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2007中国城市竞争力排行榜昨日(27日)公布,香港蝉联中国城市整体竞争力排行榜首,上海、北京则分列二三位。中国城市竞争力研究会指出,香港优势突出,亦面临诸
多挑战,需巩固金融中心地位及加强与内地城市的合作。
The special administrative region (SAR) has been named the country's most
competitive city for the third consecutive year in an annual study by the
China Institute of City Competitiveness.
However, the report said the city was also facing a shortage of resources
and manpower that might affect its future development.
The institute studied the competitiveness of 289 cities in terms of their
business and financial market development, educational levels and
technological advancement, among other things.
Shanghai and Beijing came in second and third.
Hong Kong also took the top spot for being a world-class cosmopolitan city,
followed by Beijing and Shanghai.
The study said Beijing's international image had been strengthened as it
prepares to host next year's Olympics.
The cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen won praise as the most
outstanding example of how cities can collaborate to aid their mutual
development.
The SAR government was also named the country's most honest.
Institute chairman Gui Qiangfang said Hong Kong was strong in terms of its
financial market development and unlikely to be lose the top spot any time
soon.
But he said the city could not afford to rest on its laurels as it had
fallen from fourth place last year to sixth this year for competitive
growth.
He said the latest findings did not indicate Hong Kong's competitiveness
was declining, but rather how the development of other cities had
intensified.
He said Hong Kong needed to maintain its legal system and free economy, and
cooperate with mainland cities in hi-tech industries to offset the impact
caused by its shortage of resources and manpower.
Institute vice-chairman Raymond Tse urged mainland authorities to relax the
restriction on capital flows to Hong Kong.
"Hong Kong will benefit a great deal if it can absorb capital from the
mainland," he said.
The report named Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province as the best city for living
and Kunming in Yunnan Province as the best travel destination. Suzhou in
Jiangsu Province topped the list for best investment environment among
mainland cities.