AboutShanghai TableofContents GeneralInformationGeographyTransportationEconomyCulture ArtsTourism ChineseName EnglishName Phonecode Location Area Population Dialect Airport Trainstation GDP BasicInfo 上海Shanghai021YangziRiverDelta7 037 50squarekilometers19 21millionsShanghaineseHongQiaoAirport PudongAirportNorthstation Southstation HongQiaostation1 49trillion until2009 Sourcefrom BaiduBaike Website Shanghai YangziRiverDelta Administrativedivision Uptown Downtown Geography Shanghaiisdividedinto17districtsand1country CityMap CityConstruction Architectural Shanghaihasarichcollectionofbuildingsandstructuresofvariousarchitecturalstyles It smixedbywesternandeastern modernandcontemporary LandmarkofShanghai TheBund Westernstyle FrenchConcessionChineseTraditionalstyle YuyuanGardenShanghaineseculturalelement ShiKuMen CityConstruction Environmentprotection Until2009 totalpublicgreenbeltisaround18700hectareand15 7squaremetersperperson Percentageofforestcoverismorethan18 63 Shanghaihasabout200parks Parksasidethestreets LuXunParkinHongkouDistrict ZhongshanParkinChangningCenturyParkinPudongdistrict Transportation Shanghaihasanextensivepublictransportsystem largelybasedonbuses trolleybuses taxis arapidlyexpandingmetrosystemandairplanes ShanghaiisthebiggesttrafficjunctioninChinabyhavingitscomprehensivetransportationnetwork Morethan1000buslinesand18000buseshavebeenoperatedinshanghaiandthereare7 8millionpassengerscarryingcapacityperday whichtakeup65 oftotalpassengerscarryingcapacityinthewholecity Bus Taxi Taxiisamaintransporttoolalso especiallyafter11pmwhenthenightlifestarts Thepassengerscarryingcapacityfortaxiismorethan2millionaverage whichtakeup25 oftransportationinshanghai ExpoTaxi IncludingExpoMetroLine13 Shanghaihas12metrolinesuntil2010 thetotalmilesaremountedto410kilometers Thedailypassagescarryingcapacityis5 27milionseveryday Metro Line2 Line3 ShanghaiMetroMap ShanghaiMaglevTrainisnotableforbeingthefirstcommercialhigh speedmaglevlineintheworld duringatestrunonNovember12 2003 aMaglevvehicleachievedaChineserecordspeedof501km h 311mph ThejourneywasdesignedtoconnectShanghaiPudongInternationalAirportquicklytotheoutskirtsofcentralShanghai ShanghaiMaglevTrain HongQiaoAirportislocatedinChangningDistrict 13kmwestofdowntown In2009 Hongqiaoairporthandled25 078 548passengers makingitthefourthbusiestairportinChina ThemainairlinesofHongqiaoAirportaredomesticairlines It sconnectedbytheterminalofmetroline2 HongQiaoAirport PudongInternationalAirport whichislocatedateasternedgeofPudongdistrict 40kmfromdowntown PudongInternationalAirport Sofar 560airplanesaretakingofffromhereand73internationalcitiesand62domesticciteshadbeencoveredbyitsairlines Economy ShanghaiisthebiggestportinChinaanditisacenteroftechnique trade finance informationandculture Industrystructurehasbeenoptimizingwiththesecondaryandtertiaryindustriesunderpinningtheeconomicdevelopment ShanghaiisthebiggestcommercialcenterinChina itemergesitsenchantingbearinginthegrandandsmoothatmosphere ShanghaiisoftenregardedasthecentreoffinanceandtradeinmainlandChina Astheforeigninvestmentisincreasingrapidly Shanghaialsobecomesthefinancialcenterintheworld Shanghai Secondbiggeststockmarketcenterintheworld GDPrankNo 1inChina Bankinvestmentoccupy85 oftotalinChina Biggestimport exportharbornationalwide Rankthirdintheworldstockexchangemarket Secondbiggestfuturestradingcenterworldwide Domestic ForeignEconomy GDPofmaincitiesinChinain2009 1490Billion 1186Billion 9112Billion 8201Billion Shanghai Beijing Guangzhou Shenzhen InformationLocated Permanentresidentpopulation19 2millionLong termforeignresidentpopulation188 000agegroupof0 14yrsold1 949million 8 8 oftotal Agegroupof15and64yrsold15 661million 75 8 total Agegroupolderthan65yrsold2 967million 15 4 total Disposalincomeofshanghairesidentsaverage21 871RMB Population Sourcefrom BaiduBaike Website Shanghaihasalotfamousuniversitesnationalwideandworldwide FudanUniversity JiaoTongUniversity HighEducation TongJiUniversity SongjiangUniversityCommunity Culture Art BecauseofShanghai sstatusastheculturalandeconomiccentreofEastAsiaforthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury itispopularlyseenasthebirthplaceofeverythingconsideredmoderninChina Shanghaiisalsoinfluencedbywesterncultureinpastdecades andshanghaihasbeenregardedasthemostdynamiccitywhencometoworldcultureandchinesetraditionalculturecombination ThelocaldialectinshanghaiisShanghainese andtheofficallanguageismandarin Becauseshanghaiisaemigrantcity therearesomanykindsoflanguagesindifferentcommunity Englishissillthemostcommonforeignlanguageinshanghai Shanghainese Mandarin English French Japanese Korean German ChineseDialect Language ShanghaiboastsseverallocalimportantmuseumsTheShanghaiMuseumofartandhistoryhasoneofthebestcollectionsofChinesehistoricalartifactsintheworldTheShanghaiArtMuseum locatednearPeople sSquare isamajorartmuseumholdingbothpermanentandtemporaryexhibitionsShanghaiNaturalHistoryMuseumisalargescalenaturalhistorymuseum Museums Besidesliterature ShanghaiwasalsothebirthplaceofChinesecinemaandtheaterShang