Shanghai, is the first largest city, one of the four municipalities of China Central Committee. Shanghai is located in the central part of China’s mainland coastline and Yangtze River estuary, with China’s largest industrial base, the largest foreign trade port, with more than 20 million people live and living in the Shanghai area.
Today, in Shanghai, not only is an important science and technology, trade, finance and information center, but also a World Cultural and cultural resources. Shanghai has developed into an international metropolis. And is committed to building an international financial center and shipping center. Shanghai will host World Expo 2010 Shanghai China. Nanhui is now incorporated into the Pudong New Area.
The city area of 7,037.50 square kilometers (the end of 2007, China’s provincial-level administrative section 32). In which an area of 6,340.5 square kilometers of land, water area of 697 square kilometers, the urban area of 2,648.6 square kilometers, built area of 860.2 square kilometers (2006, China’s No. 2 city, behind Beijing; The People’s Republic of China National Bureau of Statistics).
The city’s population of 1,888.46 million (the end of 2008, China’s first provincial-level administrative region 25), in which the resident population of 1,371.04 million residence. Population density is 2,638 persons / square kilometer (2008, China’s provincial-level administrative section 3, behind Macau, Hong Kong). Urban population of 1,453 million (in 2007, mainland China city of Cap 1).