Globalization and Urban Dominance of Large Cities in Contemporary China

Abstract

This paper provides further analysis and updates on the process of predominant large cities’ growth within the framework of globalization and the economic theories. Based on the newly published demographic and economic data,the paper depicts the growth and concentration of population, foreign direct investment and employment availability in the large cities. The finding of this paper argues that the growth of large cities out perform the small cities and the dominance of large cities will continue.

本文在全球化和有關經濟理論研究的框架下,對當前中國城市體系運作中大城市占據主導地位的事實和理論基礎進行了評價和解釋。基于最新的人口和經濟的統計數據,本文對當代中國大城市人口的增長和集聚、外商直接投資及提供就業等方面進行了描述。結論是,大城市相對于小城市來說仍然擁有發展的優勢,將繼續占據主導地位。