The most populated metropolitan region in China is Shangha, a municipality under direct administration. The Huangpu River flows through the city, which is situated on the Chinese coast at the southern Yangtze River estuary. With an estimated 24.87 million people living there in 2023, the city proper has the third-highest population in the globe, while China’s most populous urban region is home to 29.87 million people. The Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was projected to generate a nominal gross metropolitan product of around 13 trillion RMB ($1.9 trillion) by 2022.[13] One of the global hubs for manufacturing, transportation, science and technology, finance, business and economics, research, tourism, and culture is Shanghai. The busiest port in the world is Shanghai’s Port.