Shanghai, Sanya and Beijing ranked as top 3 Chinese leisure cities

East China’s Shanghai Municipality, Sanya City of south China’s Hainan Province, and China’s capital Beijing were ranked the top 3 Chinese leisure cities in the Annual Report on China’s Leisure Development published Monday in Beijing, which evaluated the indexes of leisure in Chinese cities.

Based on a system of indexes of leisure, the report, also called the Green Book of China’s Leisure, carried out comprehensive and individual analyses of 290 Chinese cities in terms of image and reputation, leisure space and environment, leisure economy and industry, leisure facility and service, leisure life and consumption, and tourism popularity from a regional perspective.

The analyses results showed that Shanghai, Sanya, Beijing, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Qingdao, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Xi’an and Lhasa ranked the top 10 leisure cities among all evaluated Chinese cities.

As suggested by the report, 8 of the top 10 leisure cities were located in east China, while 2 came from western regions of China.

In terms of leisure facility and service, 5 of the top 10 scorers and 49 of the top 100 cities are from the eastern regions of the country, while the top 3 cities in terms of leisure economy and industry are all eastern cities, disclosed the report.

Eastern Chinese cities showed a better performance in leisure life and consumption, with the top 12 scores in leisure life and consumption all won by cities in eastern China, while 60 of the top 100 cities on the list for leisure life and consumption were eastern cities, said the report.

The report was jointly released by the National Academy of Economic Strategy, Tourism Research Center, and Social Sciences Academic Press (China), all affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). 

Source: People's Daily Online