Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai named China’s healthiest cities
Tsinghua University released the 2025 Urban Health Index assessing Chinese cities based on the health status of their residents. The ranking includes indicators such as development and quality of medical services, infrastructure, healthy behaviour, ecology and other factors.
Source Yicaiglobal
The top cities in the ranking are Beijing, Hangzhou (Zhejiang province) and Shanghai. The top five also feature Nanjing (Jiangsu province) and Xiamen (Fujian province). Among small and medium-sized cities, Huzhou, Jinhua and Quzhou — all in Zhejiang — scored best.
The report highlights that even leading cities lag behind in promoting healthy behaviour. Improvements are also needed in ecology and medical infrastructure, which currently remain concentrated mostly in the largest megacities.
