Cities Network Along the Silk Road

Prof. Pengfei Ni, a member of UrbaChina, is director of the Urban and Real Estate Economy Research Unit at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Finance and Trade Economics. He is chief editor of the Annual Report on China’s Urban Competitiveness, the Annual Report on Development of Housing Market in China and others. His main research fields are the theory and practice of urban economics, real-estate economics, spatial financial studies, and urban competitiveness. He has published over 10 papers in the Journal of International Affairs, Urban Study, China’s Social Sciences and Economic Studies. He received the highest Chinese economics award - The Sun Yefang economics Book Award – for the Annual Report on China’s Urban Competitiveness. His research is significant for China’s development and that of its cities and is a valuable resource for policy makers.

Part One General Reports.- 1. Global Urban Competitiveness: Theoretical Framework.- 2. Global Urban Competitiveness: Annual Ranking.- 3. Global Urban Competitiveness: General Analysis.- 4. Global Urban Competitiveness: Comparative Analysis from Different Perspectives.- 5. Global Urban Competitiveness: Comparative Analysis of its Components.- Part Two Topic Report.- 6. Half of the World: Cities Network of the Silk Road.- Part Three Special Subject.- 7. Global Connection and Technological Innovation.- 8. Urban Characteristics, National Characteristics and Global Connection of the Primate City.- 9. Global Connection and Doing Business.- 10. Large Enterprises in North America: Where They Locate and Why.- 11. The Conjunction of Networked Agglomeration and Location Factor in Chinese Cities: Taking FDI and Domestic Investment as an Example.- References.- Appendix.