According to the data of Shanghai Local Records Office, historically,
From the opening of Shanghai port to the liberation, the concession rose rapidly. By the end of19th century, the concession had complete municipal facilities, gorgeous architectural style and perfect commercial facilities, which had replaced the old county town of Shanghai as the political, economic and cultural center of Shanghai. At this time, with the concession as the center, the southeast and northwest were divided. The old county town in Shanghai, formerly referred to as "Hunan" and "Heather", is now called "Huxi" in Putuo District and Changning District, "Hudong" in Yangpu District and "Hubei" in the north of Wusong River.
? It has been 67 years since liberation. With the development of Shanghai, there is no official definition of the local division of Shanghai, but the people have given the names of "Huxi", "Hudong" and "Pudong" to the real regional existence, and the Suzhou River is the boundary in function (except Pudong New Area).
For example:
1, Shanghai No.1 and No.2 Intermediate People's Courts, and the district grass-roots courts (including suburbs, except Pudong New Area) under the jurisdiction of appeal cases are divided by Suzhou River;
2. Shanghai Trade Union In Shanghai, in addition to the Workers' Cultural Palace in the city center (near People's Square), Hudong Workers' Cultural Palace (Yangpu District) was established in Hedong, Suzhou, and Huxi Workers' Cultural Palace (Putuo District) was established in Hexi, Suzhou;
3. The funeral parlours in Shanghai are also bounded by Suzhou River (except the funeral parlours in the suburbs). The registered population who died in Putuo, Zhabei, Yangpu and Hongkou in the northeast of Suzhou Creek will go to Xibaoxing Road Funeral Home (Hongkou District) without going to the suburbs, and those who died in Huangpu, Jing 'an, Luwan, Xuhui and Changning in the southwest of Suzhou Creek will not go.
? Chongming belonged to Jiangsu Province in the early days of liberation, but it was also an independent suburban county after it was divided into Shanghai in the late 1950s. Recently, a large number of manufacturing enterprises and personnel have settled in, and the Yangtze River Bridge has been established. Especially after Chongming County was changed to Chongming District, it has also entered the category of people's eastern Shanghai like Baoshan and Jiading.