Shanghai
5.39T yuan GDP (2024, first to cross 5T); 3,650T yuan financial trading; port #1 globally (51.5M TEUs, 15 years); 1.8T yuan in IC/bio/AI.
Shanghai's GDP hit 5.39 trillion yuan in 2024 (+5%)—first Chinese city to cross 5 trillion yuan, just 3 years after passing 4 trillion. The municipality targets 5% growth for 2025. Financial market trading volume reached 3,650 trillion yuan (+8.2%) across 15 national-level markets in Lujiazui (stocks, futures, gold); finance contributes 807.3 billion yuan (15% of GDP). Imports/exports hit record 4.27 trillion yuan; retail sales 1.794 trillion yuan. Shanghai Port's container throughput reached 51.51 million TEUs—#1 globally for 15 consecutive years. Three leading industries (integrated circuits, biomedicine, AI) totaled 1.8 trillion yuan. R&D intensity at 4.4% of GDP. Population: 24.8 million; per capita GDP: 217,100 yuan ($30,490). Shanghai drives the Yangtze River Delta (with Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui)—economic size equivalent to Germany or Japan.