International competition is now increasingly based on cities, in clusters instead of individually.

This will help accelerate the concerted development of cities and rural areas.

Even Shanghai will not be able to compete internationally without the Yangtze River Delta that is its hinterland.

If you look at the empirical findings, the biggest competition is not between states. It's between cities within states that are close to each other. That's where you'll find most of the action going on, and actually, it's worse, because it's likely to have the most negative impact on the public purse where the competition is so local.

The chairman said they wanted a national policy. It's all about competition and they aren't going to stop cities, either.

The legal sector of commerce is very vibrant. The competition is what you will find in most major cities.