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China Megacities

8/27/2014

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Starred are 6 cities with ten million population above; Small circles are major, provincial cities with one million popluation above; Encircled are three key economy regions
# According to statistics released by UN, there are 28 megacities (cities with more than ten million population) in the world by 2014. Six Chinese cities are in the list: Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou & Shenzhen. Among them, Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing have over twenty million population.

# In China, there are 142 cities with more than one million population. Whereas in 1978, there were only 29 such cities

# The three most important city clusters in eastern China, namely Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, Yangtze Delta Region (where Shanghai is) and Pearl River Delta Region (Guangzhou), home to 18% population (about two hundred million people), constitute 2.8% territory yet contribute to 36% gross domestic production of the whole country


*** population here refers to residential population instead of population with registered permanent residence
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64 Historical Streets That Will Never Be Expanded in Shanghai

8/17/2014

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Distribution of 64 historical streets
1, Hengshan Road (Tianping Road - Taojiang Road)
2, Huaihai Road Middle (Urumqi  Road Middle - Chongqing Road South)
3, Fuxing Road Middle (Huashan Road - Chongqing Road South)
4, Yuqing Road (Huaihai Road Middle - Hengshan Road)
5, Xingguo Road (Huashan Road - Huaihai Road Middle)
6, Huashan Road (Changshu Road - Xingguo Road)
7, Julu Road (Changshu Road - Shannxi Road South)
8, Yongjia Road (Hengshan Road - Shannxi Road South)
9, Hunan Road (Huashan Road - Huaihai Road Middle)
10, Wukang Road (Huashan Road - Huaihai Road Middle)

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