On December 22, The team of Professor Xu Jian, chief expert of the Institute of Cultural Innovation and Youth Development, Shanghai Jiaotong University, released the "Global E-sports Capital Evaluation Report", which made the first evaluation of 15 cities devoted to developing E-sports capital in the world.
This evaluation found that Los Angeles and Shanghai take a leading role in the global urban E-sports development. Paris, France, Beijing and Berlin, Germany ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively. Los Angeles ranks first among the 15 cities, with many world-famous E-sports venues and huge E-sports Club groups. At present, it is one of the cities with the best development of E-sports in the world. China's Shanghai followed, with a comprehensive score of 94.9, ranking second. At the same time, Shanghai ranks first in the world in terms of E-sports "events" and "infrastructure", which shows the successful development of Shanghai’s e-sports industry.