郭　斌

If you are seeking happiness in China, Hangzhou is the place to go as the capital of Zhejiang Province topped a magazine poll of more than 3 million citizens rating the countrys “10 happiest cities”.

Shenyang, capital of Northeast Chinas Liaoning Province, finished runner-up in the poll conducted by Oriental Outlook magazine, followed by the Zhejiang Province cities of Ningbo and Taizhou. Zhuhai and Zhongshan, both in South Chinas Guangdong Province, were fifth and sixth, respectively. Qingdao, in eastern Shandong Province, was the seventh. Shanghai, the countrys commercial hub, ranked eighth, followed by the national capital Beijing. Chengdu, capital of southwestern Sichuan Province, rounded out the list.

The poll conducted by the Shanghai-based magazine was carried out in early November under the administration of the Xinhua News Agency, the China Association of Mayors and the China Population Welfare Foundation. It asked people to name the city where it was easiest to get a sense of happiness.

People could vote via text message, the Internet or by filling out a questionnaire.

A total of 35 cities were picked from the countrys 269 cities as candidates in April, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics and local government work reports.

Employment, income, social security, housing, medicare, environment and education, as well as the intensity of work pressure and relations between individuals and individual and society, were the major indices for selecting the happiest cities, according to the organizing committee.

Meanwhile, Dalian in Liaoning Province, is named as the best-mannered city. Shenzhen is the city with most rapid development. Tianjin, the municipality directly under the Central Government, is the most secure city. And Changsha is regarded as the city with “the most happiness of entertainment.”

去哪里尋找幸福？杭州應(yīng)該是最理想的去處。據(jù)一家雜志對300多萬人開展的一項(xiàng)民意調(diào)查顯示，浙江省省會杭州榮登中國“十大最具幸福感城市”排行榜之首。

該項(xiàng)由上?！恫t望東方周刊》開展的調(diào)查表明，遼寧省省會沈陽為第二大“最幸福城市”，其次是浙江省的寧波和臺州。廣東省的珠海和中山分別位居第五和第六；山東省的青島名列第七。中國商業(yè)中心上海名列第八，其次是首都北京。四川省省會成都位居第十。

該項(xiàng)于本月初開展的調(diào)查是在新華社、中國市長協(xié)會和中國人口福利基金會的共同監(jiān)督下進(jìn)行的。調(diào)查要求人們投票選出他們心目中最具幸福感的城市。

投票方式包括發(fā)手機(jī)短信、登錄網(wǎng)站及填寫調(diào)查問卷。

據(jù)國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局及地方政府工作報告公布的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，于今年四月啟動的初選共從269個城市中篩選出了35個城市。

據(jù)活動組委會介紹，此次最幸福城市評選的主要依據(jù)包括：就業(yè)、收入、社會治安、住房、醫(yī)療保障、環(huán)境、教育、工作壓力、社會成員的關(guān)系及個人與社會的關(guān)系等。

此外，大連被評為“舉止最文明的城市”，深圳被評為“發(fā)展速度最快的城市”；天津被評為“最安全的城市”，而長沙則是“最具娛樂幸福感的城市”。