The third floor. There are five levels of cities in our country: first-tier, second-tier, third-tier, fourth-tier and fifth-tier cities. Yinchuan is a third-tier city, which is also a third-tier city. The population size of third-tier cities is generally between 3 million and 5 million (slightly different in some areas), and the economy is generally dominated by industries in many fields such as industry, service industry and agriculture. Yinchuan is a prefecture-level city and the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. According to the inquiry of official website of Yinchuan Municipal People's Government, the permanent population of the city was 2,896,800 at the end of 2022, an increase of 1.48 million over the previous year. Economically, it has developed in many fields such as industry, service industry and agriculture. For example, in 2023, Yinchuan achieved a total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery of 20.404 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 15.7% year-on-year, and the added value of the city's service industry reached128.326 billion yuan, up by 4.6% year-on-year. It conforms to the development characteristics of third-tier cities.

In addition, according to the "2023 Urban Commercial Charm Ranking" released by the New First-tier Cities Research Institute, Yinchuan ranks among the third-tier cities.