Panda cub Yuan Zai makes Taipei happy  

台湾各县市幸福指数：台北居第二 圆仔功不可没

据台湾东森电视台网站报道，台湾一项“县市幸福指数大调查”显示，台北市从去年的第8名跳升到第2名，仅次于新竹市。对此，台北市副市长丁庭宇回应，台北市民感到幸福，大陆赠台大熊猫的宝宝“圆仔”功不可没，“圆仔”让全台湾都感到幸福。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A happiness index survey rated Taipei city the second-happiest place in Taiwan, and the city's deputy mayor responded that Yuan Zai, the newborn panda cub, had contributed to it, according to ebc.net.tw.

The birth of Yuan Zai had great influence on citizens in Taiwan, and even people around the world, said Deputy Mayor Ting Ting-yu.

Taiwan's northern city of Hsinchu was rated happiest, followed by Taipei and Hsinchu county.

Taipei also ranked first among the five special municipalities of Taiwan. It also ranked top among cities and counties on Internet coverage, family disposable income, proportion of the population with college degrees or above, and average life expectancy.