Foreign Media: Beijing leapt to global city ranked 8th | Beijing urban _ ranking news

　　Reference news net reported on May 5 , foreign media said that in the context of increasing economic globalization, increasingly fierce competition among Asian cities.

According to the Japan business news site reported on May 4, United States well-known management consulting companies, Kearney (a.t. Kearney) "issued by 2014, the global cities index" shows that after New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, and ranks 4th in the world, won the throne of Asia. However, fighting from other Asian cities, such as Beijing's top 14 rose to 8th place.

Charm of the index to the city as a base for business, the ability to attract talented people, cultural and arts facilities number of evaluated 26 projects. In the top ten cities in Asia accounted for 4. Tokyo's ranking remained unchanged, but the scoring level of less than 2 years ago. This is mainly because more and more companies turned to the outlets to Singapore and Hong Kong to transfer.

Reports that Beijing, in addition to economic growth, international infrastructure, such as schools, museums and communication environment improvement has also been praised, got rid of the adverse effects of atmospheric pollution. And Seoul from the 8th position slipped to 12th place.

12:04 May 05, 2014 Reference news network
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外媒：北京跃升至全球城市排名第8位|北京全球城市排名_新闻资讯

　　参考消息网5月5日报道 外媒称，在经济日趋全球化的背景下，亚洲城市之间的竞争愈发激烈。

　　据《日本经济新闻》网站5月4日报道，美国知名管理咨询公司科尔尼(A.T. Kearney)发布的“2014年全球城市指数”显示，东京仅次于纽约、伦敦、巴黎之后，位居全球第4位，夺得亚洲首位宝座。不过，其他亚洲城市也在奋力追赶，比如北京由此前的14位跃居到了第8位等。

　　该指数对城市作为商业基地的魅力、吸引优秀人才的能力、文化及艺术设施的数量等26个项目进行评价。在前十大城市中，亚洲占到了4个。东京的排名未变，但评分却低于2年前的水平。这主要是因为越来越多企业开始将营业网点向新加坡及香港转移。

　　报道称，北京除了经济增长之外，国际学校、美术馆及通信环境等基础设施建设不断完善也得到了好评，摆脱了大气污染这一不利因素的影响。而首尔由原来的第8位下滑到了第12位。

2014年05月05日12:04
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