An international metropolis is a first-class international city with high economic, technological innovation, and political capacity, and a high influence in the world.
In addition to New York, Paris, London, and other European and American cities that people can think of, what other cities are enough to get the name cosmopolitan?
1. New York
New York is the largest city and port in the United States, and as one of the world's largest metropolitan areas and world-class cities, it covers a total area of 1,214 square kilometers.
The city has been influential in the global economic, financial, media, and political spheres.
It is now home to such famous attractions as the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Times Square, as well as prestigious universities such as Columbia University and New York University, and is now ranked as a top-tier city in the world.
2. Paris
Paris is the capital city of France, with an area of 105.4 square kilometers and a population of more than 2 million people.
The city has a long history of more than 1,400 years.
Paris is a city full of literary and romantic atmosphere.
Notre Dame, the Tower of Paris, and the Louvre are among the world's most famous sights.
3. London
London is the capital of the United Kingdom and the largest city in Europe.
It has the largest foreign exchange market as well as the Eurodollar market, and the largest international insurance center, making it the number one ranked financial center city in the world.
London controls 45% of foreign exchange trading, and commodity pricing power such as gold, silver, and crude oil, is rated as an Alpha++ tier-one city in the world and has been named the most influential city in the world by Forbes.
The city, which has an average daily foreign exchange turnover of $2.7 trillion, has the second-highest total wealth of its residents in the world.
4. Tokyo
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is the largest city in Asia, one of the most important economic centers in the world, and a cosmopolitan city with great influence.
Located in the middle of Japan's Kanto Plain, Tokyo has 23 special districts and a total area of 2,155 square kilometers.
It is rated as the number one city in Asia with an Alpha rating.
5. Sydney
The capital of New South Wales, Australia, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, is the largest city and port in Australia and Oceania, and one of the most prosperous international metropolises in the world.
Sydney is the economic, financial, and transportation center of all of Australia and an important financial and shipping center in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sydney is a major international tourist destination, famous for the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.
The service sector is the mainstay of Sydney's economy, accounting for approximately 30% of Australia's gross national product.
6. Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the world's most prosperous cosmopolitan cities and the second largest city in Asia.
It is the fourth largest international financial center in the world after New York, London, and Tokyo, and one of the Four Little Dragons of Asia.
It is located east of the mouth of the Pearl River, across the Shenzhen River from Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province, and bordering the South China Sea.
Hong Kong has a capitalist system and is known for its clean government, good law and order, free economic system, and sound rule of law.
We can learn that most of the world's top ten cosmopolitan cities are located in Europe and the United States and other developed countries.
The world economy is originally one, as long as there is an economic and financial center, other places will also be formed one after another corresponding political and economic centers.
This is also the inevitable global integration of the world economy.
Which of these international metropolises have you been to?
