Top 10 prefecture level cities by influence

An index on overall influence of top 100 Chinese prefecture-level cities was released recently in Shanghai.

A total of 293 prefecture-level cities throughout the country were evaluated in five major aspects: quality, service, innovation, tangible assets and intangible assets by China City, a newspaper under the People's Daily.

Guangdong province boasted 13 cities followed by Jiangsu with nine, Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong and Sichuan, all recording seven cities on the top 100 list.

Let's take a look at the top 10 prefecture cities.