Shanghai City
Located in the east of China, the estuary of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is an area of 6340.5 square kilometers, east of the East China Sea, north and west are connected with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the whole area is alluvial plain, flat terrain, east is the estuary of the Yangtze River .
The population of Shanghai in 2019 is 242.814 million, and the population of Shanghai in 2009 was 19.2132 million. Shanghai is China’s provincial administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government, national central city, mega-city, China’s international economic, financial, trade, shipping, technological innovation center, and national logistics hub. The city has 16 districts under its jurisdiction.
In 2019, Shanghai’s GDP was 3,815.532 billion yuan, ranking first in China’s cities. In 2009, the annual GDP was 1504.6 billion yuan. On December 15, 2019, it was listed in the top 10 Chinese urban brands of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. There are two international airports in Shanghai with an annual throughput of 120 million passengers, 106 domestic routes and 114 international routes. Shanghai is located at the core of China’s Yangtze River Delta and is in the leading position in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone.
The Engine of Chinese Economy
In 2019, the total GDP of the 27 cities in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone totaled 20.4 trillion yuan, accounting for about 20.4% of the total national GDP (99.94 trillion yuan). Shanghai is the engine of the Chinese economy and occupies an absolutely important position in the Chinese national economy.
The Six Pillar Industries in Shanghai are automobile, communication equipment, petrochemical, household electrical appliances, steel, and power station equipment.
The Key Industries are new energy automobile industry, shipping service industry, convention and exhibition industry, electronic information manufacturing industry, software and information technology service industry, offshore engineering equipment industry, high-end equipment industry, textile service industry, civil aviation industry, chemical industry, new material industry , Biomedical industry.
