When urbanization in China has shifted its focus from scale expansion to people orientation, some problems hidden behind the past city development begin to emerge. In a city holding millions of people, it is not some government policies or plans that affect city operations, but some daily issues people could face while easily to be neglected that have profound influence on their feelings of life, employment choice as well as migration. Among them, a significant influencing factor is city life pressure. ANBOUND tracking study demonstrates that city life pressure turns out to be an important indicator which could reshape city economy and social patterns.