The reasons why industry was deployed along the Huangpu River in the early 20th century

The early tolerance and openness of the Huangpu River resulted in the diversification of Shanghai’s population structure, the coexistence of diverse cultures, and the full integration of local culture and foreign culture. The ships and immigrants passing by on the Huangpu River brought capital, technology, talents, culture and art, which converged into the vitality and potential of Shanghai and formed the open and international spiritual tradition of Shanghai-style culture. The Huangpu River is the source of Shanghai-style culture, which not only drives the development of the city, but also embodies the city's cultural context.

The Huangpu River is one of the earliest and most concentrated areas where foreign capital input and the rise of national capital started in the modernization process of Shanghai. The two sides of the Huangpu River are the origin of modern Shanghai's industrial development and the source of urban development. In the early 20th century, driven by foreign shipping forces, the west coastline of the Huangpu River was originally concentrated outside the old city (from Shiliupu to South Pier) and extended from an area of ??about 3 km from Beijing Road to Yan'an East Road (formerly Yangjing Road). Bang) area has formed a concession area with comprehensive urban functions. The core section of the Bund has formed an area that is mainly composed of financial offices and shipping terminals, as well as social entertainment, life services and other rich and diverse functions. After that, the Shanghai port area continued to extend to the lower reaches of the Huangpu River, forming the North Bund area with municipal and industrial functions as its main functions, including large loading and unloading docks, textile and shipbuilding industries, as well as large-scale power, water supply and other municipal facilities. After the 1950s, the urban functions of the Huangpu River waterfront area expanded again on a large scale, extending to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in the south and the Fuxing Island Industrial Zone in the north. Heavy industry appeared on both sides of the Huangpu River. A large number of industrial areas are distributed along both sides of the Pujiang River, among which Yangshupu, Jiangnan Shipyard area and Xuhui Riverside are the most representative ones. These industrial memories constitute the city’s unique wealth, as well as its cultural symbols and cultural forms of urban capital.