Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Magaalada qadiimiga ah ee Shiinaha ee Shanghai ayaa ku dhacday mucaaradka ka socda Bulshada Seefta Yar ee 1853, laakiin waxaa dib u soo ceshatay dowladda Qing bishii Febraayo 1855. Sanadkii 1854, Golaha Magaalada Shanghai waxaa loo sameeyay inay maareeyaan degsiimooyinka ajnabiga ah. Intii udhaxeysay 1860 iyo 1862, Taiping mucaaradka
waxay laba jeer weerareen Shanghai waxayna burburiyeen xaafadaha bariga iyo koonfurta ee magaalada, laakiin ma aysan awoodin inay qabsadaan magaalada. Sanadkii 1863, degaanka Ingiriiska ee koonfurta Suzhou Creek (waqooyiga degmada Huangpu) iyo degaanka Mareykanka ee waqooyiga (koonfurta degmada Hongkou) ayaa ku biiray si ay u sameeyaan Degaanka Caalamiga ah ee Shanghai. Faransiisku wuxuu ka baxay Golaha Deegaanka ee Shanghai wuxuuna sii waday inay sii wado ogolaanshaha koonfurta iyo koonfur-galbeed.