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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.

Wuxi, a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, known as Xinwu, Liangxi and the Golden Chamber in ancient times, is known as the Pearl of Taihu Lake. Wuxi is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, located in the Yangtze River Delta plain. The Yangtze River to the north, Taihu Lake to the south, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal pass through Wuxi; the territory is dominated by plains, scattered with low mountains and residual hills; it belongs to the northern subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons and sufficient heat. Wuxi has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 4627.47 square kilometers. Wuxi is a famous national historical and cultural city, which has been the land of fish and rice since ancient times, known as cloth wharf, money wharf, kiln wharf, silk capital, rice market. Wuxi is the cradle of China's national industry and township industry, the birthplace of the Sunan model, and the resident of the joint logistics support center of Wuxi. Wuxi culture belongs to Wu Yue culture.
Airport In Wuxi - Wuxi Shuofang International Airport
Sunan Shuofang International Airport (Sunan Shuofang International Airport, IATA: WUX, ICAO: ZSWX), the civil aviation system is called "Wuxi Shuofang International Airport", located in Xinwu District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China, 10.8 kilometers away from the center of Wuxi   , a straight-line distance of 28.7 kilometers from the center of Suzhou, is a 4E-level military-civilian international airport   .
In 1956, Wangting Station was completed and used, and the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army moved in; in February 1957, Wangting Station was renamed Shuofang Station; on February 18, 2004, Shuofang Station officially opened for civil aviation business, named Wuxi Shuofang Airport; On September 28, 2007, Wuxi Shuofang Airport completed the initial construction of the second phase   ; On November 1, 2010, Wuxi Shuofang Airport was renamed Sunan Shuofang International Airport; on January 19, 2015, the second phase of the continued construction of Sunan Shuofang International Airport was completed.    
According to the information on the airport's official website in January 2019, Sunan Shuofang International Airport has two terminals, T1 (international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and T2 (domestic in China), with a total area of ​​106,000 square meters; there is a runway with a length of 3,200 square meters. meters; 26 parking spaces   , Cargo area of ​​34,000 square meters; can guarantee the annual passenger throughput of 10 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 300,000 tons   . As of March 2021, there are a total of 45 navigation cities, 42 domestic cities in China, and 3 international and regional cities   .
In 2020, due to the decline due to the impact of the global epidemic, the passenger throughput of Sunan Shuofang International Airport was 5.9935 million, a year-on-year decrease of 24.8%; the cargo and mail throughput was 157,200 tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%; the number of takeoffs and landings was 51,200, a year-on-year decrease 11.7%; ranking 40th, 20th, and 50th in China respectively. (In 2019, they ranked 42nd, 22nd, and 52nd in China respectively.)  
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