Chinese Cities - Shanghai

Shanghai, referred to as “沪” or “申”, is a provincial-level administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China, a national central city, megacities, and a core city in the Shanghai metropolitan area. China’s international economy, finance, trade, shipping, and technology approved by the State Council Innovation Center. As of 2019, the city has 16 districts with a total area of 6340.5 square kilometers, a built-up area of 1,237.85 square kilometers, a permanent population of 24,281,400, an urban population of 21,391,900, and an urbanization rate of 88.10%.

Shanghai is located in eastern China, the Yangtze River, east of the East China Sea, the North, West and Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces phase, bounded on the east longitude 120 ° 52′-122 ° 12 ‘, latitude 30 ° 40 Between’-31°53′. During the Warring States Period, Shanghai was the title of Emperor Chunshen, so it was also called Shen. In the Jin Dynasty, because the fishermen created the fishing tool “扈”, the river flowing into the sea was called “渎”, so the lower Songjiang area was called “扈渎” and later changed to “沪”, so Shanghai was referred to as “沪”.

In 2020, Shanghai’s GDP will be 3.870.058 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year at comparable prices. On December 15, 2019, it was ranked among the top 10 Chinese city brands of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

History

Shanghai, the Spring and Autumn Period belonged to the State of Wu. During the Warring States Period, it belonged to the Yue State and Chu State successively. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai was the capital of Huang Xie, the Chunshen monarch of Chu State, so it was not called “申”. During the Jin Dynasty, because the fishermen created the fishing tool “沪”, the river flowing into the sea was called “渎”. Therefore, the area along the lower Songjiang River was called “扈渎”. Later, was changed to “沪”, so Shanghai was abbreviated as “沪”. Shanghai”. Ten years of Tang Tianbao ( 751 AD ), the Shanghai area belongs to Huating County (now Songjiang District ).

In the second year of Chunhua in the Northern Song Dynasty (991 AD), due to the continuous siltation of the upper Songjiang River and the eastward movement of the coastline, it was inconvenient for large ships to enter and exit. Foreign ships had to moor on a tributary of the Songjiang River, ” Shanghai Pu ” (the location is between the Bund and Shiliupu today). Huangpu River nearby ). In the third year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1267 AD), a town was established on the west bank of Shanghai Puxi and named “Shanghai Town”. Yuan to YuanIn the twenty-ninth year (1292 AD), the central government demarcated Shanghai Town from Huating County and approved the establishment of Shanghai County, marking the beginning of Shanghai’s construction.