Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1903 Beijing<unk>Hankou Railway ya isa Zhengzhou, kuma a cikin 1909 mataki na farko na Longhai Railway ya ba shi haɗin gabas zuwa yamma zuwa Kaifeng da Luoyang; daga baya aka faɗaɗa shi gabas zuwa gabar teku a Lianyungang, Jiangsu, da yamma zuwa Xi'an (Chang'an), Shaanxi, da kuma yammacin Shaanxi. Saboda haka, birnin Zhengzhou ya zama wurin da manyan hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa suke haɗuwa da kuma cibiyar da ake sayar da auduga da hatsi da alkama da kuma wasu kayan noma. A farkon 1923 yajin aikin ma'aikata ya fara a Zhengzhou kuma ya yadu tare da layin dogo kafin a murkushe shi; hasumiya mai hawa 14 a tsakiyar garin tana tunawa da yajin aikin. A ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1938, Sojojin Juyin Juya Halin Chiang Kai-shek sun buɗe dikes da ke riƙe da Kogin Yellow a Huayuankou tsakanin Zhengzhou da Kaifeng, a ƙoƙarin dakile ambaliyar mamayewar Jafananci; duk da haka, ambaliyar Kogin Yellow na 1938 da ta biyo baya
ya kuma kashe daruruwan dubban Sinawa.