2025 China's Happiest Cities Released, Is Your City Selected?

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 宁波

Nanjing 南京

Changsha 长沙

Qingdao 青岛

Shenyang 沈阳  ↑1

Guangzhou 广州 ↓1

Shijizhuang 石家庄 ↑2

Xining 西宁 ↓1

Fuzhou 福州 New

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

The happiest prefecture-level cities

Wenzhou 温州 ↑2

Wuxi 无锡 New

Taizhou 台州 ↑2

Weihai 威海 ↑4

Taizhou 泰州 ↓3

Yibin 宜宾 ↓2

Huzhou 湖州 ↓1

Panzhihua 攀枝花 ↓1

Yingkou 营口

Zhangye 张掖 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 北京市西城区

Minhang District, Shanghai 上海市闵行区

xuhui District, Shanghai 上海市徐汇区 New

Fengtai District, Beijing 北京市丰台区 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 宁波市鄞州区

Shuangliu District, Chengdu 成都市双流区 ↑1

Fuyang District, Hangzhou 杭州市富阳区 ↑5

Tianhe District, Guangzhou 广州市天河区 ↓2

Lin'an District, Hangzhou 杭州市临安区 ↑1

Wenjiang District, Chengdu 成都温江区 New

Lucheng District, Wenzhou 温州市鹿城区

Huangyan District, Taizhou 台州市黄岩区 New

Donggang District, Rizhao 日照市东港区

Ganzhou District, Zhangye 张掖市甘州区 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 江苏太仓市

Yueqing, Zhejiang 浙江省乐清市 ↑2

Cixi, Zhejiang 浙江省慈溪市 ↑5

Changsha, Hu'nan 湖南省长沙县 ↑1

Yuyao, Zhejiang 浙江省余姚市 ↑1

Rui'an, Zhejiang 浙江瑞安市 ↓4

Yixing, Jiangsu 江苏宜兴市 New

Ninghai, Zhejiang 浙江省宁海县 ↑3

Ningxiang, Hu'nan 湖南省宁乡市 ↓2

Rongshi 山东省荣成市 -1

Liuyang 湖南省浏阳市 -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: 瞭望东方周刊