To improve the overall competitiveness of the central region is of great significance in China's regional development pattern. The index system of urban competitiveness evaluation is constructed, and the competitiveness of six provinces in the central region is quantitatively studied by using the TOPSIS method of entropy weight. The results show that the comprehensive competitiveness of Henan is the strongest, followed by Hubei and Hunan, followed by Anhui, Jiangxi and Shanxi. The overall competitiveness of the central region is much lower than that of the eastern region, and there is competit...