Eight of the top 10 cities with net population inflow are in the South. Although we cannot draw any further conclusions, we can at least show three major trends: First, it shows that southern cities are more attractive to talents and people, and provide local opportunities to make money.

and greater economic vitality. Let’s not talk about why “investment cannot be achieved in Shanhaiguan”, nor whether there is a good investment environment in the north. The phenomenon of “peacocks flying southeast” in recent years is a fact that cannot be ignored, indicating that southern cities are making money.

There are more opportunities and greater economic vitality, thus attracting more and more people to the south to look for development opportunities and investment opportunities.

In terms of total net inflows, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Dongguan and Guangzhou rank among the top five. Except for Dongguan, the rest are all first-tier cities.

More importantly, among the top five cities, except for Beijing, which has urban advantages and is on the list, the other four cities all belong to the south. In addition to Shanghai, which is China’s window to the outside world and a central city of market economy, Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou all belong to the south. The Pearl River Delta cities are inseparable from the development and rise of my country's Pearl River Delta economy.

Some people attribute the development of southern cities to three major factors: Southern cities have lower logistics costs because southern cities are close to ports and have convenient water transportation; northern transportation is mainly by land, which enables many southern cities to have low-cost industries.

Advantages: The climate of southern cities is conducive to production, northern cities have long winters, and the southern climate environment is more suitable for production throughout the year; southern cities have more export-oriented economies, and the annual growth in global trade has allowed the southern export-oriented economy to develop faster and better.

Some people also believe that the strong economy in the south and the weak economy in the north is not due to a problem with the thinking of northerners, because such a result has complex historical, humanistic, business, and political factors; a character that dares to venture and fight, a spirit of mutual help that unites for warmth, and a business principle that values ??credibility.

, hard-working entrepreneurial spirit, these are important reasons why the southern economy is more developed.

But in any case, the vitality of the southern economy and more money-making opportunities have become important reasons for the greater attractiveness of southern cities and the net inflow of population.

Secondly, factors such as population and talent are not only the cause of the widening economic gap between the South and the North, but also the result of the widening economic gap between the South and the North. Is the economic gap between the North and the South widening, or is the economic gap between the North and the South exaggerated?

It has been a hot topic recently.

According to comprehensive data, the top ten cities in China's economic aggregate in the third quarter of this year are: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Wuhan.

Among the top ten cities with the most economic problems, Beijing has become the only northern city to remain in the top ten. Tianjin, a major northern city and one of the three municipalities directly under the Central Government, fell out of the top ten for the first time, ranking 11th.

This undoubtedly leads to the conclusion that the economic gap between the North and the South is widening.

According to the predictions of the World Monetary Fund, the economic gap between China's north and south will continue to widen. In 2020, the economic aggregate of the southern region has accounted for 65% of the total economic output, while the northern region has dropped to 35%; it is expected that by 2025

In 2016, the southern region accounted for approximately 75% of the country's GDP, and the economic gap between the north and the south will further widen.

As the economic gap becomes wider and wider, a large number of young people from the northern region have poured into the southern region, resulting in a continuous outflow of population from northern cities and a continuous inflow of population from southern cities. This has also made the economy of the north worse, while the economy of the south has become increasingly difficult.

Great reason to be energized.

The inflow and outflow of population also illustrates the inevitable widening of the economic gap between the north and the south.

In recent years, the peacock flying southeast phenomenon of population mobility has attracted the attention of many experts and scholars. The inflow of southern talents and population is not only the reason for the rapid economic development of the south, but also the vitality of the economy further promotes the inflow of talents and population.

The third point is that at present, cities across the country have introduced talent strategies and population strategies and implemented active settlement policies, mainly in the south. Generally speaking, economically developed cities will have high-quality social welfare resources and good employment opportunities.

The floating population forms a powerful attraction.

But equally important, cities with rapid economic development are more attractive to talent and population.

The innate conditions and economic vitality of southern cities are naturally the reason for attracting talent and population inflow. However, it has to be said that southern cities have more active talent and population strategies than northern cities. This is also why southern cities have a net inflow of talents and population than northern cities.

s reason.

Since 2019, cities have begun to intensively introduce policies for talent cultivation and introduction. From February 11 to February 15, 2019 alone, five cities including Changzhou, Haikou, Xi'an, Nanjing, and Shenzhen introduced new policies for talent introduction.

In less than two months from the beginning of the year to February 18, more than 16 cities have issued various policies for talent introduction and settlement, which is known as an upgraded version of the city's "war for people" in 2019.