1. Seoul Academy of Development: it has translated and published the “Global Urban Competitiveness Report for 2005-2006” and co-developed many research reports with us.

2. National Statistical Society of China: it is in charge of data standardization and audit as well as offeringtechnological aid in collecting statistics.

3. Taiwan Chengchi University: it is responsible for collecting and auditing statistics, and holding discussions on all kinds of research reports in Taiwan

4. Hong Kong Institute of Asian-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: it is in charge of collecting and auditing statistics, and holding discussions on all kinds of research reports in Hong Kong.

5. Center for Macao studies, Macau University: it is in charge of collecting and auditing statistics, and holdingdiscussions on all kinds of research reports in Macao

6. Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS): many constructive suggestions are provided by the leaders of the institute.

7. Chinese Academy of Science: it is responsible for processing all the graphs.

8. Institute of American studies, CASS: it provides professional analyses of many reports from an international point of view.

9. Graduate School，CASS: many excellent graduates and doctors are in charge of the compilation of the basic statistics, the searching, editing and classification of the literature, as well as the writing of many reports.

10. Peking University: We cooperate with the Department of Urban and Environment Sciences, Peking University, in the study of urban economics, urban space layout and urban planning.

11. Tsinghua University: Together with the Institute of Real Estate Studies, Tsinghua University, we collaboratively developed the “Chinese Real Estate Report”.

12. Renmin University of China: We cooperate with it in terms of some research projects, especially on the studies ofurban planning and development strategies for many cities.

13. Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University: it is in charge of the data analysis and providing other computational supports.

14. Beijing Normal University: many professors as well as young and middle-aged scholars have offered many useful advices, especially Professor Li Xiaoxi, Dean of the Institute of Economics and Resources Management of the university.

15. Beijing Foreign Studies University: it is in charge of case studies and statistics collecting in many languages around the world.  

16. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications；  many teachers and doctors at school, especially Dr Huang Jin，Dr Jin Ying and Dr Yang Xiaolan , have devoted much time and energy to the report.

17 University of International Business and Economics: professors and doctors at school have contributed a lot to the success of the report.

18 Capital University of Economics and Business: professors and doctors at school have contributed a lot to the success of the report.

A number of universities and research centers, who are in charge of surveys, data compilation and case studies on their own cities, have conducted a lot of researches and become our long term partners.