Details of Tier 1 - Tier 5 Cities in P.R. China

1. N E L S C O R P A Study of the city level classification in China

3. Countrywide, cities are classified into 6 categories.

4. Total of 108 cities are classified into Tier 1 – Tier 5 Category (called the 108 Heroes of China)

6. Municipalities: 4

7. Special Autonomous Regions: 5

8. Special Administrative Regions (SAR): 2Hainan

9. N E L S C O R P PROVINCIAL POPULATION DETAILS Source: Wikipedia, accessed 27th May 2010

10. N E L S C O R P POPULATION DENSITY

11. N E L S C O R P RAIL NETWORK IN CHINA

12. N E L S C O R P ROAD NETWORK IN CHINA

13. N E L S C O R P City Level Classification

15. GDP: Greater than RMB 160.00 Billion

16. Urban Population: Greater than 200 MillionHong Kong Shenzhen

18. Includes provincial Capitals, sub-provincial Cities and SEZ’sSanya Nanning

20. Includes open coastal cities, economic development and high income cities Dongguang Huizhou

22. Includes cities of population more than 1 million, key economic citiesChaozhou Liuzhou

24. Includes famous economic cities, major transportation hub cities: population of over 500 thousand, and key tourist cities Yueyang Zhaoqing Leshan