全球10大影响力城市

全球10大最具影响力城市

2014-08-29 11:12:25 来源：爱词霸编辑：guoyafei 点击：324次不背单词，照样流利说英语！这样练英语，独自出国没问题

No1. London

伦敦

A history and tradition which cannot be rivalled have left London with all the economic benefits of the City of London, and a language, judiciary and legal system which are models for the rest of the world.

以英语为母语的伦敦，拥有悠久的历史和传统，并是国际性金融中心，丰厚的经济效益也助其荣登榜首。此外，完善的司法和法律体系也为世界其它地区树立了典范。

The super-rich have long been comfortable there, and its cultural, media and advertising sectors are dominant.

作为全球富豪首选居住地，伦敦占据着世界文化、媒体、广告行业的主导地位。

Spared the regulation and red tape which ties up business in the US and Europe, London's time zones are manageable for business travellers commuting east or west and it has the second best global air connections in the world after Dubai.

撇开在美国和欧洲的商业法规及繁文缛节，伦敦拥有时区上的优势，方便全国各地商务旅客的来来往往。此外，伦敦的航空联络体系十分完善，全球排名第二，仅次于迪拜。London has the most start-up Internet firms in Europe and is host to 68 of the world's top 2,000 companies.

在欧洲大量的高科技初创互联网公司属于伦敦。全球前2000强企业中，有68家公司总部设在伦敦。

No2. New York

纽约

Hard on the heels of London, New York only narrowly missed out to its British rival in the Forbes list. The Big Apple is home to most of the world's top investment banks and hedge funds. Its stock market trade levels are 10 times that of London and four times that of Tokyo. It is a global leader in media, advertising and the music industry and dominates in the realms of fashion and luxury. Visitors spend more money in New York than any city in the world thanks, Forbes suggests, to its iconic landmarks.

《福布斯》榜单上，美国纽约紧跟伦敦之后，惜败于对手伦敦屈居第二。大苹果城(The Big Apple，纽约的别称)是世界顶级投资银行和对冲基金之乡。纽约股票市场贸易是伦敦的十倍，东京的四倍。纽约的媒体、广告和音乐产业在全球遥遥领先，同时，纽约还是世界重要的时尚和奢侈品之都。《福布斯》指出，由于纽约拥有众多标志性建筑物，游客在纽约的消费超过世界上其它任何城市。

No3. Paris

巴黎

A distant third, Paris claims its place only thanks to its domination of the still-important French market with virtually all of the country's home-grown companies basing their headquarters there.

巴黎在排行榜上名列第三，但与伦敦、纽约差距较大。巴黎声称之所以能位居第三，主要由于法国国内市场仍发挥着重要的作用，且几乎所有法国国内知名企业总部都设于巴黎。

No4. Singapore

新加坡

The most influential city in Asia, Singapore has a population of just five million but an

infrastructure which is the envy of the world. With a colonial legacy of British governance and law, it has been named as the best place in the world to do business. As a result, it has the highest level of foreign direct investment and is the top location for European companies with an Asia-Pacific HQ.

新加坡是亚洲最具影响力的城市。虽然新加坡的人口只有500万，但这里的基础设施让全世界为之羡慕。收益于英国殖民时期遗留下来的统治方式和法律法规，被称为全球最佳经商之地。因此，新加坡是外国直接投资水平最高的地区，并且是欧洲公司建立亚太地区总部的首选之地。

No5. Tokyo

东京

Despite being the world's largest city in terms of gross domestic product, Tokyo has fallen behind Singapore as Asia's most influential, according to Forbes. Like Paris, the magazine said, it gains most of its ranking due to its domination of its own domestic markets. But it will continue to suffer thanks to an ageing population and declining birth rate, a lack of ethnic diversity and stiff competition from regional rivals.

据《福布斯》称，尽管东京是全球国内生产总值(GDP)最大的城市，但却落居新加坡之后，未能成为亚洲最具影响力的城市。《福布斯》还称，东京与巴黎相似，其排名第五主要依赖于自身国内市场的发展。然而，由于受到人口的老龄化、出生率不断下降、民族多样性的缺乏以及区域竞争对手的激烈竞争等因素的制约，东京的发展将面临挑战。

No6. Hong Kong

香港

More free than the rest of China, Hong Kong is the largest financial centre in Asia and the third largest in the world. Most of the world's banks, asset managers and insurance companies have Asia-Pacific headquarters there.

香港比中国其它地区更自由，也是亚洲最大金融中心，仅次于伦敦和纽约，全球排名第三位。全球大多数的世界银行、资产管理公司和保险公司都把他们的亚太地区总部设在香港。