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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.

Taizhou (Taizhou), referred to as "Tai" for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north, Nantong in the east and Yangzhou in the west. The total area of the city is 5787.26 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.85% and the water area accounts for 22.15%. The urban area is 1567.13 square kilometers. Taizhou Qin said Haiyang, Han said Hailing, the state built the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wenchang Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 937), it was ruled by the state, which means "the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful", and began to be named Taizhou. Taizhou has a collection of talents and a large number of famous and sages, "the prosperity of the Confucian style, the plain crown of Huainan". Wang Gen, Liu Xizai, Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao and Mei Lanfang are outstanding representatives in the history of Taizhou culture and art. Taizhou is the important water and land of Chengnan and Qibei, and it is the gateway to central Jiangsu. There has been "water" since ancient times.
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