Top 10 Most Youthful Cities in China

The latest report released by Tencent Big Data on May 4 has revealed Shenzhen scores the highest title for 'the most youthful city' in China for 2017.

According to the document, the average youthful index of China's first-tier cities reached a total of 78, the same result achieved in 2016. However, while the average index showed a downward trend by city level, second-tier provincial capitals' youthful indexes have increased significantly.

The index, based on Tencent's instant-messaging QQ app users aged between 16-years-old to 35, was calculated by the fluctuation in the young population proportion within each city.

Below are the top 10 most youthful cities in China.

No 10: Hangzhou, Youthful index: 80

No 9: Nanchang, Youthful index: 80

No 7: Guangan, Youthful index: 82

No 6: Zhengzhou, Youthful index: 82

No 5: Suzhou, Youthful index: 82

No 4: Sanya, Youthful index: 82

No 3: Jinhua, Youthful index: 85

No 2: Guiyang, Youthful index: 85

No 1: Shenzhen, Youthful index: 87