Economically, Jiujiang should be better than Quzhou, similar to Lishui, and Jinhua similar to Nanchang, so Jiujiang is worse than Jinhua.

Jiujiang is an important city in Jiangxi Province, and its economic strength ranks very high in the whole province. Jinhua is a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province, and its economic ranking in Zhejiang Province is roughly Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Taizhou and Shaoxing.