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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.

Dalian City, Liaoning Province, also known as Bincheng, is located in northeast China, the southern tip of Liaodong Peninsula, at the junction of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, across the sea from Shandong Peninsula; the basic geomorphology is high in the center, descending to the east and west sides; located in the warm temperate zone of the northern hemisphere and the east coast of Eurasia, it belongs to the warm temperate zone semi-humid continental monsoon climate with a total area of 12573.85 square kilometers. By 2018, Dalian had a registered population of 5.952 million; it had jurisdiction over seven municipal districts, two county-level cities and one county; Dalian's GDP was 766.85 billion yuan, with a per capita GDP of 109644 yuan based on the resident population, and the proportion of the three industries was 5.7, 42.3, 52, and the local general public budget income was 70.4 billion yuan. ...
Airport In Dalian - Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport (Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, IATA: DLC, ICAO: ZYTL), located in Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, is a 4E-level civil transport airport. One of the important airports, it is a national first-class civil international airport, a major domestic trunk line airport and an international scheduled flight airport.    
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was opened to traffic on October 6, 1972. In 1984, 1992, 1999 and 2005, the airport was expanded and upgraded successively.   On September 6, 2011, the third-phase terminal building of the airport was completed and put into use, and the annual passenger handling capacity of the airport rose to 16 million to 20 million passengers.  
According to the official website of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport in November 2017, the airport covers an area of ​​3.45 million square meters and has a 3300-meter-long runway; the area of ​​the apron is 660,000 square meters, and there are 42 parking spaces (including 18 corridor bridges); The total area of ​​the terminal building is 135,000 square meters; a total of 88 cities and 146 domestic and overseas routes have been opened.  
In 2016, the passenger throughput of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was 15,258,200 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%, exceeding 15 million passengers for the first time.  
In 2017, the passenger throughput of Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport was 17.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%, the largest increase since 2014. The cargo and mail throughput was 166,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%; the number of takeoffs and landings was 141,000, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%; they ranked 23rd, 17th, and 21st in mainland China respectively.
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