With the continuous development of my country's economy and society, especially under the current dual-cycle driven situation, the topic of establishing new municipalities directly under the Central Government to drive surrounding development has aroused widespread heated discussions. After all, municipalities directly under the Central Government are the highest-level cities in my country and have better policy support and greater development space. Therefore, as soon as the news broke out, many cities heard the news and hoped that China's fifth municipality directly under the Central Government would come to their side.

my country currently has four major municipalities directly under the Central Government, of which Beijing and Tianjin are in the north, Shanghai is in the east, and Chongqing is in the west. In the four major directions, only the south is still blank. Therefore, although Qingdao, Xiamen, Wuhan, Luoyang, Dalian and other places have high voices, the south is still the biggest hot spot.

If a new municipality is really established in the south, Shenzhen will undoubtedly have the greatest chance, because its economic strength is sufficient. It is not only supported by large enterprises such as Tencent, Ping An, Huawei, and DJI, but also institutions such as the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Moreover, its GDP has surpassed Guangzhou, ranking third in the country after Shanghai and Beijing. If it does not have enough resources to be directly administered, let alone other cities.

But will it have to be Shenzhen? In fact, it's not necessarily true. Why? In fact, Shenzhen's current policies are not worse than those of municipalities directly under the Central Government. A stock exchange makes Beijing, Tianjin, and Chongqing jealous, not to mention the special economic zones, pilot demonstration zones, and core cities of the Greater Bay Area. Even if it is really directly under the Central Government, in addition to higher levels, it is difficult to implement better policies.

In addition, Shenzhen, as the core city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, belongs to Guangdong as Guangzhou, which is more conducive to the coordination and communication of some policies. If it is really directly administered directly, Shenzhen will inevitably take away Dongguan or Huizhou, which will not only affect the economic status of Guangdong, China's largest province. Moreover, it may not be all beneficial to the coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area, and competition with Guangzhou may intensify.

So, if Shenzhen is not directly under the jurisdiction of Shenzhen, will there be other cities in the south have a chance? Yes, Xiamen, for example, is also a good choice. Because Xiamen is not the provincial capital and is not the city with the strongest economy, it will not have a particularly big impact on Fujian after it is directly under the jurisdiction.

However, Xiamen has a small area and is unlikely to be directly under the jurisdiction of its own. If it is really directly under the jurisdiction, it is very likely to be directly under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, or even take Longyan. In this way, its area is not particularly large, but its GDP can reach more than 2 trillion yuan, directly surpassing Wuhan, Chengdu, and Suzhou, and ranking among the top six in the country. But this also has great drawbacks. It is equivalent to splitting up the entire Fujian, and the remaining Fuzhou, Sanming, Putian, Ningde and Nanping add up to not as many as Xiamen took away.

Apart from Shenzhen and Xiamen, where else is there an opportunity? I think the Beibu Gulf is also worth considering. As my country's bridgehead for Southeast Asia, the development of the Beibu Gulf has always been lukewarm. Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang are labeled as coastal cities, but their development level is not as good as that of many cities in the west, so that many people say that Guangxi is the most economically backward coastal province in my country.

If a municipality directly under the Central Government of Beibu Gulf facing Southeast Asia (Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, and even Yulin) can be established in Beibu Gulf to integrate the port resources of Beibu Gulf and provide policy support to the municipality directly under the Central Government, is it possible for it to become a new quasi-first-tier city? Not to mention reaching Shenzhen, if we can reach the level of Foshan, Dongguan, and Qingdao, it will also have a strong impact on Guangxi. What do you think? Is it possible for Beibu Gulf to be directly under the jurisdiction?