Evaluation Report on the Construction of the Circular Economy Oriented City

The circular economy oriented city refers to human settlements with a sound ecological environment, developed ecological industries, harmonious and happy citizens, a distinct ecological culture and clean and efficient management. It is a complex artificial ecosystem integrating five aspects—ecology, economy, culture, society and politics—into one. This report combines the core indicators of the health index evaluation of the eco city, chooses the five characteristic indices reflecting the features of a circular economy and establishes the evaluation index system of a circular economy oriented city. The report makes use of this index system to evaluate the 116 cities chosen from 2008 to 2012 and the 284 cities selected in 2013, focusing on the evaluation and analysis of the 50 circular economy oriented cities whose comprehensive index ranks at the top. Based on this, the report makes an in-depth analysis of the ranking changes to the comprehensive index of some cities from 2008 to 2013 and the regional distribution of the top 50 cities.