Shanghai City, abbreviated as Hu, also known as Shen, is a direct-controlled municipality of the People's Republic of China, the center of China's economy, finance, trade, and shipping, a world-famous port city, and the second-most populous city in China.
Shanghai is located at the center of the eastern arc-shaped coastline of China, the most eastern part of the Yangtze River Delta, facing the East China Sea to the east, bordering the Hangzhou Bay to the south, connected to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to the west, and the Chongming Island at the northern end is in the estuary of the Yangtze River, together with many cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces around it, forming the world-class city cluster of the Yangtze River Delta city cluster, which is an important part of it.
The largest city in China in terms of economic scale.
The Yangtze River Delta region, by the East China Sea.
Shanghai has a well-developed transportation network, with various channels for air, rail, sea, and river transportation.