| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 6340.5 km2
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Agriculture : edible fungus, flowers,
vegetables
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Regional government office address :
19 Gao'an Road, Shanghai
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| Largest City : Shanghai
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Animal products : clams, conchs, fish
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Telephone : (86)(21)6321-2810
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| English meaning of name : Above the
Sea
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Foreign direct investment (2002) :
US$5.03 billion
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Website (Chinese) :
www.shanghai.gov.cn/
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 99%,
Hui 0.4%
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GDP (2002) : 540.9 billion yuan
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Website (English) :
www.shanghai.gov.cn
/shanghai/node8059/index.html
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| Organization : 19 counties; 221
townships
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GDP per capita : 33,285 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 16,250,000
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Industry : automobiles, bicycles,
chemicals, electrical appliances, electricity generation equipment,
electronics, petrochemicals, sewing machines, steel, synthetic detergent,
telecommunications equipment, tractors
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Airports : Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA);
Shanghai Pudong International (PVG)
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| Population density : 2563/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn
/english/features/60818.htm
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Highways/railroads : two completed
ring roads with a third under construction; five radial expressways connect
Shanghai with Nanjing, Hangzhou, Pudong and other nearby cities; rail lines
extend to Nanjing, Hangzhou and Ningbo
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cool to
cold, dry winters
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Mineral resources : no economically
important mineral resources
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Major ports : Shanghai harbor is the
biggest seaport in China; the Yangtze River connects the city with upstream
destinations like Wuhan and Chongqing; inland waterways extend to Jiangsu,
Zhejiang and Anhui provinces
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