Hangzhou tops EIU chart for most economic potential


Alibaba HQ Hangzhou

BEIJING: The Chinese tech hub of Hangzhou, home to e-commerce giant Alibaba, (pic) topped an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranking of Chinese cities with the greatest economic growth potential in the next few years.

All the cities in the top 10 are in eastern and southern China, except for the capital Beijing, which ranked sixth, after Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Zhuhai. Suzhou, Hefei, Nanjing and Ningbo rounded out the list.

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