Major Treaty Ports in China
Province or Municipalities | Cities | Date | Foreign concession holders |
---|---|---|---|
Shanghai | (1842–1946) | Greater Shanghai had three sections: These comprised the Shanghai International Settlement of the United Kingdom and the United States, the French Concession and the Old City of Shanghai. | |
Jiangsu Province | Nanjing (Nanking) | (1858) | |
Zhenjiang | |||
Jiangxi Province | Jiujiang | ||
Hubei Province | Hankou, now part of Wuhan (Hankow) | (1858–1945) | Germany, France; later the United Kingdom and Japan |
Shashi | |||
Yichang | |||
Hunan Province | Changsha | (1937–1945) | Japan |
Yuezhou | |||
Sichuan Province | Chongqing (Chungking) | ||
Zhejiang Province | Ningbo (Ningpo) | (1841–42) | United Kingdom |
Wenzhou | |||
Fujian Province | Fuzhou (Foochow) | (1842–1945) | United Kingdom, then Japan |
Xiamen (Amoy) | (1842–1912) | United Kingdom | |
Guangdong Province | Guangzhou (Canton) | (1842-WWII) | United Kingdom; then Japan |
Shantou (Swatow) | (1858) | United Kingdom | |
Sanshui | |||
Haikou (Qiongshan) | (1858) | ||
Guangxi Province | Beihai | (1876–1940s?) | United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium |
Nanning | |||
Yunnan Province | Mengzi | ||
Simao | |||
Dengyue | |||
Shandong Province | Yantai | ||
Hebei Province | Tianjin (Tientsin) | 1860–1902 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium |
Liaoning Province | Niuzhuang | (1858) | |
Yingkou | |||
Shenyang | |||
Jilin Province | Changchun | ||
Hunchun | |||
Heilongjiang Province | Harbin | (1898–1946) | Russia, United States, Germany; later Japan and the Soviet Union |
Aihun | Russia, Soviet Union | ||
Manzhouli | Russia, Soviet Union | ||
Taiwan Province (Formosa) | Tamsui | (1858) | |
Tainan |
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