Global Industry Chains: Creating a Networked City Planet

This report presents the outcomes of a survey project of the National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The project evaluated and ranked the competitiveness of 1,007 global cities, with a combined population of over 500,000, based on a number of selected indicators. The report provides an overview of the global urbanization pattern and areas of improvements in the selected cities. The outcomes of the project confirm that the formation and changes of global value chains have caused profound changes in economic structures in some countries and affected the development of cities in these countries, thereby reshaping the city planet.
In addition to comparative analysis of competitiveness of cities, this report also sheds light on the global pattern and trends of economic and human development. It reveals four new findings regarding the development of cities around the world: First, over the past four decades, human societies are transitioning quickly from agricultural societies which are characterized by scattered settlements to industrial societies which are characterized by city clusters, interconnectivity, and resource sharing. The planet where we are living has become a city planet. Second, globalization and the advancements of smart and networking technologies have accelerated urbanization across the world in the past four decades. Third, cities are becoming increasingly metropolitan, interconnected, and smart. Fourth, sustainability scores of the selected global cities show olive-shaped distribution on the world map and sustainability performance of Asia cities has improved continuously.

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Ni Pengfei, PhD in Economics, director of the Center for City and Competitiveness of CASS, Professor, doctoral tutor, "China Urban Competitiveness Report" editor, "SMEs reform and development" project evaluation specialist for the United Nations Development Programme, co-editor of "Global Urban Competitiveness Report", jointly prepared the "Urban Globalization Index" with Professor Peter Taylor of the British Royal Academy of Social Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Southeast University and Korea Science and Technology University, Secretary General of transnational project of Global Urban Competitiveness, team leader of China Urban Competitiveness Report, vice-chairman of CASS Youth Humanities and Social Sciences Center, Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese Urban Science Council, Deputy Secretary General of Chinese Society of Urban Development , Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese Society of Urban Economy , government economic adviser of Chengdu , Taiyuan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Handan and Zhumadian, etc. Representative works: China Urban Competitiveness Report , winner of the 11th Sun Yefang Book Award, 2005.

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Chapter One Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking 2018-2019.- Chapter Two The Planet of Cities toward Diverse Agglomeration, Global Connection and Extensive Sharing.- Chapter Three Global Industry and City Evolution Patterns.- Chapter Four Analysis on the Economic Competitiveness of Global Cities.- Chapter Five Analysis on Sustainable Competitiveness of Global Cities.- Appendix.- Afterword.

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Chapter One Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking 2018-2019.- Chapter Two The Planet of Cities toward Diverse Agglomeration, Global Connection and Extensive Sharing.- Chapter Three Global Industry and City Evolution Patterns.- Chapter Four Analysis on the Economic Competitiveness of Global Cities.- Chapter Five Analysis on Sustainable Competitiveness of Global Cities.- Appendix.- Afterword.