BMW Group Investor Presentation

URBANIZATION IN CHINA – ONGOING POTENTIAL.
China cities – brief introduction
9
89
176
cities
population >10 million
cities
population 5-10 million
cities
population 1-5 million
Chengdu
13 million
• Huge number of cities in China: 350 prefecture level cities and 100 county level cities.
• City development level is quite different.
Beijing
16.5 million Tianjin
11.5 million
Guangzhou
10 million
Chongqing
36 million
Shenzhen
12 million
Shanghai 18.5
million
China urbanization forecast by 2025
Highly-developed areas Less-developed areas
• 350 million people will be added to China‟s urban population by 2025 (more than the population of today‟s United
States, McKinsey estimates).
The scale of China’s cities and the trend towards city urbanization ensure that China will remain
a substantial market.
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