The Character and Economic Preference of City Network of China: A Study Based on the Chinese Global Fortune 500 Enterprises

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Study area. UA1: Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration; UA2: Central Yunnan urban agglomeration; UA3: Guanzhong urban agglomeration; UA4: Guangxi Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration; UA5: Hachang urban agglomeration; UA6: Strait Xi’an urban agglomeration; UA7: Hubao E City Group; UA8: Jianghuai urban agglomeration; UA9: Jinzhong urban agglomeration; UA10: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration; UA11: Lanxi urban agglomeration; UA12: Liaoning Central South urban agglomeration; UA13: Ningxia urban agglomeration; UA14: Qianzhong urban agglomeration; UA15: Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration; UA16: Tianshan North Slope urban agglomeration; UA17: Middle Yangtze urban agglomeration; UA18: Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration; UA19: Central Plains urban agglomeration; UA20: Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration.