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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.

Gaizhou, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, is managed by Yingkou City, located in the northwest of Liaodong Peninsula, with stepped landforms high in the east and low in the west, with four distinct seasons and sufficient sunshine, with a total area of 3133.38 square kilometers, with 8 streets, 16 towns and 3 townships, with a total population of 698938 in 2015. As early as the Han Dynasty, Gaizhou was an important town in the northeast where merchants gathered. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it became the "goods thoroughfare" of the northeast; it was the birthplace of shadow play and southern Liaoning stilts Yangko. Shadow art and Gaizhou Yangko were identified as national intangible cultural heritage. Medium-and long-term electrified railway, Harbin-Dalian passenger dedicated line, Shen-Da Expressway, Gaizhuang Expressway, Harbin-Dalian Highway, Liaoning Binhai Road and Zhuanglin Road run through the whole territory. It is an hour's drive from Gaizhou to Zhoushui, Dalian.
Airport In Gaizhou - Yingkou Lanqi Airport
Yingkou Lanqi Airport (Yingkou Lanqi Airport, IATA: YKH, ICAO: ZYYK), referred to as "Yingkou Airport", is located on Airport Road, Lanqi Village, Binhai Street, West District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China, 17 kilometers northwest of Yingkou city center. It is a 4C-level domestic feeder airport in China     .
On May 21, 2013, Yingkou Civil Airport was named Yingkou Lanqi Airport   ; On September 14, 2015, the test flight of Yingkou Lanqi Airport was successful   ; On February 3, 2016, Yingkou Lanqi Airport officially opened to traffic   .
As of August 2022, the terminal building of Yingkou Lanqi Airport has an area of ​​8088.05 square meters, with 2 boarding bridges; 6 C-class seats on the civil aviation apron; the runway is 2500 meters long and 45 meters wide; Throughput of 1.14 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 5,200 tons, and aircraft take-off and landing of 13,572 sorties     .
In 2021, Yingkou Lanqi Airport will handle a total of 151,526 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 38.1%, ranking 200th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 801.3 tons, a year-on-year increase of 157.7%, ranking 129th in the country; aircraft take-offs and landings will reach 1,899 , a year-on-year increase of 17.0%, ranking 213th in the country   .
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