• Haikou comes in first place in the list of first- and second-tier cities after a massive 19-spot jump, ahead of Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shanghai, and Beijing; Chuzhou tops the list of third-tier cities
• The index highlights the fruits of China's regional economic development – with cities in the country's Western, North-Eastern, and Greater Bay Area^[1] regions dominating top rankings

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 25 May 2022 - Haikou, the provincial capital of China's Hainan province and an essential point in 21st-century China's Maritime Silk Road, is China's best-performing city in 2021, according to the Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities China index.