When did the internationalization of Shanghai begin?

1843165438+1October 17 according to the provisions of the treaty of nanking and the five-port trade charter, Shanghai officially opened its ports. Since then, China's foreign trade center has gradually moved from Guangzhou to Shanghai. Foreign goods and foreign capital have entered the Yangtze River gateway, opened warehouses, set up docks, demarcated concessions, opened banks and so on.

Since then, Shanghai has entered a turning point in historical development, starting from an unknown small fishing village and moving towards the largest city in the Far East. Shanghai is a unique and outstanding city. Since the opening of 1843, immigrants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Guangdong, Fujian and overseas immigrants from Britain, the United States, France and Russia have contributed to the development and prosperity of this new city. Its uniqueness is based on its superior geographical location and long historical evolution. It is located at the middle end of China's north-south coastline and the mouth of the Yangtze River, the largest river, close to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Nanjing, the prosperous areas of China's traditional culture and economy, far away from the vast areas of Hubei, Sichuan, Lu Yu, Hebei and Shanxi, and at a moderate distance from South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore. This uniqueness is not found in other cities in China. This has also created conditions for Shanghai to become the largest city in the Far East in a relatively short period of time. Its outstanding performance lies in the nobility and tolerance of culture, the prosperity and diversity of economy and the freedom of thought.