the research on China’s four municipalities directly under the central government，and five cities under separate state planning，capital city of the 27 36 key cities in China as the research object，and set up a statistical index system to assess the level of urban economic management，including the level of economic development level，economic adjustment，market regulation and government financial resources level 4 secondary index and variation coefficient of per capita GDP，economic growth，private individuals from personnel of course of growth，financial scale 16 three-level index，etc. In order to evaluate the economic management level of Chinese cities in 2016. The result shows：the eastern city of economic management situation is generally good，central city economy management level is generally lower than the eastern region，the lack of first-class management level of urban economy，poor western region as a whole，but some indicators breakthrough growth potential is tremendous，city in northeast China economic management needs to adjust，urban economic downward pressure is still exist. It is suggested to change the concept of development，rational functional positioning，change the mode of performance evaluation，formulate the development plan in line with the local reality，and enhance the government’s ability of economic regulation，market supervision and basic financial capacity to improve the level of urban economic management.