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Xi’an and Qingdao have joined the club of cities with over 5 million permanent residents, according to the latest yearbook from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Currently, the number of club members has expanded from 13 to 15, and six of them boast more than 10 million people each.
(13) Xi’an: Urban population: 5.87 million
(1) Shanghai: 15 Chinese cities with over 5m permanent residents
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China’s financial center Shanghai was the most attractive city for expats for the seventh consecutive year, according to the latest ranking revealed in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province.
Cultural and political capital Beijing grabbed the second spot, followed by Hefei in East China’s Anhui province, Hangzhou in East China’s Zhejiang province and Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong province according to the ranking, released by the Ministry of Science and Technology and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.