Shanghai is
currently the largest economic & transportation center in China. The city
covers an area of 6.340km2 (0.06% of China's total territory). By then end
of 2007, the population of Shanghai is at 18.58 million. It has a GDP of USD129
billion in 2006. The city has
maintained a double-digit growth in GDP since 1992, with an average annual
growth rate during the 1990-2004 period of 12%. In 2007, Shanghai
has overtaken Hong Kong to become the world's second largest container port
handling 26.15 million containers.
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Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Train
The train runs from the Pudong Airport to Longyang Subway Station (30km line) at a top speed of 431km/h (267mph).
Shanghai World Financial Center
This is currently the tallest building in Shanghai with a total height of 492m (101 storeys). It has the world's fastest elevators (10meters per second)
