Guangxi Fangchenggang Ranks 36th in China's Livable Cities

Fangchenggang, a port city in Guangxi, ranked the 36th in the list of 2014 China's top 200 livable cities. The list was recently announced by the City and Competitiveness Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Guangxi cities of Beihai, Hechi and Guilin were listed among the top 100 places.

Cities in the list were chosen as a result of a comprehensive assessment of their suitability against a number of benchmarks, including the quality of life and residential environments. Among the criterion taken into account are beautiful environment, social security, progress of civilization, living comfort, economic harmony and high reputation.

The top 10 cities in the list are Zhuhai, Hong Kong, Haikou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Sanya, Zhoushan, Wuxi, Hangzhou and Suzhou.