Shanghai

Shanghai, also known as the "beach". China's largest city, one of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government, the China National Center City, China's economic, technological, industrial, financial, trade, exhibition and shipping center. Shanghai in China's mainland coastline Minister Eguchi, China's largest foreign trade port and the largest industrial base. Across the sea with the Japanese island of Kyushu, south of Hangzhou Bay, connecting the western and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Shanghai Port's cargo throughput and container throughput ranks first in the world. Shanghai is an emerging tourist city, there are profound modern urban culture and many historical monuments, organized died Fair. The southern tradition and immigration into the cultural integration, and gradually formed a unique Shanghai culture. Shanghai has already become an international metropolis, and is committed to develop into an international financial and shipping center in 2020.

Shanghai Introduction

Referred to as the "Shanghai", known as "Shen", located in China's long coastline the middle, the third longest river in the world, Asian rivers - the Yangtze River estuary, as well as the geographic center of the group in the Asia-Pacific cities. Shanghai city area of ​​6340 square kilometers; the end of 2010, the Shanghai urban population accounted for 89.3% of the population, the level of urbanization ranks first; population density of 3631 people per square kilometer, the country's most densely populated city; its resident population of 2302 million, of which a population of 14.12 million Shanghai Ji, China's largest industrial and commercial port city, is also one of the world's most populous city. Shanghai has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. January and February the coldest minimum temperature of -5 ℃ to -8 ° C, usually in August the hottest maximum temperature of 35 ℃ -38 ℃. [1] Chinese Academy of Social Sciences published the "2011 China city competitiveness blue book: China Urban Competitiveness Report that the" Blue Book in domestic cities, second only to Hong Kong, the second highest (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Taipei, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Kaohsiung, Dalian, Qingdao). In the 2011 global city ranking fifth and fifteenth in Beijing, Shanghai twentieth, the three cities to enter the world top 20.

History

        After the Opium War of 1840 almost all the important coastal port city by strong provision of concession or completely ceded, Shanghai is no exception. In 1842, the British imperialists forced the Qing government signed the Treaty of Nanking, Shanghai as one of the five treaty ports. After the United States and French imperialism in Shanghai have also strong provision of Concession, thenShanghai city image videos brutal imperialism of all kinds of predatory sea as a "paradise for adventurers". But at the same time because of the concession to provide the public from the reactionary government, warlords and the invasion of the history of the war to disturb the relative freedom of a safe environment, coupled with the convenience of the free trade port, making Shanghai the national industry to the rapid development.

Modern

To free and open environment has also attracted the merchants of the country and the world noble men of letters revolutionaries kinds of people the massive influx to the early 20th century, Shanghai has become the economic and cultural center as well as financial and trading center in Asia. 1927 set up a special city. Is now one of the four municipalities in China. Shanghai City standard is composed of three triangular pattern of the city flower of Magnolia, sand, and the propeller through the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee examined and adopted in 1990. Triangles like the propeller of the ship, a symbol of Shanghai is a city to continue moving forward; pattern center sailing sand, is the oldest ship in Shanghai Port, it is a symbol of Shanghai is a historic port city, showing a brilliant future ; the background of the sand is bathed in the early spring bloom Magnolia.

Economic development

1949, Shanghai was the financial center of Far East regardless of the size of stocks, gold, foreign exchange and financial markets all Lujiazui International Financial City ranked first in Asia. Shanghai is the world's second largest futures exchange center, second only to Chicago; the world's largest spot gold trading center; the world's second largest diamond spot trading center, one of the world's top three non-ferrous metal pricing center.

In the Global Urban Competitiveness Report "published by the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010, Shanghai in China after Hong Kong, located in Taipei, the three cities to enter the world's top 50. Shanghai China Exhibition, show the number of ranks first Exhibition total annual income accounted for nearly 50%. Shanghai is the sports capital of the world, the world's highest level of individual Permanent event almost all settled in Shanghai, F1, the IAAF Diamond League the ATP1000 Tennis Masters snooker Masters, HSBC Golf World Championship, open year-round in Shanghai station, so the scale of intensive international competitions, disdain for the whole of Asia. Financial market as China's first financial center, Shanghai, covering almost all Chinese financial market factors: the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Futures Exchange, the Chinese financial exchange, diamond exchange, gold exchange, Petroleum Exchange, the property rights trading Shipping Exchange, financial derivatives exchange, inter-bank bond market, the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center, the Chinese capital lending market, the operations center of the national gold reserves, the country's foreign exchange reserves Operations Center, Shanghai liquidation (liquidation distribution center in the People's Bank of China) the People's Bank of China headquarters in Shanghai (Bank of Credit System Center, check throttle data processing center), China's four major banks (Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, ICBC, CCB) Shanghai headquarters, major foreign banks in the Greater China headquarters, the Chinese anti-money laundering funds monitoring Center, Bank of Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate, the China Insurance Exchange

Urban construction

In 2011 the latest one, The World 's Best Skylines global skyscraper city ranking, Shanghai ranked third in the world, second only to Hong Kong, New York. Shanghai is a highly cosmopolitan city, the annual foreign tourist accommodation in the Chinese mainland in recent years to strengthen scientific and technological habit, patent applications and granted perennial among the first in the National Urban In addition, Shanghai is also committed to the objectives of the international tourist city, the year 2010, foreign exchange income from international tourism are listed first in the major cities, Disneyland will be opened in Shanghai in 2015 welcoming.

TelevisionShanghai is the birthplace of the modern Asian film. Shanghai's French Concession, a small cafe in the 1870s playing the Asian films in the 1930s, Shanghai's large bright cinemas of Asia's first sound film. 1949 years ago, China's film industry basically concentrated in Shanghai, while the producer the film companies in Shanghai, a total of about 200. Shanghai Film Group is currently the most profitable film company in China, and 2008 profits (216 million), equivalent to nearly 20 times China Film (015 million). In 2001, China's first IMAX cinema in Shanghai, IMAX's regional headquarters in Shanghai.