List of ‘Best cities for start-up businesses in Chinese mainland 2016’ was jointly released on July 12 by Biaozhunpaiming, Tencent Research Institute and UR Work.

The list was made based on three criteria for start-up businesses – popularity, policy environment and intelligent support. Beijing tops the list with the highest score 96.448, almost 36 points higher than the second runner-up Shanghai.

Here’s the top 10 cities on the list:

10 Chengdu Score: 34.0449

9 Nanjing Score: 35.5945

8 Suzhou Score: 35.9827

7 Wuhan Score: 36.1946

6 Tianjin Score: 38.8829

5 Guangzhou Score: 41.2384

4 Hangzhou Score: 42.1493

3 Shenzhen Score: 51.2196

2 Shanghai Score: 59.2638

1 Beijing Score: 96.448