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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.

Gulou District is the central city of Nanjing, an important national center of scientific and technological innovation and shipping logistics service, the international business, financial and economic center of the eastern part of the country, and the gathering area of high-end industries and headquarters enterprises in East China. It is not only the center of Nanjing's economy, culture and education, but also the seat of Jiangsu provincial party committee, provincial government organs and the political, cultural and administrative center of Jiangsu Province. The construction of Gulou District began in the Republic of China in 22 years (1933), which originated from the sixth and seventh districts in the period of the Republic of China. Gulou District has a long history. There were many primitive villages five or six thousand years ago, bordering the Yangtze River, surrounded by mountains, dependent on lakes and rivers, integrated with mountains, rivers, cities, forests and rivers.
Airport In Gulou District - Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Nanjing Lukou International Airport (Nanjing Lukou International Airport, IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ), located in Lukou Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, is the gateway to Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City, and is the main national trunk airport and a first-class air port , the main cargo airport in East China   , with Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport as alternate airports   , is a national large-scale hub airport, China Air Cargo Center and express mail distribution center   , the national regional transportation hub.   
Nanjing Lukou International Airport started construction in February 1995 and officially opened to air on July 1, 1997; in 2005, it was awarded the title of "International Sanitary Airport" by the World Health Organization; in 2009, the passenger throughput exceeded 10 million passengers, entering China's tens of millions In July 2014, the second phase of the project was completed and opened; in June 2015, the route from Nanjing to Los Angeles was opened, and Nanjing became the fifth city in China to open regular passenger routes to Europe, Australia and the United States.     
As of August 2020, Lukou Airport is a 4F-level airport. Nanjing Lukou International Airport has two 3,600-meter runways, two terminal buildings, two cargo terminals and a transportation center. The terminal building has a construction area of ​​425,000 square meters , the apron area is nearly 1.1 million square meters. With 135 domestic routes and 23 international routes, connecting to 115 destinations at home and abroad, it has preliminarily established a route network that radiates to Asia, connects Europe and the United States, and reaches Australia.    
In 2017, the passenger throughput of Nanjing Lukou International Airport was 25.822 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%, ranking 11th in the country; the cargo and mail throughput was 374,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%, ranking 10th in the country; takeoffs and landings were 209,000 , of which 208,000 took off and landed, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%.  
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