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Shanghainese , also known as the Shanghai dialect or Hu language , is a variant of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the City of Shanghai and its surrounding areas . It is classified as part of the Sino - Tibetan language family . Shanghainese , like other Wu variants , is mutually unintelligible with other varieties of Chinese outside of the Wu area such as Mandarin , sharing just ___MASK16___ % lexical similarity with the Mandarin heard in Beijing . Shanghai (": Zånhae " ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen , is one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the People ' s Republic of China . It is the most populous city proper in the world , with a population of more than ___MASK76___ million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub , with the world ' s busiest container port . Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China , Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast . The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north , south and west , and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea . Xujiahui ( simplified Chinese :  ; traditional Chinese :  ; pinyin : Xújihuì Zhàn ) is the name of an interchange station between lines ___MASK90___ , ___MASK25___ and ___MASK20___ . of the Shanghai Metro . It is located in the Xujiahui area of Xuhui District , Shanghai . The station is one of the busiest in the metro system , and is extremely crowded during peak hours . Six large shopping malls and eight large office towers are each within no more than a three - minute walk of one of the station ' s exits . The station has a total of 18 exits , more than any other subway station in Shanghai . Kunshan ( Wu : Khuonsae ) is a satellite city in the greater Suzhou region . Administratively , it is a county - level city within the prefecture - level city of Suzhou . It is located in the southeastern part of Jiangsu province , adjacent to Shanghai Municipality . The total area of Kunshan is 921 . 3 square kilometers . The population of Kunshan is ___MASK90___ . 647 million ( by 2010 ). The household population is 730 , 000 . The Yangtze River Delta , Yangtze Delta or YRD , also called Yangzi Jiang Delta , Changjiang Delta , River Chang Delta , Lake Tai Region or the Golden Triangle of the Yangtze , generally comprises the triangle - shaped territory of Wu - speaking Shanghai , southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province of China . The area lies at the heart of the region traditionally called Jiangnan ( literally , " south of the Yangtze River "). The Yangtze River drains into the East China Sea . The urban build - up in the area has given rise to what may be the largest concentration of adjacent metropolitan areas in the world . It covers an area of and is home to over 115 million people as of ___MASK35___ , of which an estimated 83 million is urban . If based on the greater Yangtze River Delta zone , it has over 140 million people in this region . Having a fertile soil , the Yangtze River Delta abundantly produces grain , cotton , hemp and tea . The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality . The network has ___MASK88___ lines , 345 stations and of track in operation , and is the second longest subway system in the world after the Shanghai Metro . The subway is the world ' s busiest in annual ridership , with 3 . ___MASK75___ billion trips delivered in 2016 , averaging 9 . 998 million per day , with peak single - day ridership reaching 12 . 69 million . Shanghai has an extensive public transport system , largely based on buses , trolley buses , taxis , and a rapidly expanding metro system . Shanghai has invested heavily in public transportation before and after the ___MASK23___ World Expo , including the construction of the Hongqiao Transportation Hub of high - speed rail , air , metro and bus routes . Xujiahui , also spelt Zikawei or Ziccawei from Shanghainese , is a locality in Shanghai , China . It is a historic area of commerce and culture administratively within Xuhui District , which is named after the locality . The area is a well - known precinct for shopping and entertainment in Shanghai . It is served by the Xujiahui Station of the Shanghai Metro . China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK90___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over ___MASK72___ provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . The Tianjin Metro is the current rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin , which was the second city ( after Beijing ) in China to operate a subway system . Opened in ___MASK94___ , the system now has ___MASK91___ operating lines and 95 stations spanning over a total of 132 . 4 km . The lines are jointly operated by two rapid transit companies , namely the " Tianjin Metro Group Co . Ltd " and the " Binhai Mass Transit Development Co . Ltd ". The former mainly operates lines in the downtown , while the latter operates lines that serve the Binhai New Area and TEDA . The Shanghai Metro is a rapid transit system in Shanghai , China , operating urban and suburban rail transit services to ___MASK93___ of its ___MASK68___ municipal districts ( except Fengxian , Jinshan and Chongming ) and to Huaqiao Town , Kunshan , Jiangsu Province . Opening in ___MASK21___ with full - scale construction extending back to 1986 , Shanghai Metro is the third oldest rapid transit system in China , after the Beijing Subway and the Tianjin Metro . It has seen substantial growth , significantly during the years leading up to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo , and is still expanding , with its most recent expansions having opened in . It is the largest component of the Shanghai metropolitan rail transit network , together with the Shanghai Maglev Train , the Zhangjiang Tram and the China Railway - operated commuter rail services to Jinshan and to Lingang New City in Pudong . The metro system is also heavily tied with other forms of public transport in Shanghai . A bus ( archaically also omnibus , multibus , motorbus , autobus ) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers . Buses can have a capacity as high as ___MASK70___ passengers . The most common type of bus is the single - decker rigid bus , with larger loads carried by double - decker and articulated buses , and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses ; coaches are used for longer - distance services . Many types of buses , such as city transit buses and inter - city coaches , charge a fare . Other types , such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post - secondary education campus do not charge a fare . In many jurisdictions , bus drivers require a special licence above and beyond a regular driver ' s licence . The Shanghai Maglev Train or Shanghai Transrapid is a magnetic levitation train , or " maglev " line that operates in Shanghai , China . The line was the third commercially operated magnetic levitation line to open in history . It is the fastest commercial high - speed electric train in the world . The train line was designed to connect Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the outskirts of central Pudong where passengers could interchange to the Shanghai Metro to continue their trip to the city center . It cost $ ___MASK90___ . 2 billion to build . The line ' s balance of payments has been in huge deficit since its opening . From 2004 to 2006 , Shanghai Meglev Transportation Development Co ., Ltd , the company runs the line , had more than ___MASK90___ billion RMB in losses . The line is not a part of the Shanghai Metro network , which operates its own service to Pudong Airport from central Shanghai and from Longyang Road Station . Xuhui District is a district of Shanghai . It has a land area of 54 . 76 km² and a population of ___MASK43___ , 200 as of 2008 .