11 provincial capitals and major cities, and another 11 cities at the prefectural level, have been listed as the happiest cities in China for 2025, according to a forum held in Chengdu

The happiest cities of provincial capitals and municipalities with independent planning status

Chengdu 成都

Hangzhou 杭州

Ningbo 寧波

Nanjing 南京

Changsha 長(zhǎng)沙

Qingdao 青島

Shenyang 沈陽(yáng)  ↑1

Guangzhou 廣州 ↓1

Shijizhuang 石家莊 ↑2

Xining 西寧 ↓1

Fuzhou 福州 New

(Dalian ranked 10th last year was not on the list)

The happiest prefecture-level cities

Wenzhou 溫州 ↑2

Wuxi 無(wú)錫 New

Taizhou 臺(tái)州 ↑2

Weihai 威海 ↑4

Taizhou 泰州 ↓3

Yibin 宜賓 ↓2

Huzhou 湖州 ↓1

Panzhihua 攀枝花 ↓1

Yingkou 營(yíng)口

Zhangye 張掖 New

Yunfu 云浮 New

(Suzhou ranked 1st and Jiayuguan ranked 10th last year was not on the list)

The happiest urban districts

Municipality directly under the central government

Xicheng District, Beijing 北京市西城區(qū)

Minhang District, Shanghai 上海市閔行區(qū)

xuhui District, Shanghai 上海市徐匯區(qū) New

Fengtai District, Beijing 北京市豐臺(tái)區(qū) New

Shijingshan District, Beijing 北京市石景山 ↓1

(Huangpu District, Shanghai ranked 3rd last year was not on the list)

Others

Yinzhou District, Ningbo 寧波市鄞州區(qū)

Shuangliu District, Chengdu 成都市雙流區(qū) ↑1

Fuyang District, Hangzhou 杭州市富陽(yáng)區(qū) ↑5

Tianhe District, Guangzhou 廣州市天河區(qū) ↓2

Lin'an District, Hangzhou 杭州市臨安區(qū) ↑1

Wenjiang District, Chengdu 成都溫江區(qū) New

Lucheng District, Wenzhou 溫州市鹿城區(qū)

Huangyan District, Taizhou 臺(tái)州市黃巖區(qū) New

Donggang District, Rizhao 日照市東港區(qū)

Ganzhou District, Zhangye 張掖市甘州區(qū) New

(Gongshu District, Hangzhou ranked 4th and Yuecheng District, Shaoxing ranked 5th last year was not on the list this years)

The happiest county-level cities

Taicang, Jiangsu 江蘇太倉(cāng)市

Yueqing, Zhejiang 浙江省樂(lè)清市 ↑2

Cixi, Zhejiang 浙江省慈溪市 ↑5

Changsha, Hu'nan 湖南省長(zhǎng)沙縣 ↑1

Yuyao, Zhejiang 浙江省余姚市 ↑1

Rui'an, Zhejiang 浙江瑞安市 ↓4

Yixing, Jiangsu 江蘇宜興市 New

Ninghai, Zhejiang 浙江省寧?？h ↑3

Ningxiang, Hu'nan 湖南省寧鄉(xiāng)市 ↓2

Rongshi 山東省榮成市 -1

Liuyang 湖南省瀏陽(yáng)市 -1

The cities are selected for their efforts in striving for the well-being of the people and seeking quality development, green development and good governance. Their residents' sense of happiness is also related to local education, employment, income, social welfare, healthcare and living conditions, according to the organizer.

Source: 瞭望東方周刊