During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Kaifeng fell and the provincial capital Liu Maoen moved to Luoyang. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it was still Kaifeng.

1948 Kaifeng was liberated and the provincial capital was forced to move to Anyang. After the founding of New China, Kaifeng was still the provincial capital at first, and 1954 moved to Zhengzhou.