The Lujiazui skyline in Shanghai

The location of Shanghai in China

Shanghai (Chinese: 上海, Shanghainese pronunciation: [zɑ̃.hɛ] ( listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂâŋ.xài] ( listen)) is the biggest city in China and one of the world's largest cities. It had about 24,000,000 people in 2017. It is a special province-level city in China ("municipality"), like Beijing, Tianjin, and Chongqing.