Shanghai or Shenzhen, which city has more development potential?

The biggest difference between Shanghai and Shenzhen is that they have different development cycles. Shenzhen is in the development stage, Shanghai is in the mature stage, and Shanghai has the potential.

Shanghai is located between 120°52′ and 122°12′ east longitude and 30°40′ and 31°53′ north latitude, with a land area of ??6340.5 square kilometers. It is located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean and the Asian continent. The east coast is the center point of China's north and south coasts, where the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River meet the sea. It borders the Yangtze River to the north, the East China Sea to the east, Hangzhou Bay to the south, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to the west.

Shanghai is part of the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River Delta, with an average height of about 2.19 meters above sea level. The highest altitude point is Dajinshan Island located in Hangzhou Bay, Jinshan District, with an altitude of 103.70 meters. Shanghai has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall. Shanghai has a mild and humid climate, with short spring and autumn and long winter and summer. In 2013, the city's average temperature was 17.6°C, the sunshine was 1885.9 hours, and the precipitation was 1173.4 mm. More than 60% of the annual rainfall is concentrated in the flood season from May to September.