Changsha, China’s happiest city for 16 years, is coming out of its shadow

THE APPEAL OF CHANGSHA

The pair claimed that Changsha appeared to have a better quality of life, which bothered them.

Living in the city is the more significant thing, she told CNA.” More than simply existing in a city, it is really important to live there.”

” Compared to Shanghai, Changsha has a more down-to-earth ambience with a lively daily life, and the pace of life is more relaxed. It’s easier to find a balance between work and life, even though there may still be some time job.

The partners is one of a growing number of people moving to the city.

In the last three decades, towns in China’s northern place have seen the strongest people development. Changsha took the top place in 2022, while Hefei, the municipal capital of neighbouring Anhui, came in top next year.

As China marks the 75th commemoration of the People’s Republic this month, Changsha is among the world’s main places that have gone from relative obscurity to becoming essential to China’s growth.

” We now see that many of the initial- or second-tier places in the coastal regions now reached a kind of development limit in terms of people, in terms of economic development”, said Dr Chen Gang, deputy chairman of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Because of the population concentrating there and the powerful technological and industrial cluster conditions that support their future growth, there is a sizable growth area and space for the next- and third-tier cities in the inland provinces.