New York, London, Beijing and Paris are the top four in the 2013 Report on Cultural Diversity and Dynamism of World Cities released in Shanghai on Tuesday.

The report was jointly released by the Institute of Arts and Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, International Channel Shanghai and Shanghai Center for World Cities Research.

A hundred cities were chosen as a sample for the report.

Shanghai, at 14th, came three places behind Hong Kong.