The Assessment and Influence Factors Analysis of Development Level of Node Cities on the Maritime Silk Route

摘要

On the basis of the requirements of assessing cities' development level, a new assessment system is set up, and an empirical study is conducted on the development level of 16 node cities by means of quantitative analysis and so on. The result indicates that there is a positive correlation between cities' development level and cities' size and cities' development level has an important connection with cities' environment and cities openness. In order to verify judgements above, 16 node cities are divided into 4 levels and features of cities in different levels are analyzed. Some factors influencing cities' development potentials are elaborated and some suggestions are put forward.