China has so many cities that it's basically impossible to pick a 'second city'. Rather, in China they use an unofficial city tier list.
First Tier: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Second Tier: Nanjing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xi'an, etc (i.e. most cities 8.5 million + in population that aren't in the first tier, many of which are either special cities (Chongqing and Tianjin) or provincial capitals (Nanjing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Hangzhou, etc)).
And then there are smaller cities in tiers three and four.
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