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Shanghai, a city full of life, loved by Chinese and by foreigners
Population: 23,500,000 - Area: 6,340.5 sq km - Climate: humid and subtropical, with autumns dry and sunny, winters wet and cold, springs brief and rainy, summers humid and very hot. Location: eastern coast of China, on the Yangtze River Delta. Distances from Shanghai: 174 km to Hangzhou, 120 km to Suzhou, 128 km to Wuxi, 280 km to Ningbo, 312 km km to Yiwu, 1070 km to Beijing. Shanghai coastline: 172 kilometers long. Islands: Chongming Island, Changxing Island and Hengsha Island. Chongming Island, the third largest of its kind in China. The total area of the three islands amounts to 1185 sq km.

Nanjing Road, heaven for shopping
Shanghai is known worldwide as a heaven for shopping. Here the shopping is a real attraction. The most known area is Nanjing Road, which is reputed to be the No. 1 commercial street in China. The other three areas most popular for shopping are Huaihai Road (famous for its elegance), North Sichuan Road (cheap deals) and Middle Road (food and souvenirs).

Shanghai attractions
Not to be missed are the Monastery of the Jade Buddha, Shanghai Museum, the Bund (ZhongshanLu), Longhua Park, and Yu Yuan Garden. Others Shanghai attractions: Huangpu River, Jin Mao Building, The Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Also these attractions are worth of attention: Shanghai Grand View Garden, The Former Residence of Dr Sun Yat-sen, the Ancient Water Town of Zhujiajiao, Longhua Temple, Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, City God Temple and White Cloud Temple.

Shanghai, a great protagonist of the Chinese economy
Shanghai has an important role in Chinese economic growth. His recovery has begun in 1990, with the reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping, as well as thanks to an intensive development, has begun the return of finance and foreign investment. With the 2010 World Expo, Shanghai has become a city proved to be really modern and well equipped, certainly one of the most attractive for foreigners in China.

Population 23.5 million (included 9 million migrants and 230,000 foreigners)
The population of Shanghai has now reached 23.5 million, of which about 9 million are immigrants. A portion of the emigrants (about 2 million) stops in Shanghai for a short time, usually for a travel or medical treatment. The other 7 million live in Shanghai permanently. Foreigners living in Shanghai are about 230,000 (in 2009 there were 152,000). The largest groups are of Japanese nationality, American and Korean, but there are many foreigners of all nationalities.

The Shanghai Tower, the second skyscraper in the world
In December 2011 there were about 1,060 skyscrapers in Shanghai already completed and in operation, while 166 others were under construction. The Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m) and the Jin Mao Tower (422 m) are the most famous among those already active. The most important among those still under construction, is the Shanghai Tower, which will be completed in 2014, will be tall approximately 632 meters and will have 128 floors. When completed, the Shanghai Tower will be the tallest building in China and the second in the world, only surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

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