Yangpu, Shanghai

Template:More citations needed Template:Main otherTemplate:Template otherTemplate:Main other Yangpu (Template:Zh) is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in the northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou on the west, and Baoshan on the north. The southern part of Yangpu District is Template:Convert away from The Bund, a major tourist attraction. It is predominantly composed of residential communities, with a total area of Template:Convert and a population of 1,242,548 as of 2020. The district administers 12 subdistricts.

Name

The name Yangshupu, formerly romanized as Yangtzepoo or Yangtszepoo, is Chinese for "poplar bank" and refers to the creek (Template:Lang-zh) running through the area beside present-day Lanzhou Rd (formerly Lay Road)Template:Better source needed from the Qiu River in the north to the Huangpu River in the south. Yangshupu District was established in 1945, but the Shanghai Municipal Government contracted the name to Yangpu in 1950.

History

As with most of modern Shanghai, the territory of Yangpu has been formed by sediments deposited by the Yangtze River over many centuries. It was probably in the shallows of the East China Sea as late as the Tang dynasty. During the Northern Song, the Wuyu River (Template:Lang-zh) entered the sea somewhere around modern Wujiaochang (Template:Lang-zh). Daoist and Buddhist temples are known to have been established in the vicinity around this time. In 1404, the Huangpu River shifted to its present course, entering the Yangtze River around Wusong. Toward the end of the Ming dynasty, villages along the river flourished, engaging in agriculture, banking, textiles and water-borne trade.

In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking opened Shanghai as a treaty port, and in 1863, part of present-day Yangpu District was included in the Shanghai Concession. Beginning in the 1880s, the area of contemporary Yangpu District began industrializing, with the Shanghai Machinery and Papermaking Office (Template:Lang-zh) opening in 1882, and the Yangshupu Waterworks opening in 1883. In 1890, the Shanghai Machine Weaving Office (Template:Lang-zh), one of China's first modern textile weaving factories, was established. In 1899, Template:Convert of what is now the south of modern Yangpu District was partitioned to become part of the International Settlement. Additional factories were constructed soon after in the area, especially along Yangshupu Road. Textile, paper-making, and shipbuilding industries were established by the early 20th century in what was then organized as part of Hongkew (now Hongkou). By the early 1920s, journalist turned revolutionary Chen Duxiu remarked in the New Youth magazine that the area of Yangshupu had become industrialized. By 1927, the area hosted 57 foreign factories, and a thriving textile industry. In 1929, the Wujiaochang farmers' market ("Pentagon Plaza") was constructed in the north. Later, during the Japanese occupation from 1937 to 1945, barracks and houses were built in the area. The inland part of the former International Settlement in the area made up part of the Shanghai Ghetto. In December 1944, Yangshupu District was established with an area of Template:Convert.

Following the Communist conquest of Shanghai in 1949, the area was developed.Template:Clarify Yangpu District's boundaries expanded in 1956, 1960, and 1984. The area was especially used for heavy industries. The district's present territory west of the river was formed after the incorporation of Wujiaochang District from Baoshan County in 1984. In 1992, Yangpu's territories south of the Huangpu River were designated part of the Pudong New District.

Education

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A building belonging to Tongji University

A number of prominent universities are situated in Yangpu District, such as Fudan University, Tongji University, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the Shanghai University of Electric Power, the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Second Military Medical University, the Shanghai University of Sport, and Shanghai Ocean University.

Both the Lycée Français de Shanghai and German School Shanghai share a "Eurocampus" in Yangpu District, which opened in 2019.

Economy

Since the beginning of the 21st century, Yangpu District has increasingly developed away from labor-intensive industry towards commerce and high technology: the area around Wujiaochang now boast ten large commercial centers and the research and development zone on Dalian Road hosts the regional headquarters of Siemens and Continental AG.

Subdistricts

As of 2020, Yangpu District administers 12 subdistricts.

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Shanghainese Romanization	Population (2010)	Area (km2)
Template:Interlanguage link		Dìnghǎilù Jiēdào	din he lu ka do	100,480	6.25
Template:Interlanguage link		Píngliánglù Jiēdào	bin lian lu ka do	85,870	3.41
Template:Interlanguage link		Jiāngpǔlù Jiēdào	kaon phu lu ka do	95,382	2.39
Template:Interlanguage link		Sìpínglù Jiēdào	sy bin lu ka do	92,505	2.64
Template:Interlanguage link		Kòngjiānglù Jiēdào	khon cian kaon lu ka do	105,613	2.15
Template:Interlanguage link		Chángbái Xīncūn Jiēdào	tzan baq sin tsen ka do	70,195	3.05
Template:Interlanguage link		Yánjí Xīncūn Jiēdào	yi ciq sin tsen ka do	90,334	2.04
Template:Interlanguage link		Yīnháng Jiēdào	in raon ka do	192,554	9.52
Daqiao Subdistrict		Dàqiáo Jiēdào	da djio ka do	124,954	4.41
Template:Interlanguage link		Wǔjiǎochǎng Jiēdào	ng koq dzan ka do	149,090	7.66
Template:Interlanguage link		Xīnjiāngwānchéng Jiēdào	sin kaon ue zen ka do	27,251	8.68
Template:Interlanguage link		Zhǎnghǎilù Jiēdào		178,994	8.77

Transportation

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Yangpu District is connected to the neighbouring Pudong New Area across the Huangpu River by one bridge, three tunnels, and six ferry lines. These include the Yangpu Bridge, the Template:Interlanguage link, the Template:Interlanguage link, and the Template:Interlanguage link. A fourth tunnel, the Yinhang Road Tunnel is currently under construction.

The Inner Ring Road and Middle Ring Road traverse through Yangpu District.

The industrial wharves along the Huangpu River which service the industrial centres of Yangpu are being phased out by residential developments on the waterfront. Yangpu District has 15.5 kilometers of bank along Huangpu River, which is the longest among all districts in Puxi. As of July 2019, 5.5 kilometers of jogging and cycling lane has been built along the bank.

Metro

Yangpu is currently served by five metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro: Line 4, Line 8, Line 10, Line 12 and Line 18.

• Template:Rail color box - Dalian Road Template:Rint, Yangshupu Road
• Template:Rail color box - Shiguang Road, Nenjiang Road, Xiangyin Road, Huangxing Park, Middle Yanji Road, Huangxing Road, Jiangpu Road Template:Rint, Anshan Xincun, Siping Road Template:Rint
• Template:Rail color box - Siping Road Template:Rint Tongji University, Guoquan Road Template:Rint, Wujiaochang, Jiangwan Stadium, Sanmen Road, East Yingao Road, Xinjiangwancheng, Guofan Road
• Template:Rail color box - Dalian Road Template:Rint, Jiangpu Park Template:Rint, Ningguo Road, Longchang Road, Aiguo Road, Fuxing Island
• Template:Rail color box - Danyang Road, Pingliang Road, Jiangpu Park Template:Rint, Jiangpu Road Template:Rint, Fushun Road, Guoquan Road Template:Rint, Fudan University, Zhengli Road

Sports

Jiangwan Stadium is located in Yangpu District along with its associated athletic complex.

Parks and recreation

Yangpu District is home to Gongqing Forest Park.

The Fudan University Museum (Template:Lang-zh), a public display of historical artefacts in possession of Fudan University, is located on the university's campus in Yangpu District.

See also

• Districts of Shanghai

External links

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• Official English-language website