Brief introduction of Shanghai

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" for short, is the birthplace of China's * * * production party, a provincial administrative region and municipality directly under the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC), a national historical and cultural city, and an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center.

2. Geographical location

Shanghai is located in the east of China, bounded by east longitude12052'-12' and north latitude 30 40'-3153', at the mouth of the Yangtze River, facing Kyushu Island across the East China Sea in the east and facing it in the south, north and south.

Shanghai is located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the east coast of the Asian continent, the front of the Yangtze River Delta, the middle section of the north-south arc coastline of China and the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River Delta, with an average elevation of 4 meters.

Tianmashan, Xue Shan, Phoenix Mountain and other hilly relics are found in the west, and tianmashan is the highest in the territory. Shanghai spans the Yangtze River estuary, Dianshan Lake, Huangpu River and Wusong River, with rivers, lakes and ponds alternating. Shanghai has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall.

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Historical position

Shanghai belonged to the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Warring States period belonged to Yue State and Chu State successively. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai Beach was the fief of Shen Jun, the king of Chu, so it was called "Shen".

In the Jin Dynasty, because fishermen created a fishing tool "Hu", the place where the river flowed into the sea was called "Hu", so the lower reaches of Songjiang were called "Hu", and later it was changed to "Hu", so Shanghai was called "Shanghai" for short.

In the tenth year of Tang Tianbao (AD 75 1 year), Shanghai belonged to Huating County (now Songjiang District).

In the second year of Chunhua in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 99 1 year), due to the continuous shallow siltation in the upper reaches of Songjiang, the coastline moved eastward, and it was inconvenient for large ships to get in and out, so foreign ships had to berth at Shanghai Pu, a tributary of Songjiang (Huangpu River near the Bund to Shiliupu today).

In the third year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1267), he set up a town in Shanghai Puxi Bank, named "Shanghai Town". In the 29th year of Yuan Dynasty (AD 1292), the central government set aside Shanghai Town from Huating County and approved the establishment of Shanghai County, marking the beginning of the establishment of Shanghai.

financial situation

Shanghai is the financial center of China, which includes almost all the financial market elements of China: Shanghai Stock Exchange, Futures Exchange, China Financial Exchange, Shanghai Diamond Exchange, Gold Exchange, Financial Derivatives Exchange, Inter-bank Bond Market, China Foreign Exchange Trading Center, China Capital Lending Market and National Gold Reserve Operation Center.

National Foreign Exchange Reserve Operation Center, China People's Bank Shanghai Headquarters (Central Bank Credit Information System Center and Cheque Throttle Data Processing Center), Shanghai Headquarters of China's four major banks (Agricultural Bank, China Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank), Greater China Headquarters of major foreign banks, China Anti-money Laundering Fund Monitoring Center, Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate and China Insurance Exchange.

Shanghai Financial Court was approved to be established, crude oil futures were successfully listed, China Life Insurance Shanghai Headquarters, CCB Financial Technology and other headquarters functional institutions were settled, and the cross-border use of RMB was further expanded.

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