conclusion will facilitate the comparison between china's cities from various perspectives, thus enhancing the improvement of policies in order to boost the competitiveness of cultural industries in those cities.
zhou also pointed out the unbalanced regional development of the cultural industry that was revealed by the research. seven out of the 10 top-ranking cities are located in eastern and southern china, while wuhan, a central china city, made it onto the top list for the first time this year.
ccci's ranking is closely connected with cities' level of economic development, showing the development of the cultural industry remarkably boosts the economy of the city.
some other statistics indicate that shenzhen has both strengths and weaknesses in the development of its cultural industry. it outnumbers other cities in china on the per capita possession of public books and the number of received tourists.
however, with the ninth-highest disposable income per capita in china, shenzhen only ranks 46th in the proportion of cultural consumption to overall consumption.
