2025.02.24

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Author: Lin Jing, First Financial

Population data for various regions has been successively released. Currently, coastal developed cities and provincial capitals in the central and western regions continue to maintain their ability to attract population. Recent data from several central cities, including Shenzhen and Nanchang, shows that the resident population in these cities has maintained a continuous growth trend.

According to the information released by "Shenzhen Release," the permanent population of Shenzhen at the end of the year was [number] million, an increase of [number] million compared to the previous year, representing a growth rate of [percentage]%. For two consecutive years, Shenzhen has led all cities in the province in terms of both the increase and growth rate of its permanent population. In terms of the increase, the permanent population of Shenzhen at the end of the year rose by [number] million, which is [number] million more than the increase of [number] million in the previous year. In terms of the growth rate, the permanent population of Shenzhen at the end of the year grew by [percentage]% year-on-year, an increase of [percentage] percentage points from the previous year's growth rate of [percentage]%.

In Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, data released by the local statistics bureau shows that at the end of the year, the city's permanent population was . million, an increase of . million from the end of the previous year. In terms of urban and rural composition, the urban permanent population of Nanchang was . million at the end of the year, an increase of . million from the end of the previous year; the rural permanent population was . million, a decrease of . million; the proportion of the urban population to the total population (urbanization rate) was .%, an increase of . percentage points from the end of the previous year.

In Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, according to local media reports, the city's permanent population saw a net inflow of [number] million people in [year], marking the third consecutive year of positive growth.

According to publicly available data, at the end of the year, the total permanent population of Shijiazhuang city was . million, an increase of . million from the end of the previous year; at the end of the year, the total permanent population of Shijiazhuang city was . million, an increase of . million from the end of the previous year. In recent years, the population of Shijiazhuang has maintained a continuous growth trend.

According to the main population data of various cities (prefectures) in the province at the end of the year released by the Gansu Provincial Bureau of Statistics, the permanent population of the provincial capital, Lanzhou, was . million at the end of the year.

Public data shows that at the end of the year, the permanent population of Lanzhou city was . million, an increase of . million from the end of the previous year. In the following years, it increased by . million, . million, and . million respectively, maintaining a continuous growth trend.

Niu Fengrui, the director of the Small and Medium Cities Research Institute, analyzed for First Finance that in the current process of population movement, rural populations are continuously flowing into urban areas. In terms of the spatial distribution of the population across the country, on one hand, the population continues to concentrate in the developed coastal cities in the east; on the other hand, within provinces, the population is gathering in central cities such as provincial capitals. Although the resident population in some provinces is decreasing, the population in provincial capitals continues to grow steadily. Overall, whether viewed nationally or within individual provinces, the distribution of the population is continuously optimizing.

Among them, during the process of industrialization and urbanization in the central and western provinces, the population of ordinary prefecture-level cities within the provinces has been flowing out, with some migrating to the southeastern coastal areas, and a significant portion moving to the provincial capitals of their respective provinces.

Peng Peng, the Executive President of the Guangdong Provincial Reform Research Association, analyzed to the First Financial Daily that central cities have better industrial development, more job opportunities, higher overall income, and superior resources in education and healthcare. With the relaxation and easing of household registration thresholds, the population will continue to gather in central cities.

Peng Peng stated that the overall attractiveness of the developed cities in the eastern region, especially the three major economic zones, is stronger, attracting a larger number of migrants. At the same time, some central cities in the central and western regions have also risen, further optimizing the spatial distribution of China's economy. In recent years, these central cities in the central and western regions have also attracted a significant population concentration.

牛凤瑞说，科技创新是引领未来发展的动力源泉，中心城市、大城市是科技创新的中心。科技进步对城市的空间形态也产生影响。一些优势地区形成都市圈，中心城市和周边城市紧密联系，形成合理分工，都市圈与都市圈之间也形成新的更大范围内、更高层次的分工。 WeChat editor | 生产队的驴（飞速拉磨版）

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