In the classification of Chinese cities (super-large/extra-large/large, etc.), "central urban population" is the only criterion.
Urban passenger traffic is an important indicator of population and vitality, or the most vivid reflection. According to data from the Ministry of Transport, Xi'an ranks eighth in the country in 2021 - behind the "regret lost" seventh, how do we know the city?
List: Xi'an ranks eighth in the country
China's urban division standard is the Notice on Adjusting the Classification Standard of Urban Scale issued by the State Council on November 20, 2014, which divides cities into five categories and seven grades according to the permanent population.
This notice, for the first time, appeared in the "megacity" - the permanent population of the urban area is more than 10 million.
It should be noted that "urban area" refers to the actual construction of the district and municipal government premises in the municipal district and the city without the district, which is connected to the area under the jurisdiction of the residents' committee and other areas.
In 2021, the top 10 cities in terms of total passenger traffic are: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an, Hangzhou and Nanjing.
Chinese mainland top ten distribution map of urban passenger traffic ◎ Cartography / City Record Think Tank
From the perspective of daily passenger traffic, Beijing, Shanghai, Suiyu and Chongqing exceed 10 million, and Shenrong is close to 10 million. Among the top ten cities, except for Xi'an, the total economic volume is in the top ten in the country - in 2021, Xi'an's GDP only ranked 24th.
This contrast is particularly special. From this point of view, the state's positioning of Xi'an is extremely accurate (for details, see → "The Latest National Document: Xi'an Was "Named" Seven Times"). This is also what we often say: . There are some minor changes in the ranking compared to 2020:
Beijing, with a slight advantage, surpassed Shanghai to take the top spot. Wuhan, Lianchao Xi'an and Nanjing rose to seventh. Hangzhou, rose to ninth. The reason is that Xi'an has been most affected by the epidemic.
In 2021, the number of motor vehicles in Xi'an is the eighth ◎ source / City Record Think Tank
Even so, Xi'an will still have nearly 6 million daily passenger traffic in 2021.
Some people may say that some cities do not travel well by public transportation——。
Therefore, we can see that although the population of cities such as Suzhou and Zhengzhou exceeds 10 million, the population of the main urban area is only 5-6 million - other groups of people are concentrated in the surrounding county-level cities.
From this point of view, urban passenger traffic can better reflect the real population of a city and become an important part of testing the vitality of a city's population.
Change: Behind Xi'an's loss of seventh place
So, how much impact has the epidemic had on Xi'an?
At present, there are no specific indicators to be described. At the same time, 2021 is the "year of all transportation", Xi'an is not calm. Due to the impact of many epidemics, if there is a certain quantitative standard for urban passenger traffic - roughly 200 million person-times!
In terms of passenger traffic in the central cities of the country, Wuhan "surpassed" Xi'an.
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Comparison of passenger traffic in Xi'an and Wuhan in 2021 ◎ Cartography / City Record Think Tank
According to this change, we can analyze the actual situation in Xi'an.
According to the "Seven Pu" data, the populations of Xi'an and Wuhan are 12.95 million and 12.32 million, respectively, which are very close. In the months not affected by the epidemic in 2021, the average monthly passenger traffic in Xi'an was higher than that of Wuhan by more than 5 million passengers (200,000 passengers per day).
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The flow of people has become the criterion for judging whether it is normalized. In 2020 after the epidemic, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Communications at that time, Xi'an's recovery rate reached 100.8%, ranking third - becoming an important embodiment of Xi'an's urban vitality recovery.
At that time, the "new first line" accounted for 70% of the top ten cities——。
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According to the previous "Seven Pu" data, the "City Record Think Tank" systematically sorted out and compared: of the 20 urban areas with the highest population density in the country, Xi'an reached four.
In this epidemic, Xi'an has carried out national nucleic acid many times after the "lockdown".
In this regard, experts from the State Council affirmed the status of "megacity".
In fact, in addition to Suzhou and other cities showing obvious "county-level urban body" characteristics, most other cities, the result of the multi-center development model, in fact, also constitute a huge main urban area.
Xi'an's total population and vitality need to be re-evaluated. The most important carrier, the subway, is also underestimated.
Subway: Xi'an is too far behind
In large cities, the subway is becoming more and more important.
In 2021, the four cities of Shanghai, Beijing, Sui and Shenzhen had the highest number of subway passengers, with 3.57 billion passengers, 3.07 billion passengers, 2.85 billion passengers and 2.19 billion passengers, respectively. Affected by the epidemic, Xi'an ranked seventh in terms of passenger traffic of 1.02 billion passengers.
In contrast, Xi'an is nearly 100 kilometers less than Chongqing, Wuhan and Hangzhou (equivalent to the total length of Metro Line 2+3+4). If it were not for the epidemic, Xi'an would most likely surpass Chongqing and rank sixth in the country.
At the same time, Xi'an ranks third in terms of passenger traffic intensity (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shanghai, Changsha).
The metropolitan area on the subway has not yet arrived ◎ source / Xi'an Metro
Even in 2021, when the epidemic is seriously affected, the passenger traffic intensity of the Xi'an Metro will exceed 10,000 passengers per day. Secondly, there are 4 cities with more than 07,000 passengers per day, namely Beijing, Chongqing, Chengdu and Hangzhou.
It is quite surprising that although Qingdao and Dalian are big subway cities, the proportion of buses far exceeds that of the subway ——。
Year-on-year, Xi'an and Zhengzhou and Qingdao have similar mileage, but the intensity is 2 times and 4 times that of these two cities, respectively.
However, the construction of the Xi'an Metro is far behind:
In 2022, Shenzhen, Chongqing and Hangzhou will usher in a wave of subway blowouts. According to incomplete statistics, in 2022, Shenzhen will have 4 subways open to traffic, adding more than 100 kilometers. Chongqing also has 4 subways opened to traffic, adding more than 100 kilometers.
Xi'an Metro's anti-epidemic period ◎ Source / Xi'an Metro
They are not as good as Hangzhou: in 2022, Hangzhou will open 6 subways, add nearly 200 kilometers of new mileage, and will enter the "500-kilometer rail transit club" in one fell swoop.
In contrast, the second phase of Line 6, a subway that is likely to open in Xi'an in 2022, is only 22 kilometers. So far, the length of the Xi'an Metro is only 50% of that of Chengdu, Chongqing and Hangzhou. Even if it is affected by the epidemic in 2021, the passenger traffic of Xi'an Metro is close to that of Chongqing, far exceeding that of Hangzhou.
Affected by various factors, the Xi'an Metro missed a cycle with Chengdu, Wuhan and Chongqing.
Therefore, the three mismatches of Xi'an's development are becoming more and more obvious: the mismatch between urban status and economic aggregates, the mismatch between total population and industrial magnitude, and the mismatch between urban demand and infrastructure construction...
From the perspective of "only talking about problems and not talking about doctrine", Xi'an's biggest weakness is in the economy; on the contrary, the biggest opportunity is also in the economy.
From the population growth and passenger traffic, it can be seen that the ship in Xi'an is getting bigger and bigger. Every day, millions of people run and travel through this ancient and modern city.
Text = City Chronicle Think Tank Rainforest
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