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Group A cities can be called service centers. They are the only group of
cities that have significantly higher proportions of the tertiary industries than
that of the secondary industries, and their industry composition remains stable
over time. This group includes the top three Chinese cities in terms of
economic importance: Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Also included are
four provincial capitals of the border provinces: Haikou, Harbin, Hohhot, and
Urumqi. This result suggests that these cities play the role of service centers in
each of their own regions that are either geographically or culturally
independent from the national economy.

Figure 1: Normalized weights of secondary and tertiary industries for group A cites

Group B cities can be called deindustrializing cities. These cities used to
heavily rely on the secondary industries as the economic engine, but their
service industries are growing rapidly in recent years. Coastal cities that have
been the export-driven manufacturing centers are in this group, including
Shenzhen, Xiamen, and Hangzhou. It is interesting that quite a few central and
western China cities such as Xi'an and Guiyang are in this group too.

Figure 2: Normalized weights of secondary and tertiary industries for group B cites.

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