What city in China has the largest population?

Shanghai is the largest Chinese city by population. Shanghai is a city with an urban population of over 24 million people. So, it is the undisputed largest and wealthiest city in China. With a name synonymous with world trade, Shanghai has the largest and busiest port in terms of containers and cargo tonnage, a grand business district, two large airports (Pudong and Hongqiao), the world's fastest train (the Maglev), and a network of elevated highways.

Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze River on the middle portion of the Chinese coast.

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ninakamwene

Missed it. I have been to Dalian in China, very pretty coastal city.

Claire Mitchell

Right answer.

Jo Cotton

when I was there in 2017 we were told that Chongqing had the largest population at around 30million people. there seems to be alot of different figures

Tom Seigo

Correctly answered, however 24 million people are more than I'd care to habitate with.

Laurie Johnson Gonzalez

Claire Whiteman, According to CNN money, Shanghai is about 34 million and Guangzhou is 25 million. Where did you did you get your information that caused you to disagree?

Marianne Hays

Thank you!

Janice Fish

Great question

Noreen Kelly

Learned something new which is they have the fastest train!

Effren Hernandez

Great information of the business and development of the area. Thank you for sharing!

Richard S. Levine

Jas Newman, You are over 100 yrs old with this assumption. Got a piece of Washington's Cherry tree?

Richard S. Levine

Been there in 2008. Wuhan is a tiny 1,000 yr old fishing village. We walked around Shanghai, deluged by whores. Never saw so many people in my life. My 6' allowed me to view a sea of shiny black haired people.

Jas Newman

Good question and write-up, except for the part about "synonymous with world trade." Shanghai is more synonymous with: force (someone) to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging them or using other underhanded means. • informal coerce or trick (someone) into a place or position or into doing something: Brady shanghaied her into his Jaguar and roared off.