MasterCard, perhaps having noticed our recent post on Chinese cities, sent over a copy of their latest research, the 2008 Worldwide Centres of Commerce: Emerging Markets Index for our review.

The report notes that Close to 60 Percent of Cities&are in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Chinese cities are at the fore in the city rankings:

The Top 10:
# Shanghai
# Beijing
# Budapest
# Kuala Lumpur
# Santiago
# Guangzhou
# Mexico City
# Warsaw
# Bangkok
# Shenzhen


The other Chinese cities in the top 30 were::
# Xiamen
# Chengdu
# Dalian
# Tianjin
# Nanjing
# Hangzhou
# Wuhan
# Chongqing
# Qingdao
# Xian
# Harbin


MasterCard are not alone in coming out with new research. UK Trade & Investment has also looked at this subject, identifying 35 regional cities that are considered to be of special interest to UK businesses.

Source: http://xaser.com/wp/economics/commerce/china-business-commerce-economics/chinese-cities-business-world