Taiwan Province has been a province of China since ancient times. after the 1970s, its economy developed rapidly, and it is known as the "Four Little Dragons of Asia" along with Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea. Taipei City, Taiwan Province of China is the largest and most developed city in Taiwan Province of China. The city has had its share of glory and loss. People who have been to Taipei feel that Taipei has fallen behind the inland cities.
Taipei should be a third-tier city.
Taipei is the capital of Taiwan Province of China, located in the Taipei Basin in the northern part of the island, surrounded by New Taipei City. As one of the six municipalities in Taiwan Province, Taipei plays an important role as the political, economic, cultural, tourism, industrial, commercial and communications center of the province.
Taipei has a total area of 271.8 square kilometers and a total population of 2,682,700.
In 2018, Taipei's GDP totaled $541.265 billion. This number may not be very impressive, but Taipei's per capita GDP is a whopping 196,800 yuan. Taipei is also rated as a first-tier city in the world. On top of that, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen also made the list.
On the mainland, this new first-tier city is far from Guangzhou, which is also the capital city of the same province.In 2018, Guangzhou's GDP reached 228,593.5 billion yuan, with a per capita GDP of 158,000 yuan. Although the per capita GDP is not as high as that of Taipei, it is important to realize that the population of Guangzhou reached 14,498,400 in 2018, nearly 12 million more than that of Taipei. In terms of Taipei's total GDP, it is lower than Shaoxing (541.6 billion yuan) and higher than Kunming (535 billion yuan). It can be ranked 39th among national cities, which is a third-tier city.
Industrial organization in Taipei
Financial services are the main industry in Taipei. On a more macro level, the service sector accounts for nearly 90% of the total. Almost all of Taiwan's largest banks, chain stores, businesses and corporations are headquartered in Taipei.
In 2012, Taipei's GDP totaled $83.17 billion, and its per capita GDP also broke $30,000 to $31,000 per capita. A per capita GDP breaking $30,000 is still something to be recognized. After all, our per capita GDP only broke the $10,000 mark in 2019.
But based on an industrial structure that is highly dependent on the service sector, the whole of Taipei's tourism, catering and accommodation, and retail industries have suffered a severe blow as a result of the epidemic in the last three years, losing the tourists who rely on them for their livelihoods, and putting residents' incomes in jeopardy, especially those who are employed in the tourism and other service industries.
Taipei's urban detail is unmatched by mainland cities.
The cities of Taiwan province have not changed as much as MAINLAND China. Although Taipei's high-rise buildings are not particularly dense, Taipei's details are incomparable to those of MAINLAND China. The style of urban construction in Taipei is similar to that of Japan. The streets are not particularly wide, but they are clean and pleasant to look at. Convenience stores are plentiful and the density is probably the highest in the world.
In many cities, buildings in the old town used to symbolize backwardness, and high-rise buildings are often demolished. Cities like Taipei still have a large number of old houses that hold the memories of generations and are intangible assets of a city. Preserving some of these old houses can preserve a city's history and traditions, and Taipei has done a good job of this.
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