The ranking of urban commercial charm in 2023 released by New First-tier Cities Research Institute shows that Guangxi has 1 second-tier cities and 2 third-tier cities, among which Nanning is the second-tier city and Guilin and Liuzhou are the third-tier cities.
By April 3, 2023, Nanning ranked 49th among the cities in China and was a sub-provincial city in China. This ranking is based on the comprehensive evaluation of the city's economic strength, population size, city size, development level and ecological environment.