National Civilized City

National Civilized City (Chinese: 全国文明城市; pinyin: Quánguó Wénmíng Chéngshì) is a title awarded by the Office of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It is considered the highest honor a city can receive in China and is particularly valued by the party committees and governments of the cities. As of 23 May 2025, a total of 505 cities, districts and counties have been awarded the title of National Civilized City.

Since 2005, the Office of the Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual Civilization of the Chinese Communist Party has selected a batch of National Civilized Cities every three years; the first batch (12 cities),^[1] second batch (14 cities),^[2] third batch (27 cities),^[3] fourth batch (34 cities),^[4] fifth batch (89 cities),^[5] sixth batch (133 cities)^[6] and seven batch (202 cities).^[7] Starting from the second batch, each batch of selection reviewed the cities previously selected.^{[8][9][10][11]}