Paris, the capital and largest city of the French Republic, is also the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of France, one of the five international metropolitans in the world (the other four are New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong), and has been rated as an Alpha+ first-tier city in the world by GaWC. [1-2] Paris is located in the center of the Paris Basin in northern France, straddling the banks of the Seine River, with the city center at 48°52 ‘north latitude and 2°25’ east longitude. Paris in its broad sense can be divided into little Paris and Great Paris. Little Paris refers to the city of Paris within the Ring road, an area of 105.4 square kilometers, population 2.24 million; Greater Paris includes the seven surrounding provinces of Haute-Seine, Valedmarne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Yevelyn, Valedoise, Seine-Marne and Esson, which together make up the Paris region, which in ancient times was already known as “ile-de-france” (Ile-de-France), with a metropolitan area of about 11 million people. One sixth of the country’s population. [3] With a history of more than 1,400 years, Paris is the political, economic and cultural center not only of France, but also of Western Europe. The “romantic capital” of Paris is considered to be the starting point of the modern Olympic movement. [33] On 1 August 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that Paris would be the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games. On January 20, 2018, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe formally proposed to PASCAL Lamy, France’s interministerial representative responsible for the bid for the World Expo, that Paris would withdraw from the bid for the World Expo 2025 due to budgetary considerations.
