Yaxi is the first Chinese settlement to earn recognition as a Slow City.[Photo provided to China Daily]

China's six Slow Cities

1. Yaxi, Nanjing, Jiangsu province

2010

50 square kilometers, with a 48-km-long scenic belt

22,000 residents

2. Yanyang town, Meizhou, Guangdong province

2014

188 square km, with 78 percent forest coverage and 27 original Hakka villages

32,000 residents

3. Shimen town, Qufu, Shandong province

2015

Fewer than 50 square km. About 70 percent forest.

23,000 residents

4. Fuli town, Fuchuan Yao autonomous county, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

2015

25 square km, with Shenxian Lake ecological leisure park at the center. It contains 31 hamlets

Nearly 50,000 residents

5. Yuhu town, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province

2016

180 square km and 44 villages

42,000 residents

6. Jingyang town, Xuancheng, Anhui province

2016

Over 100 square km. Forest coverage of 66 percent and 14 villages

43,000 residents

(China Daily 10/04/2017 page10)