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Shanghai Oil Painting Institute, and Eastern City Women's Art School founded. [10] 1912 - Old City walls dismantled. 1913 - Shanghai Art School, Women's Art and Embroidery Institute, [10] and Xinmin Theater Research Society founded. [13] 1914 - Trolleybus begins operating along Fokein Road. 1916 - Asia Building and Union Building constructed on ...
The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
May 28, 1993 – Southern section of line 1 (Shanghai South Railway Station – Xujiahui) enters operation (4.37 km or 2.72 mi, 4 stations). [1] [2]April 10, 1995 – Two segments on line 1 enter operation (Jinjiang Park – Shanghai South Railway Station (1.63 km or 1.01 mi, 1 station) and Xujiahui – Shanghai Railway Station) (9.71 km or 6.03 mi, 8 stations), extending line 1 at both ends ...
Shanghai is also a domestic immigration city—40.3% (9.8 million) of the city's residents are from other regions of China. [155] Shanghai has a life expectancy of 83.18 years for the city's registered population, [189] the highest life expectancy of all cities in mainland China.
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In 1928, Shanghai City (the Old City) was reduced to district status under the Special Municipality. In 1930, Shanghai County became a separate parallel administrative unit to the Special Municipality, and the county government was moved out to Minhang. This was the end of the Old City's role as the seat of government of Shanghai.