Table 1.

Basic Characteristics of City A, City B, and the Average City in Guangdong (2019)

	City A	City B	Guangdong Avg
Residents	4–5 million	2–3 million	5.5 million*
Annual population growth	0–1 %	6–8 %	1.5 %
Percentage of residents living in urban neighborhoods	60–70 %	80–90 %	71.4 %
Per-capita GDP (yuan)	65,000–70,000	170,000–180,000	94,172
Annual per capita GDP growth	3–4 %	6–7 %	4.5 %

Note: All data are based on the annual statistical reports of the prefecture and provincial governments in 2019. To ensure the anonymity of these two cities as required by our data use agreement, we give them pseudonyms and provide ranges rather than exact figures for their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

^*This is the average population for the 21 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong.