SOME SIMPLE KNOWLEDGES OF SHANGHAI （2） In the Modern Chinese History, there were plenty of important historical incidents was happened in Shanghai. In the First Opium War, which was happened between 1840 and 1842, General Chenhuacheng lost his life in a fierce battle. Certainly, he was a national hero. So there is a memorial hall of him in Baoshan District. In 1921, the Communist Party of China had been founded in Shanghai .On April 12th,1927, Chiang Kai-shek ordered his army to massacre the Communist Party members.Before long, he established his government in Nanjing. On January 28th, 1932, Japanese army raided Chinese army, it was named Shanghai incident of 28th, 1932. In 1949, the People’s Liberation Army occupied Shanghai and Shanghai People’s government had been established. Certainly, Shanghai is also an international and modern metropolis. It has two international airpots:Pudong Airpot and Hongqiao Airpot. Four railway stations: Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai South Railway Station, Shanghai West Railway Station and Hongqiao High-railway Station. A big steel company: Baosteel . 14 metro lines have been builded since 1990’s and some new metro lines will be builded in the near future. Some specialists said that Shanghai needed 20 metro lines at least. There are some big business centre in Shanghai. East Nanjing Road is very famous as a pedestrian street. Huaihai Road is a long street and has some historical building. The tomb of Songqingling and Shanghai Library are located in the street. Xujiahui is also a big business centre and has a Catholic Church. Jing’an Temple is small but very famous and popular. It’s surrounded by plenty of stores. The same to the Zhongshan Park. The people who live in Shanghai are lucky. Nobody can believe that it is a piece of news to get married with a foreigner. You can see lots of foreigners in Shanghai everyday . I love Shanghai very much. But nothing is perfect. One day, I had my lunch with a friend in a restaurant. He told me that he slept terribly last night. “Why?” I asked. “My neighbor remodels his apartment at six o’clock every morning!” He answered. ” Do you have a gun?” I said. ” Gun? Why?” ” Yes! You can knock his door and kill him if he do that again!” ” What?” ” Kidding!” I said. By Wanchanghai, June 13th,2014.

SOME SIMPLE KNOWLEDGES OF SHANGHAI（1） Shanghai is a large city, everybody knows that. The area of Shanghai is about 6340 square kilometers. In 2010, there were about 14 million people had got the household register and the total population of Shanghai is about 23 million. In 2013, there were over 10 million people hadn’t got the household register and the total population of Shanghai is about 25 million. That almost equals the total population of Taiwan Province. But the area of Taiwan Province equals about six times as large as Shanghai. It’s too huge to believe.
There are 16 districts and a county in Shanghai . Huangpu District is the centre of Shanghai now.the Shanghai People’s Government is located in the district .But it wasn’t the centre of Shanghai before 1840. Songjiang District was the centre of Shanghai before 1840. It was established as a county in 751 and upgraded to a prefecture in 1277. In Ming Dynasty, there was a proverb, it said:”Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture have more than a half taxable income collected in China.” But Minhang District also has a long history. In 1959, an important prehistory relics had been found. In 1982, it was named “Maqiao Culture”.specialists said the relics had a history of 3500 years at least. Huangdaopo ,a great woman in Yuan Dynasty ,who improved the cotton textile industry, was born in the district. But ,Whatever, absolutely,Pudong New District is the youngest district in Shanghai. In 1990, the State Council made a decision to develop the area of east bank of Huangpu River. Before long, In the second half of that year, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone,Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone and Jinqiao Export Processing Zone were established. In 1992, Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park was established. Finally, in 1993, the People’s Government of Pudong New District has been established.The district has made a great progress and development since 1990’s. Chongming County is a special area. Because it’s an island. Chongming island is the Third-largest island in China and it’s located in the estuary of Yangtze River. There are some nationalized farms in the island. The passengers had to go there by ship before 2009, in 2009, Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge had been builded and the passenger can go there by bus or car. That was an important incident in China.