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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.

Wuling, located in northern Hunan and north-central Changde, located in the west of Dongting Lake, is an ancient historical and cultural city in northwest Hunan, the seat of Changde municipal government, and the political, economic and cultural center of Changde and even northwest Hunan. Since the Qin-Shu county guard Zhang Ruo built the city here, it has a history of more than 2280 years, which is called Zhang Ruocheng. Wuling is not only the transportation hub between the north and the south in ancient times, but also the transportation road from eastern Guizhou to Jiangsu and Anhui, the gateway for the feudal rulers to develop the southwest, and the famous "land of fish and rice" in the south of the Yangtze River. There are mainly Willow Leaf Lake, Changde Poetry Wall, Lakeside Park, penholder City, Changde Museum, Hefei National Forest Park and other scenic spots. 2017 China's top 100 industrial areas. In September 2018, the White Paper on the Development of China's Top 100 regions in 2018 was released in Beijing.
Airport In wuling - Changde Taohuayuan Airport
Changde Taohuayuan Airport (Changde Taohuayuan Airport, IATA: CGD, ICAO: ZGCD), located in Taohuayuan Road, Doumu Lake Street, Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, China, 13 kilometers northeast of Changde city center, is a 4D-level domestic feeder airport, and Changsha Huanghua International Airport and Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport are mutually alternate airports   .
On December 10, 1959, construction of Changde Doumu Lake Airport started [twenty three]  ; In December 1960, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened to traffic   ; On April 15, 1965, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened for civil aviation [twenty three]  ; On October 28, 1991, the flight area index of Changde Doumu Lake Airport was changed to 3B [twenty four]  ; On August 30, 1996, Changde Doumhu Airport flight area indicator was changed to 4C   ; On August 4, 1999, Changde Doumu Lake Airport was renamed Changde Taohuayuan Airport; in 2015, the flight area indicator of Changde Taohuayuan Airport was changed to 4D   .
As of February 2021, the terminal building of Changde Taohuayuan Airport covers an area of ​​20,165 square meters, including 5,600 square meters for the international terminal area, with a total of 4 boarding bridges; the area of ​​the civil aviation station is about 53,000 square meters, with 4 Class D Aircraft seats and 9 C-class seats; one asphalt runway with a length of 2,600 meters and a width of 45 meters; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 16,000 tons, and transportation take-off and landing of 21,000 sorties. need       .
In 2021, Changde Taohuayuan Airport will handle a total of 1,008,348 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, ranking 94th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 458.7 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%, ranking 151st in the country; Down 9.5%, ranked 51st nationally [twenty two]  .
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