Really? Well, you are right. 8.54 million.
Anyways, the point that I am trying to make is that Chinese cities tend to be enormous with enormous populations.
Shenzhen is 12.53m
Beijing is 21.54m
Shanghai is 26.32m
Hong Kong is 15.62m
In the United States, the cities tend to be much smaller.
Pittsburgh is 303k
Chicago is 2.7m
LA is 4.03m
Atlanta is 486k