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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.

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the only autonomous prefecture in Jilin Province, is the capital of Yanji City. Located in the border between China and North Korea in the east of Jilin Province in northeast China, the whole terrain is high in the west and low in the east, tilting from the southwest, northwest and northeast to the southeast, located in the mid-temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, belonging to the mid-temperate humid monsoon climate. The state has a total area of 43300 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 cities and 2 counties with a population of 2.1014 million in 2017. Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture has 11 ports to North Korea and Russia, and the port cargo volume accounts for more than 90% of Jilin Province; there is an international airport with direct flights to first-tier cities in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and countries around the Sea of Japan. The Tumen River is the only waterway for China's inland to enter the Sea of Japan. Yanbian is China's only Korean autonomous prefecture and the largest Korean-inhabited area, accounting for 42. 5% of China's Korean population.
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