According to the report joint published by the Daily Economy and the China Index Academy, the housing and real estate market in the Yangtze River Delta is the largest in size, with over CNY 2500 billion in real estate investments and 250 million square meters in sales. The Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay area is projected to grow in investments for the next few years, with investments growing by 17% to a sum total of CNY 1100 billion. This combined with national policy benefits has made the development of Chinese cities much clearer where the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area, Beijing and Tianjin are projected to become areas with the most potential for real estate development in China.

The reportevaluated a total of 298 cities for investment evaluation before releasing a top100 cities for investments list. The Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area have kept their rankings from previous issues with 6 and 4 cities from each zone entering the list. Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen,Guangzhou and Hangzhou are the current top 5 cities on the list, while Wuhan, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Tianjin are listed at positions 6 to 10. Zhengzhou first crossed the CNY 1000 billion in GDP line and also passed the 10 million-strong population mark in 2018 to officially become a tier 1.5 city.