Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I mua i te pokapū waka whakawhiti, i whakahoutia a Hongqiao Airport i te 1964 hei taunga rererangi nui hou o Shanghai. I te tau 2005, ko te whakaaro o te hongqiao hub waka whanui i tukuna e te manuhiri o nga rori o Haina me te kawanatanga taone nui o Shanghai. I whakatuhia a Shanghai Rainbow Investment Corp. i te tau 2006 e te kawanatanga o Shanghai kia waiho ko ia anake te hinonga mana e whakahaere ana i te kaupapa hanga me te whanaketanga o te pokapū. Hei wāhanga o te mahere hanganga o te Ao Expo 2010
, i oti te pokapū i mua i te mutunga o te tau 2009 a ka whakamahia i mua i te whakaaturanga i te tau 2010.