Comparative Analysis Of Competitiveness Between Zhengzhou And Other Eight National Central Cities

The National Central City is the highest level of China’s urban system,an important carrier representing China’s participation in international competition,and a powerful grip to solve the problem of unbalanced and uncoordinated regional economic development in China.At the end of 2016,the state clearly proposed to support Zhengzhou to build a National Central City,which is an important decision of the country after focusing on the overall situation and thinking deeply,giving Zhengzhou the responsibility and burden of supporting the development of the central urban agglomeration,and Zhengzhou has also entered the ranks of National Central Cities and opened a new journey of development.Taking the nine national central cities of Beijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Chongqing,Tianjin,Chengdu,Wuhan,Zhengzhou and Xi’an as the research objects,on the basis of combing the relevant research results at home and abroad,starting from the characteristics and functions of the national central cities,this paper selects8 first-level indicators of economic development,hub radiation intensity,degree of openness,cultural development,ecological environment,social development,scientific and educational competition and government management level,and on this basis,19 second-level indicators and 68 third-level indicators are differentiated,and a multi-level indicator system is constructed.The indicator system covers the elements necessary for the development of National Central Cities such as science and education,culture,ecology,and government management,and can comprehensively reflect the development status of the nine national central cities.Since it is difficult to verify the scientific nature of the evaluation results by a single evaluation method,the principal component analysis method,the entropy weight TOPSIS method and the gray correlation degree method are used to measure the competitiveness of the nine national central cities respectively,and the scores and rankings of the primary index,the second-level index and the comprehensive competitiveness are calculated.After the Kendall-W concord coefficient test,the three methods are consistent,so the fuzzy Borda method is used to evaluate the combination of the three evaluation methods,and the final comprehensive competitiveness of the nine cities and the score and ranking of each sub-competitiveness are calculated,so as to ensure that the evaluation results are true and reliable to the greatest extent.Comparing Zhengzhou horizontally with other eight National Central Cities,judging from the evaluation results:(1)the overall scale of Zhengzhou’s economic development is small,the economic agglomeration capacity is weak,the proportion of high-energy consumption and high-pollution industries is still relatively high,the lack of modern high-end industries,and the industrial structure needs to be adjusted;(2)The number of colleges and universities in Zhengzhou is relatively large,but the lack of well-known universities,high-end educational resources and high-end talents are an important reason for Zhengzhou’s weak scientific research and innovation ability and the lack of innovation and creative vitality in the city;(3)Zhengzhou ranks first from the bottom in terms of opening up to the outside world,and various factors lead to Zhengzhou’s ability to attract foreign investment is not strong,the advantages in the international division of labor are not prominent,the international popularity is not high,and the lack of international attractiveness;(4)Zhengzhou is located in the Central Plains,has a natural location advantage of coherent east and west,and undertakes the north and south.However,Zhengzhou did not make full use of this advantage,and the transportation and information radiation capacity was still weak;(5)the public service capacity of the Zhengzhou government was weak.On the one hand,there are many problems in urban planning and infrastructure construction.On the other hand,Zhengzhou’s social security system is not perfect,and it is necessary to further improve the strength of social security and residents’ living standards;(6)Zhengzhou’s cultural and ecological soft power is insufficient.In terms of culture,Zhengzhou has rich historical and cultural resources,but it has not been deeply excavated and rationally utilized,resulting in the scale and efficiency of Zhengzhou’s cultural industry is not high,and the cultural influence is not strong.Zhengzhou’s performance in terms of ecological environment is relatively good,but it still faces a huge contradiction between economic development and environmental protection,and how to take the road of sustainable development needs serious consideration.Finally,according to the above-mentioned problems in the development of Zhengzhou,the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed,hoping that Zhengzhou can better build a National Central City,enhance the competitiveness of the city,radiate and drive the development of the Central Plains urban agglomeration,and live up to the responsibilities and expectations entrusted by the state.