According to the Global Cities Competitiveness Report 2005-2006, prepared under the joint auspices of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and Bucknell University in the US, Taipei ranks 48th for competitiveness (though second only to Hong Kong among Chinese cities), whereas Kaohsiung is put at No. 77. They are the only two cities from Taiwan to make the list.
根據 2006 年由中國社科院和美國巴克內爾大學主辦的《全球城市競爭力報告 2005 ﹣ 2006》指出，在城市綜合競爭力排名上，台北名列第 48，在華人城市中僅次於香港，至於高雄則排名 77，是全台灣入圍的唯 2 城市。