Now let’s check out the Chinese cities of Beta- level and above.Īlpha+ cities: Other highly integrated cities that complement London and New York, largely filling in advanced service needs for the Pacific-Asia.Ĭentral, Hong Kong World Trade Center, Beijing and the Bund, Shanghai are seen in clockwise order in this combo image. A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. Shenzhen rose from Beta to Alpha-, and entered into the first-tier city club for the first time.

Hong Kong ascended one place to the third and Beijing squeezed into the top four for the first time on this year’s list. Shown are 'Alpha ++' cities (marked in gold) and 'Alpha +' cities (marked in red). London and New York, the only two alpha++ cities of 2018, stand out as they are more integrated than all other cities. London Tokyo Beijing Hong Kong Singapore Shanghai Dubai classnotpageimage Top global cities per the GaWC 2020 rankings. 0.01 GeekGold 0.02 GeekGold 0.05 GeekGold 0.25 GeekGold 1 GeekGold 5 GeekGold Other Amount w/ Message Subscribe. Six Chinese cities have been rated as alpha-level cities of the world and 13 others are evaluated as beta level, according to 2018 list released by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network on Nov 13.Ĭreated in the Geography Department at Loughborough University in UK, the GaWC evaluates world cities into Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Sufficiency (+/-) level to identify the cities’ status and integration in world economy. National Objective charts for all 1940 games (including Global and Alpha+3) by.

Criteria for an alpha+ global city