Research on the competitiveness of six provincial capital cities in central China

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10.2991/mshsd-17.2018.86How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Development of Central China, Urban competitiveness, Principal component analysis

Abstract

The central China connects east and west of China. As the political, economic and cultural center of the provinces in central China, the six provincial capitals can stimulate and promote the development of the central and neighboring regions.Studying the competitiveness of provincial capital cities in six provinces is of great significance to enhancing the competitiveness of all provinces and establishment of "The Belt and Road." The article analyzes the comprehensive competitiveness of the capital cities in the six central provinces by using the method of principal component analysis and SPSS, and finds out that among the six cities, Wuhan is the most competitive, Changsha and Zhengzhou are the second and third respectively, and Hefei,Nanchang and Taiyuan are relatively backward in their competitiveness. According to the weaknesses of the provincial capitals, some suggestions are put forward to help the Central China to speed up its development.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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