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Hangzhou among top 10 Chinese cities for population growth since 2010

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated: July 30, 2021 L M S

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Tourists enjoy viewing cherry blossoms at West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on March 25, 2021. [Photo by Long Wei/for China Daily]

China's Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chengdu remain the top three cities for population growth in the past decade, with population increases of 7.14 million, 5.98 million and 5.82 million respectively, according to the seventh population census.

Also worth mentioning is Southwest China's Chongqing, with a population increase of 3.2 million, was the only one of the four municipalities to rank in the top 10 cities for population growth from 2010 to 2020.

Provincial capitals, economic and industrial hubs, tend to attract more people, and this trend is expected to intensify in the future.

Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang, was ranked sixth on the list with a population growth from 11.94 million in 2010 to 3.24 million 2020.