Hangzhou and nine other Chinese cities have been voted the top
ten happiest Chinese cities to live in, according to a survey
released Tuesday evening.
This is the third time that Hangzhou tops the list of happiest
cities. It was voted the happiest city in similar surveys in 2004
and 2006.
The other nine cities are Shenyang, Zhongshan, Ningbo, Qingdao,
Taizhou, Zhuhai, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu.
Outstanding residents from the ten cities were invited to
present the awards to their municipal governments at a ceremony on
Tuesday evening in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province. Celebrities like singer Sun
Nan and former world table tennis champion Jiang Jialiang attended
the award ceremony.
The survey sponsored by Beijing-based magazine Oriental
Outlook and some research institutes, including the Social
Survey Institute of China, has been trying since April to determine
the Top 10 cities in China, where residents feel happiest.
The evaluating standard includes various aspects of people's
life, such as life pace, human touch, chances to make money, living
convenience, culture and entertainment, architectural aesthetics,
environment, safety and so on.
Thirty-five mainland cities were selected from more than 200 in
the first round of selection. Final voting was conducted in August
and September. Organizers received about 2.76 million valid
questionnaires as well as over 30 million hits on the internet.
Cities like Hangzhou and Chengdu are included in the list thanks
to their beautiful landscapes, pleasurable lifestyle, low price and
low work pressure, according to the survey.
But the survey also found that people in fast pacing
metropolitans such as Beijing and Shanghai are reluctant to move to
other places because they enjoy the luxury of modern life and the
convenience in big cities.
Kong Shendong, a Hangzhou
resident as well as delegate to the 17th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China, presents the "Top-10 Happiest Chinese
Cities " award to Cai Qi, Mayor of Hangzhou, at an award ceremony
held in Hangzhou on Tuesday evening.
Hangzhou
Zhuhai
Qingdao
(CRI November 7, 2007)
