The urban investment environment, or all the support the city can provide to investors, may help the city attract more investment.

The China Institute of City Competitiveness, a Hong Kong-based research organization, has released a ranking of Chinese cities based on their investment environment.

The ranking uses four first-class indicators, namely an economic development index, a resource index, a city image index and a government behavior index, together with 16 second-class indicators and 51 third-class indicators.

Here are the top 10 Chinese cities with the best investment environment.

No 10 Zhangzhou in Fujian province scores 79.13

Workers manufacture low energy light bulbs at a factory in Zhangzhou city, East China's Fujian province, February 28, 2009. [Photo/IC]