By 2035, over 34 million people are projected to call Shanghai home. To reduce this number, the Chinese Government implemented population controls for the city in 2017 which aimed to limit the population living in the administrative area of Shanghai municipality to just around 25 million people in 2035.

Megacity – Shanghai

As China’s cities become increasingly urbanized, the demographic of this megacity has also changed considerably over the years, with more and more Chinese locals and foreigners opting to dwell in Shanghai for work and cultural opportunities. A huge proportion of residents in the city originate from other regions in China. Over 39 percent of the city’s residents are long-term migrants and Shanghai host’s many foreigners and expats.

A global financial hub as well as the largest city by population, Shanghai is located on China’s central coast, making it an ideal location to accommodate the world’s busiest container port. The economic contribution of the city to China is significant - Shanghai’s gross domestic product contribution amounted to almost 4.7 trillion yuan in 2023. Despite recent restrictions to land made available for construction, the value of investment in real estate development in Shanghai has continued to increase. To mitigate the effects of its high population, the city has stated it will intensify environmental protection measures.

According to official figures, around 24.8 million permanent residents were living in the administrative area of Shanghai municipality in 2024. This was 71,900 people less than in the previous year. Population development in Shanghai During the economic reform and opening-up period, Shanghai’s population more than doubled and reached 24.5 million in 2013. However, the limits of demographic growth in Chinese megacities became increasingly apparent since the beginning of the 21st century. In 2017, the Shanghai municipal government planned to limit Shanghai's population and to keep the population within the 25 million-threshold until 2035. As a result, the total population has remained relatively stable since 2013. Furthermore, inhabitants are unevenly distributed across the city districts, with the central urban areas having population densities of around 20,000 people or more per square kilometer. Current demographic shifts Under the conditions of restricted demographic inflows, the effect of population aging becomes increasingly apparent in Shanghai. The city traditionally had a low birth rate compared to other regions in China. In recent years, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births, a development that most probably started in 2020. This development is also reflected in the share of people aged 65 and over which increased steadily in recent times. If migration barriers are not lowered, population decrease in Shanghai is likely in the future.

In 2022, the average life expectancy for the registered population in Shanghai municipality was ***** years. In that particular year, the life expectancy of registered female persons was ***** years, while that of male persons was ***** years.

Registered Unemployment Rate: Urban: Shanghai data was reported at 2.730 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.670 % for 2020. Registered Unemployment Rate: Urban: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 4.400 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2021, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.900 % in 2003 and a record low of 0.200 % in 1985. Registered Unemployment Rate: Urban: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GB: Registered Unemployment.

GDP: Shanghai: Qingpu data was reported at 144,008.000 RMB mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 133,445.000 RMB mn for 2022. GDP: Shanghai: Qingpu data is updated yearly, averaging 15,647.915 RMB mn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2023, with 44 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 144,008.000 RMB mn in 2023 and a record low of 271.730 RMB mn in 1980. GDP: Shanghai: Qingpu data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s National Accounts – Table CN.AI: Gross Domestic Product: Municipality District.

Net Income per Capita: Rural Household: Shanghai data was reported at 19,595.003 RMB in 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 17,803.678 RMB for 2012. Net Income per Capita: Rural Household: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 5,407.990 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2013, with 30 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19,595.003 RMB in 2013 and a record low of 397.400 RMB in 1980. Net Income per Capita: Rural Household: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HD: Net Income per Capita: Rural.

This is a reconstructed county-level dataset of typhoon-affected crop areas across China's coastal regions (Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan) from 1980 to 2022. Data used in this study included meteorological data from 530 county-level weather stations and 1,845 original disaster records (2004-2013; 75 typhoons were included) that could be matched to local weather stations (398 stations are covered). After error revisions, we obtained a dataset covering 530 stations and 514 typhoons from 1980 to 2022. The disasters are divided into four classes, light, moderate, severe, and extremely severe, regarding to single station and typhoon cases, respectively.

Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Wage: Shanghai data was reported at 11,477.070 RMB in Dec 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 10,492.830 RMB for Dec 2011. Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Wage: Shanghai data is updated quarterly, averaging 4,495.150 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to Dec 2012, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,477.070 RMB in Dec 2012 and a record low of 169.100 RMB in Dec 1980. Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Wage: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HD: Cash Income per Capita: Rural.

Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Food: Shanghai data was reported at 9,691.000 RMB in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10,677.000 RMB for 2014. Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Food: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 4,356.500 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2015, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10,677.000 RMB in 2014 and a record low of 310.000 RMB in 1980. Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Food: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HF: Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Prefecture Level City: Urban: Food.

In 2023, the urbanization rate in different provinces of China varied between 89.5 percent in Shanghai municipality and 38.9 percent in Tibet. The national average urbanization rate reached around 66.2 percent in 2023. Urbanization and economic development During China’s rapid economic development, the share of people living in cities increased from only 19.4 percent in 1980 to nearly 64 percent in 2020. Urbanization rates are now coming closer to those in developed countries. However, the degree of urbanization still varies significantly between different regions in China. This correlates generally with the level of economic development across different regions in China. In eastern Chinese regions with high personal income levels and high per capita GDP, more inhabitants are living in cities than in the countryside. Influence of geography Another reason for different urbanization rates lies in the huge geographic differences of regions in China. Basically, those regions with a low population density often also display lower urbanization rates, because their inhabitants live more scattered across the land area. These differences will most probably remain despite further economic progress.

Change-In-Cash Time Series for Long Yuan Construction Group Co Ltd. Long Yuan Construction Group Co., Ltd. operates as a construction company in China. It engages in the general contracting of construction engineering, municipal public works construction, mechanical and electrical engineering, foundation engineering, architectural decoration and decoration engineering, and ancient architectural engineering. The company undertakes various complex construction tasks, such as industrial, civil, municipal, transportation, water conservancy and large volume, high standards, and fine decoration. In addition, it provides steel structure and grid engineering special design, architectural and decoration design, engineering consulting, construction engineering supervision, house quality, pre-planning, planning and design, investment, financing, and construction and investment for the cooperation area. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Inventory Time Series for Long Yuan Construction Group Co Ltd. Long Yuan Construction Group Co., Ltd. operates as a construction company in China. It engages in the general contracting of construction engineering, municipal public works construction, mechanical and electrical engineering, foundation engineering, architectural decoration and decoration engineering, and ancient architectural engineering. The company undertakes various complex construction tasks, such as industrial, civil, municipal, transportation, water conservancy and large volume, high standards, and fine decoration. In addition, it provides steel structure and grid engineering special design, architectural and decoration design, engineering consulting, construction engineering supervision, house quality, pre-planning, planning and design, investment, financing, and construction and investment for the cooperation area. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

In 2024, about 943.5 million people lived in urban regions in China and 464.8 million in rural. That year, the country had a total population of approximately 1.41 billion people. As of 2024, China was the second most populous country in the world. Urbanization in China Urbanization refers to the process by which people move from rural to urban areas and how a society adapts to the population shift. It is usually seen as a driving force in economic growth, accompanied by industrialization, modernization and the spread of education. Urbanization levels tend to be higher in industrial countries, whereas the degree of urbanization in developing countries remains relatively low. According to World Bank, a mere 19.4 percent of the Chinese population had been living in urban areas in 1980. Since then, China’s urban population has skyrocketed. By 2024, about 67 percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas. Regional urbanization rates In the last decades, urbanization has progressed greatly in every region of China. Even in most of the more remote Chinese provinces, the urbanization rate surpassed 50 percent in recent years. However, the most urbanized areas are still to be found in the coastal eastern and southern regions of China. The population of Shanghai, the largest city in China and the world’s seventh largest city ranged at around 24 million people in 2023. China’s urban areas are characterized by a developing middle class. Per capita disposable income of Chinese urban households has more than doubled between 2010 and 2020. The emerging middle class is expected to become a significant driver for the continuing growth of the Chinese economy.

Shanghai: Visitor Arrival: Italy data was reported at 109.328 Person-Time th in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 107.373 Person-Time th for 2018. Shanghai: Visitor Arrival: Italy data is updated yearly, averaging 70.204 Person-Time th from Dec 1978 (Median) to 2019, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 122.000 Person-Time th in 2014 and a record low of 3.500 Person-Time th in 1980. Shanghai: Visitor Arrival: Italy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table CN.QRA: Tourism: Shanghai.

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore in the context of Shanghai in regards to the distances and closeness between Chinese and Spanish cultures are revealed, defined and questioned, through the pictorial canvases of Juan Antonio Baños (Spain, 1980). His nomadism or status as a foreigner will raise some doubts about the identity and the place that the artist occupies in the contemporary world. In addition, the contemporaneity of his work suggests some effects according to which the borders disappear, while new ones are erected. The mere gesture of Baños´ artwork in attempting to translate the traces of Shanghai by means of a world of dislocations and citations incites a heterogeneous symphony of varied spaces and times that amplify the possibilities of artistic knowledge between East and West. Drawing from the analysis of a postcolonial framework that stretches from baroque hyperrealism to retro-futurist epistemologies of the city, right up to a kitsch pop art, the article claims that this translatable cultural itinerary displaces the ways of understanding contemporary art in China towards a post-paradigmatic period.

Disposable Income per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data was reported at 93,095.000 RMB in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 89,477.000 RMB for 2023. Disposable Income per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 13,249.800 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2024, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93,095.000 RMB in 2024 and a record low of 637.000 RMB in 1981. Disposable Income per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HF: Disposable Income per Capita: Prefecture Level City: Urban.

Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data was reported at 54,980.000 RMB in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 54,919.000 RMB for 2023. Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 10,463.800 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2024, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54,980.000 RMB in 2024 and a record low of 552.840 RMB in 1980. Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Urban: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HF: Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Prefecture Level City: Urban.

Cash Consumption Exp per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Residence: Shanghai data was reported at 2,180.400 RMB in Dec 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,979.600 RMB for Dec 2018. Cash Consumption Exp per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Residence: Shanghai data is updated quarterly, averaging 882.785 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to Dec 2019, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,180.400 RMB in Dec 2019 and a record low of 62.200 RMB in Dec 1980. Cash Consumption Exp per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Residence: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HD: Cash Consumption Expenditure per Capita: Rural: Residence.

Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Household Business: Shanghai data was reported at 1,743.370 RMB in Dec 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,661.160 RMB for Dec 2011. Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Household Business: Shanghai data is updated quarterly, averaging 730.070 RMB from Dec 1980 (Median) to Dec 2012, with 47 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,743.370 RMB in Dec 2012 and a record low of 63.800 RMB in Dec 1980. Cash Income per Capita: Year to Date: RH: Household Business: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table CN.HD: Cash Income per Capita: Rural.

Registered Unemployment: Urban: Shanghai data was reported at 0.763 Person mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.146 Person mn for 2022. Registered Unemployment: Urban: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 0.232 Person mn from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2023, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.763 Person mn in 2023 and a record low of 0.012 Person mn in 1985. Registered Unemployment: Urban: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GB: Registered Unemployment.