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PEI Staff -

1 March 2006

SELECT CITIES IN MAINLAND CHINA

	POPULATION (2003)	SIZE (sq.km)	GDP ($bn)
China (2005)	1.3 billion	9,596,960	$8.2
Shanghai	13.4 million	6,300	$0.7
Beijing	11.5 million	16,808	$0.4
Tianjin	9.3 million	11,920	$0.3
Chongqing	31.3 million	82,400	$0.3
Guangzhou	7.2 million	7,434	n/a
Chengdu	10.4 million	12,300	n/a
Wuhan	7.8 million	8,467	n/a