The most competitive city appraisal by the National Statistical Bureau was completed with Qingdao being ranked the 21st most competitive city of the one hundred city candidates, which is a strong demonstration of Qingdao's competitiveness and economic developmen t potentials.

　　The nationwide comprehensive appraisal intends to provide data for future city development. Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and seven other cities top the list. In terms of economic scale, transport facilities, and environment etc. Qingdao is among the top while its economic structure, the density of its population, and the public security etc. still lag behind.

　　With the city's investment environment improved and people's income increased, the GNP last year reached by 15.9% to 178.03 billion Yuan, showing a strong and upbeat economic development potential of Qingdao.Enditem will