WTLG Intelligence

China Relocation Intelligence

A data-driven view of China as a relocation destination across the cities covered by WhereToLiveGuide.

Median City RAS 70.7 across 5 covered cities
Cities Covered5
Highest-Ranked CityNanjing
Migration Momentum82.0
MethodologyRAS-1.0
Median Coverage100.0%

Destination summary

China at a glance

All values describe the WTLG cities currently covered in China. They are not a new country attractiveness score.

Cities covered
5
Median city RAS
70.7
Mean city RAS
72.1
Highest city RAS
77.6
Lowest city RAS
67.8
RAS range
9.8

Covered-city distribution

RAS across China's covered cities

Stored RAS-1.0 results, sorted highest to lowest.

Nanjing77.6
Guangzhou75.6
Yangshuo70.7
Shanghai68.7
Beijing67.8

City universe

China city rankings

Complete City Intelligence profiles are linked where available; other cities retain their city-guide links.

China RankCityRASGlobal RankData Coverage
#1NanjingIntelligence profile77.6#39100.0%
#2GuangzhouIntelligence profile75.6#58100.0%
#3YangshuoIntelligence profile70.7#149100.0%
#4ShanghaiIntelligence profile68.7#190100.0%
#5BeijingIntelligence profile67.8#215100.0%

Destination profile

China covered-city component medians

Component medians remain separate measures and are not combined into a country score.

ComponentChina medianGlobal 404-city medianDifferenceObservations
RAS70.768.3+2.45
Cost80.070.0+10.05
Safety95.076.0+19.05
Healthcare66.071.0-5.05
Visa45.065.0-20.05
Tax50.058.0-8.05
Internet91.091.00.05
Climate78.072.0+6.05

Cost range

Covered-city cost context

Monthly budget range
$1,100-$6,000
Budget observations
5 cities
Median 1BR rent
$1,200
Rent observations
5 cities

Based on WTLG cities currently covered in China. These are not official national cost statistics.

Country-level signal

China Migration Momentum

MMS-1.0 score
82.0
Comparison
2024 vs 2020
International migrant stock
1,638,718
Share of population
0.1%

Migration Momentum is a country-level structural signal based on changes in international migrant stock. Migrant stock is not annual flow and does not describe migration into a specific city.

Variation

Component dispersion

Minimum, median and maximum normalized scores show which factors vary most among the covered cities.

ComponentMinimumMedianMaximumRange
Cost64.080.098.034.0
Safety88.095.095.07.0
Healthcare66.066.066.00.0
Visa45.045.045.00.0
Tax50.050.050.00.0
Internet66.091.0100.034.0
Climate45.078.082.037.0

Market context

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