Beijing is a center.
Beijing . Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation 's political , cultural , and educational centre . Beijing CBD is quickly becoming the center for Beijing 's economic expansion , rapid modernization , and radically changing skyline , with the ongoing or recently completed construction of multiple skyscrapers . Beijing 's Zhongguancun area is also known as China 's Silicon Valley and China 's center of innovation and technology entrepreneurship .