Century of Shanghai Trade: Rethinking of Chinese Cultural Identity

This book systematically reviews the over 100-year history of Shanghai’s trade, tells the legend of Shanghai’s century-old trade, summarizes the development of Shanghai’s trade, extracts its trade characteristics, and promotes the urban spirit of Shanghai.

This book analyzes the development of Shanghai’s century-old trade as a process from being along the Huangpu River to being near the sea, and then towards the ocean, integrating into global trade. The book contains rich historical materials, precious photos and images, providing readers with valuable information about the development of Shanghai’s trade over the past 100 years and has high academic and collection value.

This book uses business associations, organizations, characters, events, stories, and phenomena as carriers and revolves around historical events through expert comments to draw the finishing touch and inspire readers to think. At the same time, the book also invites some characters who have experienced the development of Shanghai trade to narrate as first-hand witnesses, restoring the authenticity of history, making the book have good readability and interface experience.

Dr. Wang Shengqiao is currently Professor at the College of Business Administration of Shanghai Business School, Part-time Professor at Fudan University. He is Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee of the China Association for Trade in Services, Executive Director of the National Business Management Research Association, Director of China Industry- University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association, Vice President of Shanghai Commercial Enterprise Management Association, and Executive Director of Shanghai Management Education Association. He has won the Shanghai Outstanding Young Teacher (2009), Leading talents of coastal wise men (2013), National Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award (2017), National Business Science and Technology Progress Award (2023), National Service Industry Science and Technology Innovation Award (2023), and China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Award (2024).