| | Cluster | City name | Number of cities |
| | First group | Ankang, Anqing, Anshun, Anyang, Anshan, Bazhong, Baicheng, Baishan, Baiyin, Bengbu, Baotou, Baoji, Baoding, Baoshan, Beihai, Benxi, Binzhou, Cangzhou, Changde, Chaoyang, Chaozhou, Chenzhou, Chengde, Chizhou, Chifeng, Chuzhou, Dazhou, Daqing, Datong, Dandong, Deyang, Dezhou, Dongying, Fangchenggang, Fushun, Fuzhou, Fuxin, Fuyang, Ganzhou, Guang’an, Guangyuan, Guigang, Guiyang, Guilin, Haikou, Handan, Hanzhong, Heyuan, Heze, Hebi, Hegang, Heihe, Hengshui, Hengyang, Hohhot, Huludao Huaihua, Huai’an, Huaibei, Huainan, Huanggang, Huangshan, Huangshi, Jixi, Ji’an, Jilin, Jiamusi, Jiaxing, Jiayuguan, Jiangmen, Jiaozuo, Jieyang, Jinchang, Jinhua, Jinzhou, Jincheng, Jinzhong, Jingmen, Jingdezhen, Jiujiang, Kaifeng, Karamay, Laiwu, Lanzhou, Langfang, Leshan, Lishui, Lianyungang, Liaoyang, Liaoyuan, Liaocheng, Linfen, Linyi, Liuzhou, Liuan, Liupanshui, Longyan, Loudi, Luzhou, Luoyang, Luohe, Ma’anshan, Maoming, Meishan, Meizhou, Mianyang, Mudanjiang, Nanchong, Nanning, Nanping, Neijiang, Ningde, Panzhihua, Panjin, Pingdingshan, Pingxiang, Putian, Puyang, Qitaihe, Qiqihar, Qinzhou, Qinhuangdao, Qingyuan, Quzhou, Qujing, Rizhao, Sanmenxia, Sanming, Sanya, Xiamen, Shantou, Shanwei, Shangqiu, Shangrao, Shaoguan, Shaoyang, Shiyan, Shizuishan, Shuangyashan, Shuozhou, Siping, Songyuan, Suihua, Suizhou, Suining, Taizhou, Taiyuan, Tai’an, Tianshui, Tieling, Tonghua, Tongliao, Tongchuan, Tongling, Weihai, Weinan, Wuhai, Urumqi, Wuhu, Wuzhong, Wuzhou, Xining, Xianning, Xianyang, Xiangtan, Xiaogan, Xinzhou, Xinxiang, Xinyu, Xinyang, Xingtai, Suqian, Suzhou, Xuchang, Xuancheng, Ya’an, Yan’an, Yangjiang, Yangquan, Yichun, Yibin, Yichang, Yichun, Yiyang, Yinchuan, Yingtan, Yingkou, Yongzhou, Yulin, Yuxi, Yueyang, Yunfu, Yuncheng, Zaozhuang, Zhanjiang, Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiakou, Zhangzhou, Changzhi, Zhaoqing, Zhenjiang, Zhongshan, Zhoushan, Zhoukou, Zhuhai, Zhuzhou, Zhumadian, Ziyang, Zigong, Zunyi | 216 | | Second group | Changzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Dongguan, Foshan, Fuzhou, Harbin, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Jining, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Shaoxing, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taizhou, Tangshan, Weifang, Wenzhou, Wuxi, Wuhan, Xi’an, Xuzhou, Yantai, Yancheng, Yangzhou, Changchun, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Zibo | 36 | | Third group | Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing | 7 |
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