The characteristics of a city that would attract me to want to settle there are: livable environment, deep cultural heritage and active economic development. Based on this criterion, the 10 Chinese cities I recommend are:

1. Chengdu: a beautiful environment, a gentle pace of life, simple folkways, a deep cultural heritage, and a strong economy that is perfectly suited for people to settle down.

2. Xi'an: a famous historical and cultural city with beautiful natural scenery, low cost of living, and fast economic development, it is a quiet and energetic place to go.

3. Hangzhou is a city of natural beauty, known as "Paradise on Earth", with a strong economy, active science and technology innovation, and a deeper cultural heritage, making it an ideal place to live.

4. Nanjing: rich in humanistic landscape, good ecological environment, rapid economic development, science and culture, and low cost of living.

5. Qingdao: a seaside city, pleasant environment, high quality of life, strong economic strength, moderate pace of life, is very suitable for settlement in one of the cities.

6. Dalian: beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, a more developed economy, low cost of living, and has a strong exotic cultural flavor, loved by the residents.

7. Kunming: a city of simplicity, unique ethnic minority flavor and the reputation of the city of flowers, beautiful ecological environment, pleasant climate, low cost of living, cultural heritage, is a very suitable for living in the city.

8. Chongqing: a beautiful mountainous city with a unique niche culture, good ecological environment, rapid economic development, low cost of living, and favored by young people.

9. Jinan: beautiful mountains and beautiful ecological environment, deep cultural heritage, strong economic strength, low cost of living, is one of the better living conditions of the city.

10. Xiamen: a livable city with beautiful coastline and natural scenery, pleasant climate, high cost of living but economically active, deep cultural heritage, loved by residents.

The above 10 cities, whether it is the natural environment, cultural heritage or economic vitality are relatively outstanding, y attractive to settle down, can let people live and work happily. Of course, people's choices of cities to live in will vary according to their personal interests, so this is just my personal recommendation.