Shanghai and Beijing lead national living standard
A latest evaluation report on social development released by State Statistics Bureau reveals that Shanghai and Beijing take the lead in national living standard in China.
The comprehensive social development index is made by State Statistics Bureau. Twenty-three items that reflect social developments are divided into four parts: population, living condition, social welfare and commonweal service. The average value that reported by local governments is calculated with 1 as the base, which can be used as comparison for social developments in different regions.
Places that have high social development scores are Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian and Liaoning.