Talk:List of Chinese prefecture-level cities by GDP per capita

Terribly Confusing and inaccurate
The GDP per capita of the cities listed here do not match those on the pages of the cities. Needs a clean-up. Example: Beijing is listed much higher than Changsha, when in reality Changsha is much wealthier than a Northern city like Beijing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.104.102.121 (talk) 10:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm very curious how you got such an idea. Beijing is obviously wealthier than an inner city like Changsha. At least it can hold Olympic Games. Ramtears (talk) 09:47, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Update needed
News reports yesterday were saying the GDP per capita in Guangzhou had broken $10,000 in 2006, meaning it was "developed" by World Bank standards. This report attributes that figure to the Guangdong Social Sciences Academy. It also says that the 2005 numbers for Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen were $8,500, $5,457, $7,600 and $7,300, respectively. -- Beland 15:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Dongguan
Also where is Dongguan?? its GDP per capita has been state to be as high as 120,000 RMB in addition, where is Daqing with GDP per capita of $11 513.29 or 89962.56 RMB

Numbers are VERY inaccurate
Numbers are VERY inaccurate, even as a ballpark number. Assuming the numbers on above disscussion are accurate, then that translates into about RMB 68,000, 43,656, 60,800, and 58,400 for Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, respectively in 2005 (using 1$=8 Yuan). The article gives: Guangzhou- 85,000 (2006), Beijing -45,444 (2005), Shanghai -51,485 (2005), and Shenzhen -82,283 (2004). What kind of discrepancy for the numbers of Shanghai and Shenzhen (same as of 2005; Guangzhou for different years and can be argubaly correct). I believe the # from the link is more reiable from the article. But as the study was done by Guangdong Social Sciences Academy (who gets its money from Guangdong prinvincial govenment), that's always some very biased study. Generally, a research done by something from one area, it exaggerates the number for that area AND understate the number of its major opponent or rival.

Also, from other numbers, the inaccuracy is obvious. Such as, there is no possibility that Zhenjiang (66,766, 2005) had a high per capita GDP than either Shanghai or Wuxi (62,331, 2005). I had lived that area for decades and I know what it looks like (BTW, I was orginally from Zhengjiang in a sense of "prefecture", so no bias here).


 * Given that all Chinese statistics are seriously flawed, at least in comparison to the OECD standard, this shouldn't be a surprise. Population data, for example, may (or may not) include people residing in the city who are not legal residents. DOR (HK) (talk) 01:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

What this page is not
NB: This is not a list by median household income or per capita income for each citizen/household. This list makes no indications regarding income distribution or how many households live below the poverty threshold. Each figure merely represents the ratio of economic activity to population, using the best available sources. 218.49.116.218 01:51, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * This list is not very meaningful. The GDP from cities like Karamay, Daqing and Dongying is largely attributed to the petroleum industries there. High GDP per capita doesn't necessarily mean people living there are wealthier because the wealth wouldn't be distributed to local people. Ramtears (talk) 10:02, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Inclusion of Taipei
Hi. Taipei is currently included on the list, which I believe is rather misleading. The title explicitly specifies "List of cities in the People's Republic of China", with "People's Republic" used as a means of distinction from the "Republic of China", or Taiwan. Since Taipei is not under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, I have removed it from the list. Also note that no other city in Taiwan is included on the list. Thanks, Ronline ✉ 23:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Cite
This article needs a lot more cited sources. Less than half of the cities listed have a source for the economic and population data.

(Heroeswithmetaphors)  talk  16:22, 23 October 2011 (UTC)