China Top 10 city: 1 Beijing 2 Shanghai 3 Guangzhou 4 Shenyang 5 Chongqing 6 Nanjing 7 Hangzhou 8 Wuhan 9 Tianjin 10 Xi 'an!

Beijing, referred to as Beijing for short, is the capital and municipality directly under the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC), the political, cultural and international exchange center of China, the decision-making and management center of the national economy, and the office of the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the National People's Congress.

Beijing is located at east longitude115.7-17.4, north latitude 39.4-4 1.6, with its center at 39 54' 20 "north latitude and east longitude1/kloc-. Beijing is located in the northern part of North China Plain, backed by Yanshan Mountains, and adjacent to Tianjin and Hebei Province. Beijing's climate is a typical semi-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone.

Shanghai

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC), located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, facing Kyushu Island across the East China Sea, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west.

Shanghai is a famous national historical and cultural city, with profound modern urban cultural heritage and numerous historical sites. The traditional culture of wuyue in the south of the Yangtze River and the multi-culture brought by immigrants from all over the country have merged together to form a unique Shanghai-style culture. Shanghai has successfully hosted 20 10 World Expo, China Shanghai International Art Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival.

Shanghai has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall. Shanghai has a mild and humid climate, short spring and autumn, warm winter and cool summer. 65438+ 10 is the coldest month with an average temperature of about 4℃, and it is usually the hottest in July with an average temperature of about 28℃.

Shanghai is one of China's economic, transportation, science and technology, industry, finance, exhibition and shipping centers. 20 14 Shanghai's GDP ranks first in China and second in Asia. Shanghai Port ranks first in the world in terms of cargo throughput and container throughput, and it is a good international port along the river and coast. Shanghai is also the location of Chinese mainland's first free trade zone "China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone".

Guangzhou

Guangzhou, referred to as Yangcheng and Huacheng for short, was called Renxiaocheng, Chuting and Panyu in ancient times. It is the capital of Guangdong Province, located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, at the intersection of Dongjiang River, Xijiang River and Beijiang River, on the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, near the South China Sea of China.

Guangzhou is a national historical and cultural city. Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the administrative center of counties, states and governments. For more than 2,000 years, it has been the political, military, economic, cultural and scientific and educational center of southern China. Guangzhou is the birthplace and one of the prosperous places of Guangfu culture, a branch of Lingnan culture.

Guangzhou has developed foreign trade. Due to its favorable geographical location, Guangzhou has been an important port city for China's foreign trade from Qin and Han Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China's fleet set out from Guangzhou and sailed to Southeast Asia and South Asia for trade. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou was a particularly open port, and it was the only foreign trade port city in China for a long time.

The China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn has established economic and trade ties with more than 200 countries and regions in the world, attracting a large number of merchants and investors.

Shenyang

Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, also known as Shengjing and Fengtian, is located in the southeast of China. It is a comprehensive hub city leading to kanto region in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

The total area of Shenyang is10.3 million square kilometers, and the urban area is 3495 square kilometers. In 2065,438+03, the registered population in Shenyang was 8.257 million, and the registered population in cities and towns was 7.28 million. Shenyang has successively won the titles of "National Environmental Protection Model City", "National Forest City" and "National Garden City".

Shenyang is a national historical and cultural city with a history of 2,300 years, and is known as "once the birthplace, two generations of emperors are the capital". It is the most important heavy industry base in China, focusing on equipment manufacturing. Known as the "eldest son of the country" and "Ruhr of the East", it ranks among the most competitive cities in China and becomes one of the most attractive investment areas in Northeast China.

Chongqing

Chongqing, called Bayu for short, also known as Mountain City, Chongqing City, Du Qiao City and Wudu City, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China. Chongqing is called "Chongqing water" because of Jialing River in ancient times, so it is called Chongqing for short. In the first year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 102), Yuzhou was changed to Duke Zhou. In the Southern Song Dynasty 16 (1 189), in the first month, the son of filial piety first conferred the title of King Gong, and in February, he became emperor, which is known as "Double Celebration". Therefore, Duke Zhou was promoted to Chongqing, hence the name Chongqing.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the government of the Republic of China designated Chongqing as the wartime capital and permanent capital, and the Republic of China was the Southwest Command and the municipality directly under the Central Government in the early days of the People's Republic of China. After the establishment of the municipality directly under the Central Government in June 1997, the pace of transformation and revitalization of Chongqing's old industrial bases has accelerated, forming hundreds of billions of industrial clusters such as electronic information, automobiles, equipment manufacturing, comprehensive chemicals, materials, energy and consumer goods manufacturing, agriculture and rural areas.

Nanjing

Nanjing, referred to as Ning for short, is the capital of Jiangsu Province, located in the east of China, on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and near the river. The whole city governs 1 1 districts, with a total area of 6597 square kilometers. In 20 13, the built-up area was 752.83 square kilometers, and the resident population was 8187,800, of which the urban population was 659 1000.

Nanjing has a history of more than 6,000 years of civilization, nearly 2,600 years of city building and nearly 500 years of capital building. It is one of the four ancient capitals in China, and is known as the "ancient capital of six dynasties" and "metropolis of ten dynasties". It has blessed China several times and is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. It has long been the political and cultural center of southern China, with rich cultural heritage.

Nanjing is an important scientific and educational center in China. Since ancient times, it has been a city that respects education and has the reputation of "the literary hub in the world" and "the first school in Southeast China". By the end of 20 13, there were 75 institutions of higher learning in Nanjing, including 8 institutions of higher learning in 21/kloc-0, second only to Beijing and Shanghai. There are 25 state key laboratories, 69 state key disciplines/kloc-0, and 83 academicians of the two academies, ranking third in the country.

Hangzhou

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang for short, is located in the southeast coast of China, the north of Zhejiang Province, the lower reaches of Qiantang River and the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It is the political, economic, cultural and financial center of Zhejiang Province and one of the important e-commerce centers in China. Hangzhou covers an area of 16596 square kilometers, governs 9 districts and has a population of 8.84 million at the end of 20 13.

Hangzhou is famous for its beautiful scenery, and it is known as "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". There are many cultural relics in this city, and there are many natural and cultural landscape relics in the West Lake and its surrounding areas. Hangzhou is one of the cradles of Wuyue culture, with profound historical and cultural accumulation. Among them, Liangzhu culture, silk culture, tea culture and many stories and legends handed down have become the representatives of Hangzhou culture.

Due to the convenience of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and its trading ports, as well as its own developed silk and grain industries, Hangzhou was once an important commercial distribution center in history. Later, relying on the opening of Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and other railway lines and the promotion of Shanghai's import and export trade, light industry developed rapidly.

2065438+On August 7, 2005, the Chinese Olympic Committee formally submitted a letter of intent for China to bid for the 2022 19 Asian Games from Hangzhou.

Wuhan

Wuhan, referred to as "Han" for short, is the capital of Hubei Province, China. Located in the east of Jianghan Plain. The Yangtze River, the third largest river in the world, and the Hanshui River, its largest tributary, pass through the city, dividing the urban area of Wuhan into three parts, forming a pattern of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang separated by a river. Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote here that "the Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall into the river in May", so Wuhan has been known as the river city since ancient times. The city now governs 13 urban areas and 3 national development zones, covering an area of 8467 square kilometers. Rivers crisscross the territory, lakes and harbors are intertwined, and hundreds of mountains are located between them. The water area accounts for a quarter of the city's area, which constitutes a very distinctive riverside and lakeside water ecological environment.

Wu Hanyou has a long history and culture. As early as the Neolithic Age 6000 years ago, our ancestors lived here. The site of Panlongcheng in the northern suburbs, as the beginning of Wuhan construction, has a history of 3500 years. The Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty stimulated the rise of modern industry and economic development in Wuhan, which made Wuhan an important economic center in modern China and became famous at home and abroad. Modern Wuhan, as the birthplace of China's democratic revolution, became the national political center several times. During the Republic of China, Hankou was highly prosperous and was known as Chicago in the East. Wuhan's comprehensive strength is second only to Shanghai, and it ranks in the forefront of Asia.

Wu Hanyou is the largest integrated hub of land, water and air in China. The national geographic center, connecting the east with the west and connecting the south with the north, has always been known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces.

Wuhan is an important science and education base in China. As of 20 14, there are 98 institutions of higher learning in China. Among them, the number of ordinary universities and undergraduate colleges ranks second in the country after Beijing, the number of national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education ranks third in the country, and the total number of college students and graduate students is1072600, ranking first in the country.

Tianjin

Tianjin, referred to as Tianjin for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city in China, an economic center in northern China, an economic center around Bohai Sea, an international shipping center in northern China, an international logistics center in northern China, an international port city and an ecological city, an international shipping financing center, a research and development center for Chinese medicine in China, and a marine instrument testing and evaluation center in the Asia-Pacific region. Tianjin is also one of the six mega cities.

Tianjin was built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty 1 1 month 2 1 day (1404 65438+February 23). It is the only city in ancient China with an exact record of the time when it was built. After more than 600 years, Tianjin has created a unique urban landscape that combines Chinese and Western cultures and is compatible with ancient and modern times.

Tianjin is located at the intersection of five tributaries of Haihe River in North China Plain, bordering Bohai Sea in the east and Yanshan Mountain in the north. Haihe River winds through the city and is the mother river of Tianjin. Tianjin Binhai New Area is known as "the third economic growth pole of China". Tianjin is the permanent host city of the Summer Davos Forum.

20 14 12 12 and China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Tianjin Binhai New Area were officially approved by the state. 2065438+April 2, 20051day, China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially listed. China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone is the only free trade zone in northern China.

Xi'an

Xi 'an, formerly known as Chang 'an, Jingzhao and Haojing, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. Xi is located in the center of China. It is a gateway city and an important transportation hub for the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to the northwest and southwest. Weihe River in the north, Qinling Mountain in the south, and Bashui around Chang 'an (Wei, Jing, Feng, Waterlogging, Yi, Wei and Ba).

Xi 'an has a long history, with more than 7000 years of civilization, 3 100 years of city building and 165438 years of capital building. It is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation and the starting point of the Silk Road.

Xi is also an important national scientific research, education and industrial base, a political, economic, cultural and scientific education center in Shaanxi Province, a famous historical and cultural city in China and one of the best tourist destination cities in China.