Shanghai

Shanghai (pop. 13,450,000), China's largest city, in the southeastern region of Jiangsu province. It is a major seaport and a leading commercial and industrial center, producing textiles, iron and steel, ships, petroleum products, and a wide range of manufactured goods. In 1842 it was one of the first Chinese ports opened by treaty to foreign trade. Great Britain (1843), France (1849), and the United States (1862) gained concessions to develop the city, and most of it remained under foreign control until after World War II. The British and U.S. concessions were renounced in 1945. Shanghai is now China's film capital and the home of 190 research institutes, colleges, and universities.

See also: China.