New York is the financial and economic center of the entire United States, its largest city, port, and most populous city. It is also the largest city in the world.
Along with London in the United Kingdom, Tokyo in Japan, and Paris in France, it is known as one of the four major international metropolises in the world, ranking first. Its every move constantly affects the world—over more than a century, New York has exerted a significant global influence in commerce and finance. It steers the global media, politics, education, entertainment, and fashion industries, with the United Nations Headquarters also located in the city.
There is a thirteen-hour time difference between New York and Beijing.
After a fourteen-hour flight, at eight o'clock in the morning local New York time, the business jet carrying Chen Fan landed punctually at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
