Prefecture-level cities, should they be cancelled or not?
Taking Guangdong, the province with the strongest GDP, as an example, there are 21 cities in Guangdong, but there is a big difference between before and after, and Shenzhen ranks second to last Yunfu nearly 30 times.
In addition, the GDP of the four major cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Shenzhen together accounts for 45 percent of the entire Guangdong Province, and the fifth city, Huizhou, has plummeted, and there are even fewer cities with a GDP of less than 200 billion yuan.
At present, there are 333 prefecture-level cities in China (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures and leagues), and it is unrealistic to abolish all prefecture-level cities and let the provincial level manage more than 3,000 county-level cities.
In addition, prefecture-level cities play an important role in the setting of political districts, and have been a role since ancient times. However, there are also a considerable number of prefecture-level cities with small population, small area, and many prefecture-level cities, which consume great management resources.
Still taking Guangdong Province as an example, for cities with a GDP of less than 2000, it is recommended to adopt the method of mergers and acquisitions to make them work better.
Prefecture-level cities have achieved complementary advantages between regions through group development, while other provinces have reasonably abolished and merged some prefecture-level cities with reference to the scale of prefecture-level cities in Guangdong.
In this way, it is possible to reduce the number of cities by 50-100 cities, achieving the best streamlining and maximum optimization of resources.
What do you guys think about this?