Shanghai is the cultural center of the Yangtze Delta Region in China. In late Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi started introducing European science to China.[ citation needed ] Some notable modern scientists from Shanghai are listed below.
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For most Shanghainese scientists and engineers, their hometowns are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces.
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