On May 30th, 2023, New First-tier Cities Research Institute released the list of new first-tier cities in 2023 in Shanghai. Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are first-tier cities. Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou, Xi 'an, Nanjing, Changsha, Tianjin, Zhengzhou and Dongguan are new first-tier cities. Benxi was selected as a fifth-tier city.

Benxi City is located in the northeast of Liaoning Province, at the junction of Liaoning Province and Jilin Province, far from Shenyang, the provincial capital, and the traffic is inconvenient, which limits the economic development. Moreover, although Benxi is rich in natural resources such as coal, oil and steel, the utilization rate of these resources is low, and a good industrial chain has not been formed, resulting in a relatively low level of economic development.

Benxi is a small and medium-sized city with a small population and relatively low market demand. It is not attractive enough to attract foreign investment and enterprise development, which limits the development of the city. To sum up, Benxi is a fifth-tier city mainly because of its remote geographical location, unbalanced resource allocation and insufficient market demand.

Geographical environment of Benxi city

Benxi is located in the east of Liaoning Province, with a total area of 84 1 1.3 square kilometers. It is bordered by Shenyang and Fushun in the north, Dandong in the south, Liaoyang and Anshan in the west and Tonghua in the east.

Benxi has many mountains, many peaks and few mountains. Mountain accounts for 80%, cultivated land accounts for 8.7%, and water surface and other land accounts for 1 1.3%, which constitutes the natural landform of eight mountains, one water and one farmland. Throughout the topography of Benxi, the east is high, middle and low, with an average elevation of about 350 meters.

Benxi belongs to temperate climate zone, with an average temperature of 6. 1 to 7.8℃, and the hottest average temperature in July is 24.3℃. The coldest January, the average temperature is-14.3℃. There is abundant rainfall, with an average annual precipitation of 800 to 1000mm, half of which is concentrated in summer. It is sunny in spring, slightly hot and rainy in summer, crisp in autumn and snowy in winter.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Benxi City.