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Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen) shih-KAH-goh, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ shih-KAW-goh) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County (the second-most populous U.S. county), the city is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, one of the largest in the world.

On the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century; by 1860, Chicago was the youngest U.S. city to exceed a population of 100,000. The Great Chicago Fire in 1871 destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but Chicago's population continued to grow to 503,000 by 1880 and then doubled to more than a million within the decade. The construction boom accelerated population growth throughout the following decades, and by 1900, less than 30 years after the fire, Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world. Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and zoning standards, including new construction styles (such as, Chicago School architecture, the development of the City Beautiful Movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper).

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It is the site of the creation of the first standardized futures contracts, issued by the Chicago Board of Trade, which today is part of the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports according to tracked data by the Airports Council International. The region also has the largest number of federal highways and is the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. The economy of Chicago is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. It is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Conagra Brands, Exelon, JLL, Kraft Heinz, McDonald's, Mondelez International, Motorola Solutions, Sears, and United Airlines Holdings.

Bijie, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Province, is located in the northwest of Guizhou, one of the Golden Triangle of Guizhou, the hinterland of Wumeng Mountain, the key of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the gateway of Bashu, and the barrier of the Pearl River of the Yangtze River, bordering Yunnan to the west and Sichuan to the north. it is the birthplace of Wujiang, Beipanjiang and Chishui River. it is a place with multi-ethnic settlement, splendid history and culture, rich resources, magical beauty, thoroughfare of three provinces and shining red stars. Bijie is an important energy base of the national "power transmission from west to east", the national new energy and chemical industry base, the national new energy automobile high-tech industrialization base, and the national biomedical industry base. the agglomeration of many emerging industries, such as modern mountain high-efficiency ecological agriculture, new energy, new building materials, service outsourcing and call center with big data as the core, is the only one in the country to develop poverty alleviation and health.
Travel Notes In Bijie City
Bijie in September, follow the autumn wind to see the scenery that belongs here
【trailer】 "If you don't look at the mountain when you come back from Huangshan, there is no cave outside the Zhijin Cave" A completely different dream
Travel Notes of Zhijin Cave in Guizhou
As a city of mountains and rivers, Guizhou, a province connected by mountains and rivers, has always been favored by people at home and abroad. In par
Axilixi, Guizhou - comparable to Guilin, comparable to Jiuzhaigou, the beauty of the holy land is intoxicating
"Eight mountains, one water and one field", nature has presented a colorful Guizhou with the magical hand of fortune. When it comes to scenic spots in
Set off to spring—2019,3, self-driving, spring (8) Bijie-Baili Rhododendron Sea.
In spring, the feeling is deeper for northerners. The vast land is full of bleakness, the north wind howls, and there is little ice and frost in Luhui