Shanghai's development and history of Early 20th century, took place one after another in Shanghai, a series of affecting the fate of China's political events. In July 1921, the first time the Chinese Communist Party National Congress held in Shanghai, so Shanghai is the birthplace of the Chinese Communist Party. Subsequently in July 1922 and January 1925, but also the convening of the CPC were two large and four. May 30, 1925, because the Japanese owner shot to death inside and outside the cotton mills of striking workers, the Shanghai students, members of the public gathered at Shanghai's bustling Nanjing Road commercial street fishing room in front of the old gates to protest, the British policeman opened fire, resulting in Wusa tragedy, which sparked a nationwide anti-British movement. April 12, 1927, in Shanghai Zhabei occurred in 412 incidents, the National Revolutionary Army 26th Army pickets forcibly disarm the workers, resulting in a large-scale bloodshed began Kuomintang-Communist split. In the event on the eve of the Shanghai underworld leader Du Yuesheng trapping and killing of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions Leader WANG Shou-hua. Since then, the Chinese Communist Party (French Concession in Shanghai in 1921 set up a secret) and the central authority are still hidden in the International Settlement in the area of Yunnan busy road for several years, until 1933, after moving there in Jiangxi Soviet firm. June 22, 1931, China's top leaders of the Communist Party of the third term to Zhongfa the national government in Shanghai and was arrested immediately mutiny and killed.
National Government during the
April 1, 1928, the Nationalist government in the capital, Nanking, Shanghai, because of geographical advantages, then become the country's economic and financial center, until today. September 18, 1931, the Japanese in Manchuria after the Mukden Incident manufacturing, but also in Shanghai, an excuse for five Japanese monks in front of three friends of industrial society has been beaten by Chinese workers, but to provoke 128 Incident, China and Japan in Shanghai, Zhabei District, the intense military conflict continued for more than a month, so that the Nanjing national government also temporarily moved to Luoyang. August 13, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek to mobilize about 70 million Chinese troops near Shanghai, with the Japanese 3-month-long Battle of Shanghai, although the Chinese military has paid a terrible price, but in the end strength of the dominant Japanese army defeated the Chinese army, forcibly occupied Shanghai In addition to all the areas outside the concession, the Japanese and renamed as Avenue Shanghai City, Yun Li Datong articles from the "road trip also, Things for the People", the anti-Japanese organizations, Jagged anti-espionage mission also At the same time for the traitors, the Japanese, began a series of epic, blood surging Weilie Sino-Japanese War. December 7, 1941 after the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan declared war on Britain, then scored the Japanese Concession, Shanghai was occupied by Japan throughout. Concession of Japan will "return" to his support of the Wang Jingwei puppet regime, U.S. and UK are giving up settlements. 1942 onwards, with a century history of the concession will cease to exist. Taken over by the Republic of China in 1945 Shanghai. Then to May 1949, Shanghai has been ruled by the National Government to take over.
In 1946, the National Government of the Republic of China Army and the command of the Chinese Communist Party led a large-scale civil war broke out between Chinese PLA. May 28, 1949, the PLA defeated the national army control of Shanghai after the whole territory here, and many overseas institutions with the National Government and the relevant personnel, property and institutions to follow the KMT's withdrawal of Shanghai.