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. According to a report by Forbes
magazine in 2008, Shanghai is the fourth-tallest city in the planet due to the
number of tall buildings it has. As of April 2010, Shanghai has 420km of metro
lines divided into 11 lines (236 stations). This will be extended to 500km,
12 lines (350 stations) by 2012. Full details of the Shanghai Subway lines (maps
& operation times) can be accessed
here.
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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)
